Prepare For Summer With These Helpful Tips

For a bunch of people whose business excels in blocking out the sun through top quality blinds, we’re actually big, big fans of summer.

We love the sound of ice cream vans blasting out their gawdy jingles, catching direct hits of eye-stinging bursts of sunshine and we don’t even mind those pesky wasps that insist on doing the front-crawl in your cider. We love it all.

In the sunshine everything is good in the world and optimism abounds, so here are some handy tips to help you shake off the winter blues and get with the sunshine programme!

Open All The Windows

Air that house out folks! Get a breeze moving through the house, refreshing it as it goes. Take the opportunity to conduct a spring clean, allowing any excess dust that becomes airborne during your activities to be blown out the door or window. It can also help to dry out any damp or condensation spots that may have developed over the winter.

It is at this point we acknowledge the need for an insect screen. When you open your windows and doors you are essentially letting the local creepy crawlies know that they’re welcome to come and have a look around, maybe stay a while, enjoy a meal… you get the idea (we covered plenty of good reasons to own an insect screen in a recent blog post).

An insect screen keeps them out of your home whilst never restricting the air flow.

Maintenance Jobs Around The House

You step outside for the first time since October, blinking in the bright sunlight. Your disheveled hair falls across your face which is scrunched up against the fresh sunshine, unaccustomed and uncertain. Winter has gone and left a bit of a mess in its wake. Looking around like a bear surveying his territory post-hibernation, you realise winter really took its toll this year. After enduring snowstorms that even Bear Grylls probably donned a sweater for, you know you might have to tidy up a little more than you have in recent years.

Don’t delay – the long hours of daylight mean any vegetation is about to explode into life, reaching towards the sky like a photosynthesizing, carbon-dioxide-consuming rocket ship of greenery. Get your mower out and put an end to that.

Lawn dealt with, move on to something bigger, like that decking you’ve been threatening to lay or maybe painting the fence panels. The more maintenance you do the more likely you are to use your garden and the safer it’ll be for your family.

Buy a Blackout Blind

The longer hours of daylight can make it hard for night-shift workers, light sleepers and kids to get to sleep. The sun rises so early even the sparrows have a lie-in.

A blackout blind is the simplest solution. It stops sunlight from creeping into the room, casting you into complete darkness. The kind of darkness that’ll have you guessing not only what time it is, but what day it is. These blinds are also available in a range of lively patterns and stunning colours, so incorporate a new blind into your spring clean and browse our collection today!