Small Ways to Personalize Your Senior Living Apartment
Moving into a Senior Living Apartment can be an exciting but strange time in your life. You’re not alone if you feel like your apartment isn’t quite yours yet. Adding your personality to the home can help you acclimate and warm up to your new life. And doing so doesn’t have to cost you a lot of money or time. Instead, use the suggestions below to spruce up your new home with minimal effort and money.
Add fresh plants
Head to a local garden store or grocery store and choose a bouquet of your favorite flowers or a new potted plant with lush greenery. Natural pops of color can make any room feel more inviting, and a bouquet placed on the kitchen island or counter or the table can cheer up your space. Plants can draw attention to central areas or fill in empty spaces. Plus, flowers make for a great conversation starter with guests.
Accent a wall
While you may not be used to the layout of your new home yet, an accent wall can help you solidify the flow of an area and add layers of your personality. There are a few avenues to choose from when it comes to accent walls: you can have maintenance paint them, strategically place a favorite piece of furniture as a focal point for the wall, or hang a large picture or picture grouping to create an accent wall.
Clean with your favorite products
Everyone’s home has a distinct smell. Typically, your home will take on the scent of the cleaning products you use. Most people don’t recognize their home’s scent, but if the smell of your new home feels strange and unfamiliar, dust your furniture with your favorite furniture polish, quickly wipe the counters with your favorite cleaner or dish soap and rag and spray your favorite air freshener or place fragrance plugins in a few outlets and you’ll notice how much more familiar and cozy every room feels.
Customize your storage
Finding a place for your belongings is a big step you can take to make your new place feel like home. From hooks by the front door to self-closing drawers and under-bed storage, think through each room in your home and how you can make it more functional.
Hang a photo wall
Display or hang your favorite photos of your family, friends, and pets on a wall where you can enjoy them. Keep them in the frames or pick new frames that match your color scheme.
Decorate the front door and add some decorations
Impress your guests by hanging a wreath on your door. Some communities allow for decorations such as plaques or figurines next to your front door. Display things to spruce up your front door and express who you are. It will help you find your apartment and introduce you to your neighborsIf y.
Spruce up an outdoor space
If you have a patio, it’s important to create a space for chatting and relaxing. Invest in comfortable chairs that will still give you plenty of space to easily maneuver your patio. A small side table or two is all that you need on your porch if your space is limited. Senior Communities often have large outdoor patios that are centrally located with comfortable seating so that you can enjoy the outdoors. Don’t take your large patio furniture for your small patio or porch, enjoy the benefits your Senior Community provides with their larger outdoor seating areas. This can encourage you to spend time getting fresh air and decompressing from your big move. Plus, it’s a great way to chat with neighbors passing by and have a safe social distancing location to enjoy a few drinks and snacks with them.
By making these changes, you can turn your new Senior Assisted Living Apartment into a home quickly and easily. Arizona Senior Moving can help you with all these ideas on your move-in day!
How Clean Is Your Bed
We wash our sheets on a regular basis, but what about keeping the rest of our bed clean? Here are some tips for cleaning your bed to help you have a healthy night’s sleep!
Dusting
It’s easy to overlook this step when you’re cleaning your bed, but it’s important to dust your bedframe about once a month. When you see particles floating in the air on a sunny day, most of them are dead skin cells. Especially if you have allergies, you don’t want your bedframe covered with dust . This could have you coughing and sneezing constantly. Make sure you dust in a direction that brushes the dust outward and away from sheets, pillows, and blankets. (Of course, vacuum the floor after brushing dust onto it.) It’s a good idea to take this step before cleaning the rest of your bed so that if any dust does end up on the bed, you’ll end up removing it when you clean your sheets and mattress.
Caring for your mattress
Take the time to clean your mattress about every six months. You should start by vacuuming the mattress. Then, sprinkle it with baking soda, rub that in with a scrub brush, and let everything sit for ten minutes. Next, you should vacuum your mattress again and remove any stains using these DIY stain removal mixtures. Then, if possible, and if your mattress doesn’t have a pillow top, flip the mattress over and repeat these steps. Even if you don’t notice obvious stains on your mattress, mattresses build up sweat over time. You should also rotate your mattress every three months to a year, unless you have a Tempur-Pedic or Sleep Number mattress.
Washing sheets and pillowcases
Every night, you rest your body on your sheets and lay your head down on your pillow. You probably don’t think about the last time you cleaned your sheets or pillowcase because they don’t appear dirty. At the same time, you wouldn’t wear your clothes for weeks or months on end, but many of us sleep in our beds night after night without cleaning our sheets. Although your bed might look clean, it actually builds up oil and sweat each time you sleep in it. This could contribute to skin issues like acne. For optimal cleanliness, you’ll want to change or wash your sheets once a week or once every two weeks with hot or warm water.
Cleaning blankets and pillows
Check the tags on your comforter and pillows for care instructions that explain how to clean these items. Typically, you can throw both into your washing machine at home using cold water and dry them on low heat. You should wash all the pillows and blankets on your bed at least twice a year. This will protect against dust mites. If you’re feeling sick and spending a lot of time in your bed, make sure to wash everything on the bed once you feel better to remove lingering germs.
Protecting against bleach
Many acne medications contain benzoyl peroxide, which reduces redness of zits because it acts as a bleaching agent. When you wear these products on your face or body during the night, you can stain your sheets, pillowcases, and blankets with bleach. This leaves everything looking discolored and splotchy. You can either opt for white sheets or purchase benzoyl-peroxide resistant sheets, which won’t discolor even if you use bleaching acne medication or other products. You’re free to purchase colorful sheets without staining your pillowcase.
If you’re sleeping eight hours a night, you’re spending about one third of your life in your bed. It’s worth it to spend a little time making sure this is a clean, healthy space for you to spend such a large portion of your time.