Although Easter in Melbourne falls during the autumn season, it's never too early to start preparing your home for winter. Since it's the last long weekend before the cooler seasons begin, why not take the opportunity to work around the house and ensure a comfortable and cosy home during the winter months?
We have compiled a comprehensive guide of 10 easy steps to prepare your house for the Melbourne winter season.
Winter Proofing your Home: Indoors
Curtains and Blinds
Drafts can often seep in through windows, bringing a chill into the home. To combat this, we suggest investing in heavy-weight curtains such as velvet, silk, damask, or chenille. This prevents heat transfer between the cooler outdoors and the warm inside air.
This seasonal fabric change can also help create a wintery ambience throughout your interior floor plan – a chic and stylish winter insulation solution.
Stores like Spotlight also offer an amazing range of Thermal Curtain Fabrics which can be a budget-friendly way to improve isolation and energy efficiency in your home.
Bedding
The easiest yet most effective trick is to swap out your airy summer doona for a heavier alternative for added warmth. If you're unsure what to search for in stores, look for anything over 500 GSM (Grams per Square Meter) for the colder months.
For an added seasonal touch, consider investing in a doona cover made of thicker materials such as velvet or corduroy in rich colour tones like burgundy, royal blue or emerald green.
Swap out lighter summer bedding for heavier alternatives to keep cosy and warm.
Home Maintenance
The autumn months can be crucial for identifying any problem areas around your home before the winter chill properly sets in. Check for any cracked windows, loose floorboards, or holes in your ceiling, roof, or walls.
Sealing everything up early can make all the difference in maintaining a steady warmth throughout your space.
Soft Furnishings
Winterproofing your home means insulating and heating your space in preparation for the cold, but it can also mean embracing a cosy and comfortable vibe with subtle styling touches. This could mean replacing your rugs, pillowcases, blankets, or throws from summery linens and soft neutrals to rich, plush textures in deeper colours.
The goal is to create an added sense of warmth and comfort throughout your space - however that may look and feel for you.
Create an added sense of warmth through soft furnishings.
Scent
Scent accompanies any concept of seasonal styling throughout the home. Winter scents often embrace strong spiced notes or decadent caramels and vanillas. We also love Bergamot, Cinnamon, Amber, nutmeg, ginger, leather, cardamom, and cedarwood – which are other customary winter fragrances.
Winter Proofing your Home: Outdoors '
Clean the Gutters
As autumn reaches its seasonal peak, so does the leaf fall. As beautiful as the amber-hued leaves strewn across the path are, they can be a pain to many homeowners.
Make sure to clean all your gutters throughout autumn so you can ensure free-flowing water across your household come winter.
Gardening
For all the green thumbs out there, prepare your garden for the cold Melbourne months by mulching, weeding, and trimming your plants ready for their next spring bloom.
In the meantime, focus your attention on indoor greenery during the autumn/winter season. It's a lovely way to brighten up your home and breathe new life into areas that can easily become stuffy.
Focusing on indoor greenery can brighten up your space during the drearier months.
If you're looking for more tips on how to get your home ready for winter or a winter sale, get in contact with our team.
