Winter is here and January, February, and March are ideal times to try out our 13 fast + easy winter DIY home improvement ideas to do now, while you are locked up in the house and can tend to them without distraction!
Insider our winter home interior improvement DIY ideas article you’ll find ideas for each month as well as energy-saving ideas to help you save money, as you make the necessary repairs that are practical and go far in keeping your home in good working condition.
Life is busy, but it just so happens that in the winter, the smartest and most practical January DIY home projects, the easy February DIY projects add the best March DIY home projects can all be completed because of the weather; you can be in more than out, and now is a great time to take care of your DIY home improvement ideas.
Also, we want to be clear on the honey-do list for our list of winter DIY Home improvement ideas for whoever wields the tools better in each household, so “honey” can be either partner!
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Easy Winter Home Improvement Ideas: Winter To-Do Home Checklist
- organizational efforts
- eco-friendly updates
- energy savers
- room refreshes
- decluttering ideas
- and door and window options
We are starting with the basics and then mixing them into each month.
Naturally, you can change the evolution of each project per your standards, this is just a springboard winter to-do home checklist to get your ideas churning.
Every room in your home needs something refreshed, updated, and maintained, and whatever room you choose to start in, you will need a plan, and we will give hints to work on the smartest and most practical January, February and March home DIY Projects.
Practical January DIY Home Projects
What are the items on the winter to-do home checklist that make up the practical January DIY home projects?
These are tasks you can complete each different weekend of the month in January and you’ll feel super accomplished when you complete each and come out quite organized!
#1 Pack Up The Holiday Decor
Get this done efficiently, and next year will go so much more smoothly when you pull out the totes and reels of lights, so don’t be lazy!
Time Commitment To Pack Up The Holiday
Everyone’s commitment for packing up from the holidays differs from 1 hour to 12 hours depending on how much you decorated and have to store.
When To Pack Up The Holiday Decor
A personal choice, but as close to the beginning of the month as possible so you can achieve another weekend practical January DIY home projects and not just holiday cleanup.
What to Pack Up Holiday Decor In
Plastic totes with red or green lids or red and green are very helpful to keep your totes separate from other totes you might have.
Other Supplies Needed To Pack Up Holiday Decorations in January
You might need a roll of tape or stickers, as well as a permanent pen like this one.
What To Do To Pack Away Your Holiday Decorations
January is a great month to start out by packing up and organizing your holiday decorations, but it goes beyond just packing the Christmas decorations
- throw out anything that did not light up (recycle if necessary)
- donate anything you have not used 2 or more years that does work
- label and organize anything holiday like ornaments and decorations you are keeping
- totes for indoor holiday storage with labels, so you know where it goes next year
- boxed up lights for the outdoors with labels to remember what trees they went on
- create a space for the Holiday totes and make a sweep of the house to make sure everything is packed up
Other Practical January DIY Home Projects
These are the little projects that can make your areas cleaned up, and look better while eliminating all that fabulous muddy dirt that tracks in!
Small details are great little projects!
#2 Clean Your Garage Area After Holiday Takedown
Once you have taken down the lights and gone in and out a lot of times, you’ll want to wipe off the steps to your interior entrance so as not to track in dirt, and then of course, sweep out the garage as it might be the first line of fire to entering your home so clean up the muddy debris or squirt it out if it is warm enough to do so.
Then make sure you have your salt, shovels, snowblower, and antifreeze for your windows stocked and set up to take care of all of the inbound snowy days that January seems to move into!
Place a fresh boot tray or shoe mat at the base of your stairs so the debris does not come in!
#3 Clean the Interior Of All Rooms That Had Decor In Them
It’s not just the outside where decorations were placed, but the interior of your home as well.
Wherever the tree was, sweep up the pine needles, clean the blinds, freshen the windows, and actually organize the decorations you are packing away.
Clean the carpet and restore the room to a clean new undecorated version!
Pro Cleaning Tip For ALL Rooms
Tying in with packing all the holiday decor away, and de-cluttering the need to ensure that you keep it clean.
Keeping your home clean is an important part of creating a healthier living space.
Not only can it help keep pests like cockroaches, rodents, and dust mites out of your home, but it can also reduce exposure to contaminants. (plus don’t use cardboard to pack anything away, instead use large zipped plastic bags and clear plastic totes with lids so you can see in them!
Plus, it’s not only about pests, but mold can build up in your home, damaging your and your family’s respiratory system.
