This Weekend: Prepare For A Big Seasonal Shift

With every season comes a different set of clothing, accessories, and gear that’s front and center in your home for a couple of months. For summer, it’s light weight clothing, open toe shoes, and umbrellas. And, while there’s probably lots of time left for the charcoal grill in late August, the clock is ticking on the bicycles, canoe, and pool noodles currently loitering around the house.

Clean & Toss: Throw away or donate anything that’s no longer of any use to you —either now or in the future — so it doesn’t rear its ugly head next summer. Get everything else clean and ready to get put away until next summer.

Find a Special Place: Take an hour or so to put away the items you’ll be using less frequently, or never, come September. Store those out-of-season items and place them out of sight.

Remember, as with all of our Weekend Projects, just do what you have the time and energy to do. And hey, if you don’t feel like wrestling with a surfboard, choose one of our other weekend projects to get done.

→ SHOW US YOUR WEEKEND WORK! Share your tips and photos of your Weekend Project work on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #ATweekendproject.

Check out the entire 2016 Plan for a Healthy & Happy Home to access all the Weekend Project ideas and download our August Home Checklist while you’re there. It’s a great, low-pressure way to keep your life running smoothly and maintain a happy & healthy home!