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5 Tricks to Make your Home Smell Good

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Have you ever wondered how to get rid of those bad smells from around your home? In this article you can find out some tricks to make your home smell good.
5 Tricks to Make your Home Smell Good
Last update: 21 November, 2018

In this article, we will show you what to do to make your home smell good every day, all day. It’s quite common that for one reason or another the home can smell bad. For that reason, incorporating items that contribute to a pleasant aroma will add to an agreeable atmosphere in your home. If not, make you could feel uncomfortable.

In the following article, we will share with you 5 tricks that you should take into account to make your home smell good.

What to do to make your home smell good

To make your home smell good, you could incorporate various different items in and around the rooms. It’s recommended that you include items that neutralize and perfume your rooms using natural derivatives. Artificial scent diffusers use many different chemicals that can be toxic if you breathe them in daily.

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1. Good ventilation

Ventilation in closed rooms is one of the most important things you should take into account.

Opening your windows for a few hours each day is ideal to air any rooms with disagreeable odors. Also, it will contribute to a current of fresh circulating air that will refresh the air inside the house. In this way, you can avoid diseases that breed in stale, closed air, as well as bad smells.

2. Use aromatic plants and flowers

A great option would be to include some common aromatic plants and flowers in your rooms. They will give off fresh and natural odors. This means you can avoid having to use chemical deodorizers around the home. Also, you can use beautiful flowers with delicious aromas to make your home smell good and, at the same time, add to your decor.

Jasmine, for example, is the flower of choice to scent rooms of the house and make your home smell good. You could put it in beautiful flower vases in a corner of your living room. Make sure you remove and change the water continually. Otherwise, it could start to rot and give off a bad odor.

Another very pretty alternative is to use dried flowers and hang them from the ceiling or the wall. These will keep giving off a delicious and natural smell and will make your home smell good all day. Also, they can be very pretty as an addition to your decor.

3. Create natural and homemade aromas

There are various options available to create your own aromatic and natural diffuser. You could make them using items you already have in your home.

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Aromatic essences

You could create your own aromatic essences to keep your home smelling fresh and delicious at all times. Boil up some water with lemon or orange. Once it’s boiled, pour it into a vase, glass bottle or a jug. It will slowly release a delicious fruity aroma.

Jars with fruit and spices

Another beautiful and fresh option is to create your very own jars with pleasant smelling fruits or spices. Take a crystal jar, place various slices of lemon or orange inside and combine them with some mint leaves. If you like, you could decorate your jars and place them around the kitchen or other rooms of the house.

You could also use crystal jars to store ground coffee or cinnamon sticks, depending on the scents you personally find pleasant. Keep them close to candles and you will create gorgeous rooms with pleasant odors.

These fabulous aromas will neutralize bad smells and will make your home smell good all day long.

4. Use aromatic candles

Another option is to use aromatic candles and light them every now and then. You can choose the scent that you like best. For example, you can find candles of lemon, orange, strawberry, coconut, vanilla, jasmine, chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, and many more scents.

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Apart from giving off beautiful aromas and making your home smell good, you can use aromatic candles to create cozy and pleasant corners around your home.

5. Clean frequently

Apart from applying the above suggestions to make your home smell good, you should also clean your home frequently. Clean with disinfectant, and separate and take out the rubbish every day. This will help contribute to your home always smelling nice.

Remember, whenever you use one of the above suggestions to include an item in your home, make sure you change it frequently. Nothing should be allowed to discompose or rot. You should also take care when using candles. Don’t overload your room with them and take care when using fire.

Decorate your home with beautiful flowers, plants, and jars with citrus and delicious spices. Keep your home free of bad odors, ventilate all the rooms every day and enjoy your pleasant smelling environment.