Seek out a mold remediation company in your area, and then make sure to keep your home clean at all times!
Easy February DIY Projects
By the time you have completed the whole list of practical January DIY home projects you will be headed into February and there are a lot of easy February DIY projects you can work on.
#4 Faucets
One of our favorite projects is to change some of the hardware in the homes is updating a kitchen faucet.
- it’s a practical and inexpensive update
- you actually give your kitchen a fresh updated look
- if you had a leaky faucet it was costing you money, so fixing the drip by replacing a faucet will save you money.
#5 Shower Heads + Easy February DIY Projects
Changing a shower head is not a difficult job and it can totally be life-altering.
- your water pressure might just return
- you will have a fresh new head that is not clogged (many get hard water residue which ruins them over time
- you will have updated your bathrooms with a great new piece of much-needed hardware
- it’s a budget-friendly update
#6 Add Some New Towel Racks
Every bathroom can benefit from towel racks and they will help keep you organized the bathroom will look more kept if you have at least one.
Towel racks are great for your fingertip towels when brushing your teeth and they are good for your bath towels so they are within reach when you shower or bath.
#7 Bathroom Update Bathroom Faucets
Bathroom faucets are used a lot, and they wear down and leak just like kitchen sink faucets.
Update yours in minutes and the whole bathroom will look updated.
With so many great options, you’ll have a harder time choosing your style and color than installing a new bathroom faucet!
#8 Paint The Cabinets
When you paint the cabinets in a room, you update the whole room and make it look fresh and new.
While painting cabinets is a bit more committed of a DIY, it is worth it and far less expensive to do it on your own.
You and your partner could split the work, one cleaning and prepping the cabinets and the other painting to get done faster and to spend some quality time together.
No matter what the end result will be pure wow!
#9 Add Backsplashes to Kitchen and Bathroom Walls
This may seem like a crazy idea, but a backsplash is an easy DIY install, and it really breathes new life into a kitchen and bathroom.
Better yet, the backsplashes are practical, so your walls are not stained from toothpaste in the bathrooms or cooking in the kitchen!
Last, a backsplash is budget-friendly and adds a pop of color to any room you work in!
Best March DIY Home Projects
As you work through your February projects, you will stumble into March as February is a shorter month and there are a lot of possible easy February DIY projects to dive into right?
March is all about saving energy, from electricity to gas, and making your home so much smarter before we go into the warm summer months.
#10 Change Your Light Bulbs
- change those lightbulbs in all of your lights, paddle fans, etc., and make your house bright
- get rid of those old-orangish bulbs that are hot to the touch.
- Install LED bulbs in daylight, so your home is brilliantly light
- Changing light bulbs will save you a lot of money over a year with the new efficient LED bulbs available.
WHAT BULBS TO CHANGE?
- all paddle fans with light kits
- all recessed lighting
- all lights with lampshades
- any lights outside that are electric and use bulbs
#11 Use Polarized Adapters with a light switch
As long as your coffee pot is plugged in and not on, it is still waiting to be lit and turned on, and that means the draw for electricity is in effect always. STOP!
Add this switch on, which kills the draw until you call for power by turning the switch on!
You will save yourself money doing this!
#12 Add New Weatherstripping to All Your Doors
Adding weatherstripping is an easy and efficient way to stop the cold air from entering your house or the heat from escaping. And in the summer, it will stop the cool air from transferring outside!
It only takes a few minutes to do this, and it costs so little to help save you money in the long run.
#13 Change Every Filter
Chances are your furnace has been doing a lot of hard work during the winter, and your winter to-do home checklist needs to include this crucial item: change every furnace filter in all of your furnaces.
A clean filter makes the furnace work less to deliver the heating and cooling because a clogged and dirty filter doesn’t let that air pass through. Change your filters at least every other month.
Don’t forget to make the date of change on each with a marker so that you don’t have to struggle to remember!
You’ll save your furnace from working overtime, and you will save yourself money in service calls and heating and cooling bills by simply maintaining clean furnace filters!
We’ve Shared Our Easy Winter DIY Home Improvement Ideas With You!
Make sure to come back and tell us if you used
- any of our practical January DIY home projects
- our winter to-do home checklist
- any of the Easy February DIY projects
- and any of our best March DIY home projects
If we missed a few of the chores you did in those months, come back and tell us so we can add them in and credit you!
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