Creating a home that feels cosy, inviting, and just a little bit magickal is a desire shared by many, especially those who embrace the witch lifestyle.

Whether you’re a long-time practitioner of the craft or just starting your journey into the mystical arts, infusing your living space with intention can transform it into a sacred sanctuary of protection and positivity.

From performing regulare cleansing rituals to crafting your own meaningful decor, there are countless ways to weave magic into your everyday surroundings.

In this article, we’ll share 30 witchy house tips to help you cultivate a bewitching atmosphere, making your home a true reflection of your spirit and intentions. Get ready to discover practical, unique, and inspiring ideas that will enhance the magic in your life…

House cleansing and purification tips

1. Perform regular cleansing rituals: From simple spoken words, to elaborate seasonal cleansing, ritualise your cleaning routine. You could align your cleaning with the phases of the moon, your menstrual cycle, or the days of the week (Monday is a traditional day for tending to the house and home).

2. Cleanse your home with smoke: Regularly cleanse your home with incense or locally sourced herbs, to clear out negative energy. Always be sure to use ethically harvested ingredients, or make your own smoke bundles. Herbs to use include:

• Juniper
• Rosemary
• Mugwort
• Lavender
• Sage
• Cedar

3. Use salt bowls: Place small bowls of salt in the corners of the rooms in your home. These will absorb negative energy and prevent thoughtforms from taking root in your spaces.

4. Clean with moon water: Collect moon water during full moons for rituals and cleansing.

5. Sweep with intention: Use a broom to sweep your space with intention, always sweeping away from yourself, and ending up sweeping out of the door. As you do, visualise the removal of negativity and the invitation of positivity.

6. Cast spoken cleansing charms: Spoken charms are short, usually rhyming verses that are infused with intention, and when cast aloud, create powerful ‘bubbles’ of energy. They’re especially powerful when uttered over and over, as you work. Here’s a sweet cleansing charm I use:

“With this broom, I sweep away,
Negative energy, be  gone today.
Bring in the light, let peace take place,
My home is blessed, a sacred space.”

House protection tips

7. Connect with your house’s spirit guardian: Form a relationship with your house’s spirit guardian.

Find or create an effigy that represents this spirit, such as a small statue or drawing. Place it in a visible spot, and make regular offerings like fresh flowers, food, or small tokens.

These simple acts of honouring your guardian, while making requests for protection will honestly, be one of the most powerful things you can do to  create a nurturing and safe space.

8. Hang a charmed broom: Hang a broom near your entrance as a symbol of protection, and to symbolically sweep away negativity.

9. Place a mirror in your entrance: Hang or place a mirror in your entrance hall, opposite the front door. This will help to ‘bounce back’ any malevolent spirits or energy looking to enter.

10. Keep energy in flow: Rearrange furniture periodically to promote better energy flow and keep your space feeling fresh.

11. Place a garlic clove in each corner of your home: Garlic is known for its potent protective properties. Placing a clove in each corner of your home is a traditional witch’s practice believed to ward off negative energy and protect your space. 

12. Cast regular protection spells: It’s a great idea to cast regular protection spells to keep your home boundary safe and secure. These can be as simple as scattering salt and whispering a few words. Or as elaborate as a seasonal ceremony involving “beating the bounds” and sprinkling menstrual blood (yes, this is powerful magick!)

13. Plant protective herbs: Having protective plants near your front door or inside your home can make your home a safer space as certain carefully chosen plants can ward off negativity. By strategically placing them at entry points, you invite their protective qualities to guard your home from unwanted intruders, of both this realm and other realms.

Suggested protective plants:

• Rosemary: Known for its cleansing properties and ability to repel negative energy.
• Lavender: Offers calming effects and is believed to protect against unwanted spirits.
• Cactus: Its spines symbolize protection and can deter negative influences.
• Sage: A powerful herb for cleansing and warding off negativity.
• Aloe Vera: Not only healing but also thought to bring positive energy and protection.
• Bay: Traditionally used for protection and purification.
• Mugwort: Known for its protective qualities in dreams and spiritual work.
• Yarrow: Believed to provide protection and enhance intuition.

14. Make a witch’s bottle: Witch’s bottles are a powerful and personal way to create protective energy in your space. These traditional witches vessels can be filled with herbs, crystals, and personal items that resonate with your specific intentions and preferences, making them uniquely effective for you. Here are some traditional ingredients:

