The Holidays Are Coming — Here’s How To Get Your House Ready

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Everyone has heard about spring cleaning, but I also like to do fall cleaning. I usually do it while keeping in mind the space I’m going to need for my holiday decorations. A lot of times, it’s just adjusting things here and there to make room for specific things — it’s not a major declutter. Here are a few steps you can take to help get your house ready for the holidays:

1. Take an afternoon and go through your boxes of decorations. Decide which ones you are going to use. I don’t always use the same decorations every year; sometimes I rotate certain things. Also, if there is anything that needs to be repaired or replaced, make a list and schedule a time to take care of that.
2. As you’re going through your decorations, think about each room in your house and which decorations or holiday items go in each room. Have you moved furniture? Do you have new furniture? Are you going to be able to put everything where it was last year? You may need to make some adjustments to accommodate everything you are planning to use or display.
3. Survey each room and make a plan to move anything you need to in order to have room for the temporary decorations. For example, every year, I move the furniture piece that’s under our picture window to another place in the living room so that I can put our Christmas tree in…