5 Ways to Prepare Your Home For Summer

Summer is just around the corner, which means now is the time to get your home ready for sunny days and warm nights. Check out these five simple ways to get your home summer-ready!
Prepare to…
1. Say Goodbye to Winter
Finally, the snow, ice and cold weather are gone. Kick winter out and brighten up your home with summer-related decorations and colorful accessories. Coastal Designer Outlet offers a ton of nautical and beach-themed pillows, lamps, artwork, table decorations and accessories. The store also has brand-name furniture pieces available if you’re feeling bold and want to replace more than just the decorations in the room.
The inside of your home isn’t the only place leaving winter behind – the outside deserves a transformation as well! Add life and color to the exterior of your home with flowers, shrubs and trees from Cape Shore Gardens. If you don’t have much of a green thumb, Cape Shore Gardens offers landscape design, construction and maintenance services.
2. Let Summer Inside
We can’t deny that summer weather is feel-good weather. When the sunshine and fresh air finally arrive, embrace them by letting them inside with a storm or screen door. Wildwood Glass specializes in creating customized storm door panels and screens so you can enjoy the beautiful outdoors from the comfort of your home. If you already have a storm door but the screen is broken or the glass is cracked, Wildwood Glass can fix it!
3. Live Outdoors
Summer is the time for pool parties, barbecues or simply sitting outside with a good book. Create an outdoor living space that you won’t want to leave. Seashore Sheds & Gazebos can deliver a beautiful gazebo right to your home that allows you to sit in the shade and still feel the warm air on your skin.
If you’d rather feel more than just the warm air on your skin, you can soak up the sun on a deck or porch built by Town Bank Builders. If you don’t want to be bothered by pesky mosquitos, a screened in porch is another option Town Bank Builders offers that allows you to let the air in and keep the bugs out.
For any outdoor projects you wish to complete yourself before the start of summer in preparation to “live outdoors,” Advantage Rental & Sales can provide you with a variety of outdoor power equipment tools and products that you can either rent or buy!
4. Stay Cool
Hanging outside in the summertime is fun, but when the heat starts to get to you, it’s time to step into your cool home. Make sure your air conditioning system is ready for those hot summer days. If warm air is coming out of your A/C, you’re in need of an A/C tune-up. Anderson Heating & Cooling is here to help and make sure your A/C runs at peak efficiency. If you’re still experiencing problems after maintenance and repair, Anderson Heating & Cooling can diagnose the problem and offer an affordable quote for A/C installation.
Once your A/C is ready to go, you want to make sure the cool air stays inside your home. Atlantic Insulation & Construction Services (A.I.C.S.) uses spray foam insulation to keep that air inside by covering the holes, cracks and crevices that often allow the air to escape. Plus, less cool air escaping means lower energy bills!
If you really want to make sure your home is cool before stepping inside, Sound Advice can give you the ability to control your A/C and its temperature from one simple app.
5. Let the Kids & Pets Loose
School’s out, which means the kids are home and looking for things to do to keep them busy. If you have a backyard that’s not fenced in, consider adding a fence so the kids can play outside – you won’t have to worry about them wandering off or a stranger accessing your backyard. Having a fence will also allow your pets to roam freely throughout the yard while staying secure. They’ll be thanking you after being cooped up inside all winter long! Murphy Fence Company offers an assortment of fence products to meet your fence needs.