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    Home » Holidays » Spring

    Spring Cleaning Tips for your Front Porch

    Published: May 5, 2018 · Modified: Mar 21, 2023 by Lois · This post may contain affiliate links · 19 Comments

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    a beautiful front porch cleaned and ready for Spring.

    Here are a few spring cleaning tips for your front porch that will help you say goodbye to the cold winter weather and hello to brighter days.

    Welcome friends and family to your home with a beautiful, clean entrance. It can be hard if you live in a cold climate with snow, wind and ice over the winter months like we do.

    Check out all the ideas for decorating with spring wreaths for your front door.

    Tips on cleaning the front porch for spring.

    This blog post was originally sponsored by SC Johnson and has been updated since it first appeared in 2018 with information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them! All opinions expressed in this post are my 100 percent my own.

    After the very long winter we had in our corner of the world, I am more than ready to get our front porch ready for Spring!  I am looking forward to enjoying a glass of iced tea and watching the beautiful sunrises and sunsets all from that cute swing!

    But in order to get our front porch ready for Spring, I need to do some serious cleaning.Especially the windows. They always seem to be hit hard from the winter storms.

    Table of Contents
    • Pretty Spring Accessories
    • How to Get the Front Porch Ready for Spring
    • How to Clean the Windows 
    • How to Clean Outside Light Fixtures
    • How to Decorate and Add Accessories to the Front Porch
    • A few other Fun Spring Projects: 
    • 💬 Comments

    Pretty Spring Accessories

    I love having a front porch and I love having it be the first thing our family and friends see when they come to visit us. Here are just a few tips to help us clean and get our front porch ready for Spring.

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    How to Get the Front Porch Ready for Spring

    • Remove everything from the front porch.
    • Start with cleaning the windows.
    • Make sure you clean the windowsills as well.
    • Clean the light fixtures.
    • Wipe down the front door.
    • Using a stiff broom, give the floors a good cleaning as well.
    • Hang up a pretty spring wreath.
    • Lay down a new welcome mat.

    How to Clean the Windows 

    To help me get the windows sparkling clean, I'm using Windex® Foaming Glass Cleaner.  It removes dirt, grease and grime from mirrors, vertical glass surfaces, glass tile and especially WINDOWS!

    Closeup of Windex Foaming Glass Cleaner

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    I love that it's a foaming formula and clings to the surfaces you need to clean and doesn't spread or drip all over the place.  Look how the foam is clinging to my window!

    Smiley Face with Windex Window Cleaner from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    To get the windows really clean and streak free, I use a paper towel.  

    Using a paper towel to clean windows.

    I'm a little embarrassed to show you how dirty the windowsills are!  Not to worry, Windex® Foaming Glass Cleaner works great on all this grime too!

    Dirty Windows for Front Porch Spring Cleaning from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    How to Clean Outside Light Fixtures

    Now that the windows are clean, let's turn our attention to the light fixtures.  Again, look how great the Windex® Foaming Glass Cleaner clings to the glass on the lights.  There's no dripping and no mess! I used another clean paper towel to get the light fixture squeaky clean!

    Cleaning light fixtures on Front Porch from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    Look how great the windows and the light fixture look!  

    Beautiful clean sparkly windows from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    Here's a closeup of the windows.  You can really see how Windex® Foaming Glass Cleaner helped the windows get that unbeatable streak-free shine that Windex®  products are known for!

    Clean windows with Windex Window Cleaner from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    How to Decorate and Add Accessories to the Front Porch

    I thought a pretty white flowered wreath would be perfect on our front door now that everything is clean! And of course, a new welcome mat always makes everything look beautiful.  I especially love the "Home Sweet Home" saying that will be sure to welcome our family and friends to our home.

    Front Porch ready for Spring from Walking on Sunshine Recipes

    A few other Fun Spring Projects: 

    • How to Make a Resurrection Garden
    • Pretty Spring Wreaths for the Front Door
    • How to Make Easter Egg Place Cards
    • Make a Grass Centerpiece perfect for Spring and Easter

    (*Based on lab testing against leading competitor aerosol glass cleaner per AC Nielsen 52 weeks ended 1/28/17.)

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    Comments

    1. Alicia Hursley says

      May 12, 2022 at 12:21 pm

      Thank you so much for sharing this. We really want to use our front porch more this year and even bought some used patio furniture to put out there. As soon as we get a professional upholstery cleaner out to get those feeling nice and fresh, we're going to get work on your tips.

      Reply
    2. Julie Briones says

      April 10, 2019 at 10:34 pm

      Thanks for the cleaning tips, Lois. Pinned to my Household Tips board! Here by way of Style Showcase... would love to have you join us at Homestyle Gathering!

      Reply
    3. Nicole says

      May 13, 2018 at 10:00 am

      Your front porch looks so beautiful, inviting, and sparkling clean! I love how well that Windex gets the grime off the windowsills, too. Thank you for sharing your ideas with us at the #HomeMattersParty this week.

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 13, 2018 at 6:20 pm

        Thank you Nicole! Your party is always one of my favorites!

        Reply
    4. Alaina says

      May 10, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      I love your front porch! It looks great - esp. those windows. I just started using this myself, and absolutely love it. Cleaning vertical glass surfaces has never been so easy

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 10, 2018 at 6:53 pm

        The same for me! That's why I'm so happy I found a product that actually works. Thanks for visiting today Alaina!

        Reply
    5. Kristi says

      May 08, 2018 at 11:09 am

      Wow makes everything looks brand new. Way nicer than our our dreary cob web dusty areas on our porch. Adding this to my shopping list.

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:44 pm

        It's amazing what a little bit of cleaning will do after a long winter. Thanks for visiting Kristi!

        Reply
    6. Censie Sawyer says

      May 08, 2018 at 10:50 am

      Oh front door always gets so gross during the winter time. I will have to do this to our front door and house too. SNow and winter weather always makes everything look so dirty. Windex is a must in our house for spring cleaning season!

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:45 pm

        I love how this product didn't drip over everything! Thanks for visiting Censie!

        Reply
    7. diane hoffmaster says

      May 08, 2018 at 8:51 am

      I love your front porch! I still need to do a few of these chores to get ours ready for spring~

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:47 pm

        After our long winter I couldn't wait to get our porch ready for spring! Thanks for visiting Diane!

        Reply
    8. J. Ivy Boyter says

      May 07, 2018 at 9:27 pm

      Your porch inspires me to have our exterior cleaned up ... it needs some serious attention and looks like this Windex is a good way to start!

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:51 pm

        This foaming product worked particularly great for our windows! I was very impressed. Thank you for visiting!

        Reply
    9. krystal says

      May 07, 2018 at 8:23 pm

      I love that welcome mat! I'll have to look for that front door mat!

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:52 pm

        Thanks! I love how purchasing something new makes everything look pretty. Thanks for visiting.

        Reply
    10. Meegan says

      May 05, 2018 at 9:23 pm

      So many great ideas! I like how you cleaned the window sills and lantern with Windex. They came out perfect!
      Your porch is definitely Spring Ready.
      Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks.

      Reply
      • Lois says

        May 05, 2018 at 11:52 pm

        Thanks Meegan! We actually had more snow after I cleaned the porch so I need to go back out and do it again. 🙂

        Reply
      • Lois says

        May 08, 2018 at 2:54 pm

        We need to enjoy every minute of Spring after the extremely long and bitter winter we had here in our corner of the world. Thank you for visiting Meegan.

        Reply

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