• Rosemary: For purification and protection, it helps to clear negative energy.
• Salt: A powerful protective agent that wards off negativity and purifies spaces.
• Lavender: Promotes peace and tranquility, helping to create a calming environment.
• Black tourmaline: A grounding crystal that absorbs negative energy and provides protection.
• Obsidian: A powerful stone for shielding against psychic attacks and emotional harm.
• A lock of hair or personal item: Adds a personal touch, connecting the bottle’s energy to you and enhancing its protective qualities.
• Garlic: Known for its protective qualities, garlic wards off negative energies and entities.
• Thorns: Thorns from a rose or other plants symbolizes defense and protection against harm.
• Iron nails: Traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits, iron nails can enhance the protective energy of your bottle
• Black salt: Powerfully protective, witches’ black salt is often used in rituals to absorb negativity and protect against malevolent forces.
• Crushed eggshells: Symbolizing protection, crushed eggshells can help create a barrier against negative influences.
• Bay leaves: Associated with protection and purification, bay leaves can also be used to set intentions for safety and security.
• Holly or oak leaves: Both these plants are traditionally seen as protective, with holly representing defence and oak symbolizing strength.
• Vervain: This herb has a long history of being used for protection against harm and negative energies.
• A small piece of paper with intentions: Write down your specific protective intentions or affirmations and include it in the bottle to focus its energy

Witchy house decor tips

15. Make witchy crafts: Devote time to crafting beautiful, meaningful decorations for your home. Work with natural objects, herbs, symbols, sigils and any other elements that call to you. You could also host a crafting circle with your fave witchy sisters, aka coven, and create together!

16. Keep your decor seasonal: Change your decor according to the seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter all have their own qualities, colours, textures and flavours, and they are always changing!

Ensuring your decor stays seasonal will help you appreciate the beauty and magick inherent in each season. Follow the wheel of the year and use the 8 sabbats as your markers when decor needs to change.

17. Hang a seasonal wreath: Hanging a seasonal wreath on your front door is a beautiful way to mark the changing seasons. Whether you buy or make your own, ensure it reflects the essence of the time of year, using materials like fresh flowers in spring, vibrant leaves in autumn, or evergreen branches in winter.

18. Light candles: It’s SO basic! Keep a supply of candles and use them to light up your home with a natural glow. Candles not only create a warm, inviting atmosphere, but serve as a signal of acknowledgement to the spirit realm.

19. Hang witch bells: Small strings of bells often hung at doorways or windows, witch bells are thought to protect a home, whilst their sound is believed to alert the witch to any unwanted spirits or intruders.

Make or purchase your own witch bells here:

• Classic witch bells
• Boho style bells
• Brass minimal cow bell (I really love these)
• Rustic fire-finished bells
• Handmade Indian chimes

20. Place mini altars in every room: By placing mini altars in every room of your home, you’ll create lots of little micro-sacred spaces that invite intention into your daily life. Adorn these focal points with a handful of meaningful items, encouraging connection to your spiritual practice throughout your home.

21. Make art: Make art that features symbols, imagery related to your own practice of the craft, such as phases of the moon, sigils, or depictions of nature, and hang these in your home. You could also make vision boards to inspire and uplift your space.

House rituals and daily intentions

22. Talk to your house: Whenever you enter, greet your house by saying “hello!” And when you leave, say “thank you, and goodbye”. Your house is conscious, and by communicating with it as you would any other member of your household, it will stay healthy. Homes that are ignored tend to attract negativity.

23. Create (and tend to) an altar space: Create a dedicated altar space for your spiritual practices. Tend to it regularly by leaving offerings, and clearing away any old items or debris from spells or rituals.

24. Ritualise your daily brew: Whether you drink wildcrafted herbal infusions or a good old cup of coffee, infuse your brew with intention. Sip your infusion slowly, savouring the moment while pondering on your desired outcome.

25. Blow cinnamon through the front door: On the first day of the month, blow a small handful of cinnamon through the front door, to invite prosperity into your home.

26. Keep a gratitude jar: Creating a gratitude jar is a beautiful practice for anyone – witch or not! Fill your gratitude jar with notes of appreciation and positivity, especially for manifestations, events, relationships or things related to your witchcraft and spellwork.

27. Journal: A regular journaling practice will help you sift through your daily thoughts, worries, ideas and inspirations. Journaling is also an essential part of your shadow work – unavoidable for witches.

28. Do daily divination: Use a simple divination method, such as pulling oracle or tarot cards, runes, or black mirror scrying each day to gain insight into your current situation or guidance for your intentions.

29. Keep your book of shadows up to date: Regularly adding to your witch’s grimoire SUCH a valuable practice for the house witch. Whether you document your spells and rituals every few days, or it’s more of an irregular (ahem!) part of your practice, intentional documentation of your personal witch work is a MUST.

30. Honour your more-than-human allies: Honoring your more-than-human allies is a vital witch house tip that deepens your connection to the natural world. From a whispered greeting, an offering at the base of a tree, to an intentional shamanic journey, be sure to acknowledge ALL those who guide and support you. This may include:

• Plants: Houseplants and herbs that offer healing.
• Animals: Spirit animals and pets that provide companionship.
• Deities: Gods and goddesses who inspire and protect.
• Elemental spirits: Earth, air, fire, and water spirits, as well as nature devas.
• Crystals: Mineral allies that enhance energy and intention.