Making your home smell fresh and inviting is easy, inexpensive and fun.
You can't beat plain white vinegar or ordinary baking soda for cleaning and freshening the air in your home.
I challenge you to find more ways to create a wonderful, healthy home environment by adding to these tips.
Have you ever been blasted by an unpleasant odor upon walking into your home? What is it...
pet odor, last night's cooking, mildew? This article will tell you how to cheaply and easily freshen the air in your home and keep it that way.
- Maintaining a clean home environment is the guaranteed best way to make your indoor air smell nice! One of the cheapest cleaning products for odor fighting, stain removal, and air freshening is plain white vinegar.
Use White vinegar by mixing it in a bucket of water and mop floors that may be moldy or have mildew.
Vinegar is recommended for pet odors, or any other offensive odors on your floors.
You can also use the same vinegar and water solution on carpets; but do test a small spot first to be sure the carpet will not be harmed by the vinegar.
A small bowl of vinegar can absorb bad odors in a room and leave the air smelling fresh.
Rooms with pesky pet odors can be treated with several small bowls of vinegar.
A good way to use this method is to put the bowls out while doing your house cleaning.
Then open doors and windows to allow outdoor air to circulate in your home to make your home smell really clean.
- Baking soda is also well known as an odor remover.
An open container of baking soda can do wonders for removing odors in a room, especially pet odors or musty mildew odors.
Place an opened box of baking soda in your refrigerator, under the kitchen sink, or in your closet.
The baking soda will totally get rid of strong odors and keep the air fresh in those places.
Baking soda is also a great cleaning agent which won't scratch counters, sinks, or bathroom fixtures.
Sprinkle the powder around and use a wet cloth to make surfaces sparkling clean.
There's no bleach smell left in the air after using baking soda, unlike commercial cleaners.
Ordinary baking soda is an ingredient in many spa products for water and skin softening.
Make your own by adding a fourth of a cup of baking soda to your bath water.
- I love potpourri for a neat way to freshen a room.
Homemade potpourri made from dried flowers, seed pods, herbs, and scented oils placed in pretty containers can make a home more inviting to guests.
The potpourri can be scented with essential oils for wonderful air fresheners.
There are many craft books which give recipes and instructions for making wonderful potpourris, spa products, and other natural air fresheners.
When it comes to a specific craft, you will want to learn the basics and then expand on that and eBooks are a great starting place.
The best eBook on this topic is Handcrafter's Companion: Guide to Making Spa Products written by Jane Church.
It also gives tips on starting a profitable home business.
Look for be creative ways to spread pleasant scents into the air in your home.
Follow the example of realtors who bake a pan of cookies for a delicious air freshener in the homes they are selling.
Visitors will be very impressed.
Of course, cut flowers can really make your home smell super; and some people cut fresh lemons and place them out in the open for a fresh citrus fragrance.
It's easy and fun to use natural, inexpensive everyday supplies to make your home smell fabulous! Take care, Rosalyn