Turning your home into a witchy haven isn’t for everyone, there are a lot of reasons to give it a go and everyone is going to have different motivations (or no motivation, which is ok too). Your home is where you base yourself. This is where you sleep, eat and come together with loved ones. Using witchcraft to ensure that your space is always positive and has good energy can improve the quality of the time you spend there, help you unwind more easily, and give you a place of stillness in the midst of the chaos of life. 

Creating a magical sanctuary can also help to keep you in tune with your craft. Modern life is crazy and if you feel like you’re too busy to keep up with chores, there’s a good chance you’re feeling some overwhelm when it comes to your craft as well. Integrating these two things can give you a much needed magical focal point in your day to day life.

Or, perhaps you perform magic frequently enough that it becomes a nuisance to set up and take down a magical space over and over, transforming your home into a permanent magical working space might suit you. Personally, I turned my home into a magic space to improve my focus on my craft, I take more time writing in my spiritual journal, traveling the astral realms and just generally maintaining my craft when my home looks and feels like a witchy home.

Creating A Magical Environment In Your Home

Start simply, often just working on one room is enough to get the ball rolling. It can be your kitchen, bedroom, living room, any room that you spend a decent amount of time in. It isn’t necessary to do a huge cleaning and wear yourself out, doing a little bit here and there can make a substantial improvement over time and you’ll be a lot more likely to continue maintaining your home instead of getting worn out and giving up.

Now, I’m certainly not an expert on cleaning, for those of you who really need help with this step I suggest checking out Unfuck Your Habitat. Personally, I like to do my deep cleaning using as few chemical cleaners as I can manage, I make all of my own cleaning agents with the purpose of magical as well as physical cleansing.  

All-Purpose Disinfectant Spray/Wash

I use this for almost everything. I mix up 10 parts warm water with one part white vinegar and a few drops of essential oil OR I let the vinegar water sit with fresh or dried herbs in it for about a week before using it to clean. The herbs you use here can change depending on what your space needs. For example, I use lavender for protection, purification, and peacefulness. Basil draws wealth and soothes tempers between lovers. Orange is good for luck and wealth (though NOT good for cats so if you have kitties stay away from orange oil!). And mint is good for healing. This is great for wiping down counters, cleaning windows and mopping.

Shower Cleaner

Cleaning showers is one of my least favorite tasks and trying to do it with safe cleaning products can be a nightmare but I’ve got a solution that does the trick. This isn’t so much a magical cleaning product (though I’m sure you could turn it into one) but it’s certainly a handy one to have around. Mix one part warm white vinegar with one part liquid dish soap in a spray bottle. It does require a bit of scrubbing if your shower is bad but compared to every other DIY shower cleaner I’ve tried it’s a miracle.

Magical Floors

Sweeping has long been used by witches as a method of cleansing our homes magically and while a lot of sources will tell you to reserve a broom for the task and to sweep just above the floor to properly cleanse the area I just do it all at once. Who has time to sweep twice? I can do the same magical task with a little intent and focus while I’m also cleaning up crumbs and cat hair.

Vacuuming is perhaps a less common way to tidy up the energy of a room but I find it works just as well as sweeping does! I make sure that when I empty a vacuum bag or dustpan I do it in the can outside to make sure I’m not just shuffling energy around in my house.

Mopping is another excellent mundane cleaning task for witches, especially when it comes to entryways and exits to the house. In addition to picking grime up off of your floor, your mop water can be charged and used to lay down spells. I like using herbs for my mop water usually but once a year in the spring I mop with sun charged water to bring the vibrant spring/summer energy into my house and once a year in the fall I mop with moon charged water to welcome the introspective fall/winter energy in.

Doors & Windows

Doors and windows are important, they both protect our homes from the unwanted and welcome us in every day. When I make a magical wash for my doors and windows I like to use cinnamon, for protection, healing and enhancing my craft or, if I feel like I need a serious boost on my home protection or I need to break a curse I use chili pepper, which has the added bonus of strengthening love ties. In addition, both of these are bug repellant.

One suggestion I would make is when you are cleaning your house you should try to have windows open. This allows fresh air to circulate into your home and it allows an outlet for all of the stagnant energy that you’ll be stirring up. Doors can be left ajar as well if you aren’t worried about pets taking themselves outdoors. Obviously, this isn’t something you can do all the time, very hot or very cold weather would put a lot of strain on your heating/AC bill and it’s always best not to let the rain in. 

Immediately after cleaning is an excellent time to place sigils on doors and windows as well. I like to use my Binding Chalk to make a line just in front of doors and windows, it works very similarly to having a line of salt in the same place.

Bedrooms

Bedrooms can be a lovely place to do magic. If you share a bedroom with a lover, spells to enhance your relationship are favored. Tucking away herbal pillows or lighting candles can draw honesty and good communication for you and your partner or you could try something a tad spicier and use spells intended to ignite a little passion between the two of you. 

If your bedroom is a solitary place it can be an excellent place to do dreaming magic, to meditate, and to do spells for self-improvement.

In a child’s bedroom, protective magic or sweet dream spells would be a good idea. A lot of small children have a fear of monsters and when I was little my parents would use “monster spray” every night to help me sleep. I know now that it was just water but infuse the water with lavender and it could easily double as a sleep-aid and protective spell.

A Few More Magical Home Ideas

• Enchant the mirrors in your house to give everyone who looks into them a boost in their self-esteem/body image.
• Place a candle on the stove to symbolize the traditional hearth fire
• Make a magic welcome mat that draws in good company and keeps away the bad
• Pay close attention to the sort of energy your decor creates and adjust it to help create the energy you want in your home.
• Is the TV the center of your home? Electronics can drastically change the feel of a space, try moving it to a less central spot and focus your rooms on something else
• Playing music and changing the scent in a room can suffice for a quick energetic shift. Try setting a small pot of water with cranberries, orange peel, cinnamon or mint on the stove to simmer.
• Get rid of stuff! Your belongings hang onto energy. Gifts from people you don’t like? Stop being polite and letting their energy invade your house. Chuck it. Anything that reminds you of past relationships can go. In fact, cleaning house post-breakup is super important! Get rid of any lingering reminders, wash their smell out of everything and clean your mattress thoroughly.
• If it’s broken do away with it. I know, I know, you’re planning to get around to fixing it eventually. How often do you actually do that though? If you aren’t willing to sit down right now to fix it you probably won’t ever get to it. Throw it away or give it to someone who will have a use for it.
• If you haven’t used it in the last year, chances are you won’t use it in the next year either. Get rid of it.
• Make a habit of de-cluttering in small ways every day. Don’t let the mail pile up, clean up dishes left in odd rooms, pick up laundry, and just generally put things back where they belong. This goes a long way toward keeping the energy flow moving through your home smoothly.
• Put bells on your doors. Bells help to clear energy, every time you open a door that room gets a little cleansing boost.
• Cleaning your house can be turned into more than just house magic. You can visualize yourself sweeping away worries or scrubbing old habits that aren’t serving you away as well.
• Bake bread. This really falls more under the heading of kitchen witchcraft but the smell of baking bread (or cookies!) wafting through your home can alter the energy in lovely ways and it’s also great for bringing prosperity to the house.

Hopefully, this gives you guys some ideas and motivation to start making your home a little more magical. Remember not to overdo it, making a home is a constant, gradual process, not a marathon!

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Updated on August 20, 2023 by Avery Hart