End of the Semester: Refresh Your Place

By Jordyn Austin on April 29, 2017

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When students have had a very long semester, it can be a task to wind down and get things back in order that they may have neglected during the school year. One of these tasks includes refreshing your apartment when the semester ends.

Refreshing your apartment can help you officially bring a close to the semester. Here are some ways you can refresh your apartment at the end of the semester.

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The first step to refreshing your apartment once the semester ends is to make sure you clean out all the rooms. The apartment should essentially look the way it did when you moved in. Whether you are moving out, or staying for another year, a fresh start and look can certainly help you bring the semester to a close. Maybe you want to start with your bedroom and work your way from there.

Get rid of everything you no longer use. This includes stuff from the semester. Sometimes students tend to accumulate junk throughout the semester and have really no use for it. If you know it will never be touched again or it is just taking up too much space, get rid of it. You can do this by simply throwing it out, or give it away to a friend or thrift shop. The great thing about this is people may be willing to compensate you for your items.

The process of cleaning out all of your rooms can be daunting, but very possible if you start early and space out your time. Procrastinating this will only overwhelm you.

The next way to refresh your apartment when the semester ends is to vacuum all the floors. Sometimes when you clean, something still does not look too refreshing and it could be because you still need to vacuum.

Vacuuming should be the finishing touch to a cleaned up room. It may sound bizarre, but make sure you start with a clean vacuum bag because the old one can have a weird smell that will carry over into your whole apartment. Dust and dirt collect up in a vacuum bag when it is left there for a while, so it helps to get a new vacuum bag put in.

You should remove any nails, hooks, or paintings that you put on the wall especially if you are moving out. You can also do this if you are staying to get a fresh new look in the apartment. If you put any nails in the wall, you should contact your property manager to see what you should do about the holes. A lot of properties do not let you put nails in the wall in the first place, but if yours did then you should inquire about the aftermath of them.

You can refresh your apartment by rearranging some things. You probably have had things in the same place for the entire semester, if not longer. It could do you some good to move things around. This helps especially if your place is on the smaller side. It can feel cramped and look boring since you cannot fit much inside. Rearranging will spice things up a bit.

Changing your bedding not only refreshes your apartment, but also adds some new colors or patterns to the place. Fresh linens can do wonders for your bedroom. When you change your bedding, you get to add a new feel to the bedroom. This is also a chance to go get something new if you want and add to the decoration of the bedroom. The bedroom does not have to be the only place you can switch up décor. You can change towels or tablecloths in the bathroom and kitchen.

Adding some inexpensive plants to your home can definitely refresh the place. Plants come in all sizes so you can purchase ones that are the best for your space and add some color to your apartment. Plants particularly add a fresh smell to the place and are organic. If you do add plants, remember to care for them, watering them every day and allowing them to have the proper amount of sunlight. Before you purchase them, you can ask someone in the gardening section to tell you how much water and sunlight that particular plant needs. If the worker does not know, you can always research the plant on the internet.

DIY projects are always a fun way to spruce up and refresh your place. Not only do projects give you something to do over the summer, but they also give leeway to do pretty much whatever you want, however you want. You may benefit from doing DIY organizational projects to help you organize things like your makeup, shoes, or Tupperware. You can have as much fun as you want and get tons of ideas from Pinterest.

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