Like every other thing in and outside of your home, your apartment has its own smell. And it’s one of the factors that determines how clean and sparkling your home is, which means that getting your house arranged and clean is not enough. You also need to ensure you get rid of any unpleasant odour and leave your house with a smell that brings happiness and productivity into your life and gives your guests a welcoming sense of entering a clean home.
If you can’t differentiate between the smell of your armpit and your dwelling place, then it’s high time you started taking steps towards having a home that smells like a dream rather than a nightmare. And if your house doesn’t smell bad but you want a home with a finishing touch of victory scent, here are amazing ways how to maintain an odour-free home.
6 Simple Hacks to Maintain An Odour-Free Home
Boiling Hack
A great way to make your home smell incredibly sweet is to use this boiling hack. It doesn’t require much effort. You only need to boil a combination of ingredients that leaves out a nice smell in a pot and allow it to simmer throughout the day. Here’s how to get it done. Half-fill your pot with water and add ingredients such as cloves, oranges, cinnamon, vanilla extract and any other good scent-producing recipe of your choice. Boil everything in the pot, bring it down and leave it to simmer all day. The steam from the boiled combination will leave your house with a smell of beauty.
Coffee Grinds
Coffee grinds are a supper element when deodorizing any space in your apartment. You can simply place them in bowls or open containers and let them sit around areas you want to freshen up, from your drawers to closets, kitchen etc. It works like a miracle in absorbing odours and leaving your home deodorized. Don’t be afraid if you think your house will smell like coffee. Coffee grinds won’t leave your house with a coffee smell but only remove the unpleasant odours from your home. Ensure you change the coffee grind regularly for optimum effectiveness.
Vanilla Extract Combo
Fridges usually get smelly due to foods that are placed inside it, and the odour can spread out to your living space. So, you need to do something. If you want your fridge to smell better, the vanilla extract may be your best answer, and you will discover how to make it happen right here. You can do this in two ways. The first way is to apply a small portion of vanilla extract on a paper towel and use it to wipe the interior part of your fridge made of plastic. It helps to manipulate odours to create a neutral smell in your fridge. Another way to use a vanilla combo is to add a little vanilla extract to cotton balls, place them in a bowl and find a place for it to stay inside your fridge. It will give you the same experience as the first approach, and you will be glad to use your fridge the next time.
Vinegar Power
Do you ever notice bad smells from certain areas of your home? Vinegar will help you chase the odour demon out in minutes. Fill a couple of bowls with white vinegar and water, then place the bowls around the house. Your house won’t smell like vinegar, but the unpleasant odour will be absorbed, and you will have an odour-free home once again. You can use this hack in your kitchen, bathroom and any other space with nasty smells. You will be amazed at the good it will do your nostrils.
Essential Oils
One of the ways how to maintain an odour-free home is by using essential oils. We believe if there is a reason behind the name essential oils, the essential scent should be one of them because they’re very good at sparking the light of a nice scent anywhere around your house. You can use it in many ways. If you have a nebulizer, adding essential oil is a fantastic idea. And if you want a very simple-to-do hack, you should get your bowl with some cotton balls, add up to fifteen drops of essential oils and place it anywhere around your living space. It will chase away bad odours and ignite the fire of beautiful scents. Another sweet thing you can do with essential oil is to add a few drops to your light bulb so that you can have a dispersed lovely smell when you switch on the light.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is not only useful for cleaning but it is also a no-brainer deodorizing element. If you want an odour-free home, you want to ensure banking soda is not far from your reach. An easy way to use it is by pouring some baking soda into a bowl and placing it anywhere in your house, be it your kitchen, fridge, room, toilet etc. You can also use it on soft surfaces like carpets and fixture fabrics by sprinkling it on them and vacuuming after a few minutes. It will eat up bad odours and leave you with neutral fresh air.
In conclusion, a pleasant odour adds up to the beauty of your home and gives you a sense of calmness and mental stability that you lack when things smell unpleasant. You can start with any of the tips we provided on how to maintain an odour-free home and experience the aesthetic pleasure behind a home with an awesome fragrance.
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