Your home is your castle. Which is why you spend a lot of time trying to make it look beautiful and making sure that it’s always clean and tidy. However, it’s also important to ensure that your home doesn’t only look good, but also smells nice and fresh!
Here are some helpful tips!
1. Simmer some herbs and citrus fruits!
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Try this for instant freshness in your home! Simmer some water in a pan, and a few citrus fruit slices such as oranges or lemons (with the skin on), and aromatic herbs such as lavender and mint.
The resulting steam will waft throughout your home and make everything smell fresh and is an easy way of freshening up your home!
2. Fill a spray bottle with essential oils
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This is very simple to do, and all you need is essential oil, and a spray bottle. Mix some essential oils in the spray bottle, and add water to fill it up. Lavender is a great choice because it helps you calm down.
Once it’s ready, you can use it as a freshening spray to deodorize your home, and to also make it smell nice and fresh. It’s a cheap, simple and easy way to make your home smell nice!
3. Put a few drops of lavender oil in your pillows
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Placing a few drops of essential oils, lavender specifically, on a cotton ball, and putting it inside your pillows not only makes them smell good, but you’ll also be sure to have a good night’s sleep as lavender helps you relax and calm down.
You can also try this with other essential oils, so long as you don’t put too much since some scents from essential oils can be really overpowering. Just a few drops can go a long way!
4. Take care of indoor plants
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Planting house plants such as geraniums, Arabian jasmine, eucalyptus, gardenias, and other similar plants will not only make your home smell good, but also clean the air. So you’ll always have fresh air inside your home!
It’s also a bonus that they also look good and they make your home feel like a much more comfortable place to live in!
5. Lightbulbs can be an effective air freshener!
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Yup, you read that right! You can use lightbulbs as an air freshener. Once a lightbulb is turned off, you can place a few drops of essential oil, such as vanilla, and then turn it on.
Once the bulb heats up, it will cause the essential oil to evaporate and waft throughout the room. Really simple and easy trick that will surely make your home smell amazing!
Source: onegoodthingbyjillee.com, goodhousekeeping.com
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