New Homeowner Must Haves

This post is sponsored by Babblebox. All opinions are my own.

The process of buying a home or building a new home can be stressful. You fill out tons of paperwork, you give out paystubs, tax info, your bank account statements for your lender to scrutinize. You wait weeks for a mortgage approval. You wait months for your house to be move-in ready and then FINALLY…you get the keys.

You’re excited to move in and that’s when you realize: I got a whole house to fill, what do I need?

You probably thought of the big things already.

Things like furniture, dishes, small and large appliances…..getting the internet installed (we did this ASAP) and setting up an alarm system.

Below are a few things you probably didn’t think about for your new house. I know I didn’t. We moved into our custom built home about 1 month ago. I have a garage full boxes at my new house and a garage full of junk things at the old place. So yeah, while I’m still going along at a super slow pace with unpacking and setting up the new place, I put all of the items from the New Homeowners Starter Kit below right to use!

Things to buy after buying your house

My Cloud Home from Western Digital

Basically the My Cloud Home is a place you can store all of your pictures, videos and files. You can set your My Cloud Home so that your phone automatically updates its contents into the hard drive. There’s even an app you download to your computer so you can store your computer files on your My Cloud Home as well.

The best thing about it is this: you can access all of your content through the My Cloud Drive app or online. No more lugging around that external hard drive!

I’m looking forward to having more space on my iphone since I’ll be storing my pictures and videos into my personal cloud storage. I think it’s awesome that I don’t have to pay a monthly storage fee and I can access all of my digital files from anywhere I have internet access.

You can find out more about My Cloud Home and how it’ll work for you by going here.

Comet Bleach Powder and Foaming Bath Spray

I can remember my Mamita (my grandma) using Comet to clean her stove each week. She always had a clean kitchen, I wish I would have inherited her desire to keep the kitchen clean!

I am however, totally and madly in love with my new bathtub and shower. And I am obsessed with keeping them sparkling clean and looking brand new!

What I didn’t know about the Comet Bleach Powder is that it’s not just for goopy stovetops. You can use this bleach cleaner in your kitchen, bathroom and all throughout your house to clean and deodorize different surfaces without leaving scratches.

The foaming bath spray is what I’m using as my bathroom cleaner. I can spray, let it sit for a few minutes and wipe clean. Simple as that! My bathroom stays shiny and fresh smelling and I spend just minutes cleaning up!

Don’t you just love easy cleaning? Me too. 😉 http://www.cometcleaner.com/

Smooth Top Easy Liner Brand Shelf Liner

This shelf liner was perfect for protecting my utensil drawer, and the shelf I keep the cups and bowls on. I also cut the shelf liner down into thin pieces and placed them in my medicine cabinet.

The smooth surface is ready to catch messes and spills. I learned my lesson from the last house–my kids would put things away while cups or spoons were still wet and the wood warped.

These liners are about $5.00 – $6.00 per roll and have different styles and sizes. You can easily cut and install within minutes. Use in your kitchen, bathrooms, laundry rooms, medicine cabinet. Pretty much anywhere around your home where you want to protect the surface.

Waterpik Shower Heads 

Wemo Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug 

Guys, this thing is cool! At first I was wondering what thing I could use with my Wemo Mini Smart Plug. I read tons of reviews, people using the smart plug for automatic lighting in the living rooms – awesome idea! But, we just moved in and I have no lamps that needed a smart plug.

My main issue – I love using a fan for cooling the room and for background noise. I hate the fan in the morning because my room is freezing and I don’t want get out of bed!

So, I used the smart technology to set my fan up. The set up is easy. Plug into the wall, download the app – it’s free and connect to your Wi-Fi.

You can control your lights and appliances from anywhere and even set timers and set schedules.

You can even control the Wemo with your Google Home or your Amazon Echo.

I have an Echo Dot, so Alexa helps each morning by turning off my fan before I get out of bed. I love it!

If you’re ready to control devices from your phone go here to learn more about the Wemo Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug. Use the code below to get  $5 off a Wemo Mini now through April 12th 2018: BWM-KX5B-ND56-ZZ58

It still feels unreal that we are in this beautiful home!

Leave your new homeowner tips and trick in the comments below. I’d love to know about the products and gadgets you love and use in your new home.

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