How to Protect Home Interiors, Vacation House Safety and Home Staging Tips

Going on a vacation is exciting, but you need to ensure your house is protected while away. Here are the Lushome safety tips to help you organize your leave. Going on a vacation is an excellent reminder to ensure you have an updated inventory of household goods, including appliances, jewelry, cash, paintings, vintage pieces, firearms, and other valued items.

Before you leave, check every door and window to ensure that everything is locked and sealed, including your garage doors, garden sheds, backyard door, and basement windows. Also, make sure you have no spare keys lying around or under a doormat, a rock, or a garden decoration. Burglars know where to look, and a key gives them easy access.

Window locks improve interior design and safety in kids’ rooms

Protection for kids, child-friendly kitchen design

Contemporary door handles turn off appliances and home lights

Home safety tips

Metal front door with two security locks and outdoor lights, home safety

Arrange to have a trusted family member, neighbor, or friend check on your home. Even if it means having them go into the house to water the plants, they can peek around to ensure everything is okay. Sometimes your home insurance has this requirement as part of their insurance guidelines.

Benefits of automatic driveway gates

Beautiful fence designs

Beautiful decorative screens for protection and privacy

If you have a sliding window or door, put a piece of wood or a long metal rod on the track so that it can not be pushed open. Also, you can use door and window locks to protect your home interiors.

Window protection, decorative metal screen

Set timers on outdoor lights. The darker it is outside your house, the more appealing it is for burglars. Also, times help give the impression that someone is home.

Make sure that your mail is picked up or put on hold. If newspapers and mail pile up outside your house, it is evident that someone has not been home for a while. You can pay to keep your correspondence in the mailbox in the post office.

Leave some blinds and drapes partially open. If your house is completely closed off, it will look like no one is there. If you make it appear more regular, it is less evident that you are away.

If you have any cash, jewelry, or other valuables in your home, take them out and put them in a safety deposit box. It costs money for this service, but it is far better than if someone were to break into your home and find your valuables.

A man in a black mask stealing valuables from a home

If you are a firearms owner, you need to ensure you securely store all items following the regulations.

Set timers on electronics inside your house to imitate a live-in atmosphere. Put one on a lamp or even a radio. If someone is watching your home and sees no activity inside your house, it is a clear indicator that you are not home.

Contemporary lighting fixtures with timers

Motion-sensor LED lights, contemporary lighting fixtures for home safety

Make sure that your home security system is on. Also, tell your friend or a family member the code so that they do not set off the alarm when they check on your home.

Home and yard protection, security systems, outdoor cameras

Keep your yard trimmed and get rid of tall green screens. Overgrown shrubs are beautiful, but they hide homes from your neighbors and invite intruders.