We gathered up 20 awesome ideas showing you how to make your house smell good and they are so Easy to do! You Will have the best smelling house in your neighborhood!
How To Make Your House Smell Good
Laundry Scent Booster Wax Burner
Who knew that you could add Downey Unstoppables or Gain Fireworks to your wax burner via Stock Piling Moms.
Coffee Bean Tea Lights
Place vanilla scented tea lights in a bowl of coffee beans. The warmth of the candles will heat up the beans and your whole house will smell like French Vanilla Coffee!
How To Make Scented Vinegar For Cleaning
You’ll need:
- White vinegar
- Quart-sized jar with lid
- Peels from citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, limes or grapefruits)
Directions:
Start by juicing your citrus. Set aside the juice to freeze and use later. Cut the peels up into smaller chunks. Add the citrus peels to your quart-sized jar until it’s about halfway full. You can also add some dried rosemary if you wish.
Heat the vinegar, either on the stove in a saucepan, or in a bowl in the microwave. When your vinegar is hot, pour it over the citrus peels in the jar. Place your lid on your jar, and let the jar sit for 24 hours.
After the 24 hours, strain the vinegar and pour into a small spray bottle. You can clean just about anything and will also keep your home fresh with a citrus scent!
Sprinkle baking soda on carpets
Baking Soda has natural deodorizing properties and it’s cheap! To keep carpets smelling fresh, especially in high traffic areas like living rooms and hallways, try sprinkling a bit of baking soda and letting it sit for at least 15 minutes. Vacuum as normal and enjoy the clean, odor-free air.
Using Downy for the Toilet
Keep your toilet smelling good using Downy via Country Diaries...
UPDATE: Country Diaries put out a warning not to put detergent in your toilet tank per a plumber… She said to put detergent on cotton balls and place them in the room.
Tropical Stove Top Potpourri
Love the smell sipping on a tropical cocktail in the Summer? Get the smell all year round with this easy stove top potpourri recipe via The Poor Sophisticate.
DIY Febreze
How To Make DIY Febreze via Pinterest.
Get some Gain scent booster, and empty spray bottle and water. Put just a little of the Gain beads in the empty spray bottle and then add a little lukewarm water. Shake it up and let it sit for 5-10 minutes.
Taping Dryer Sheets on a Fan
Keep your room constantly smelling great and tape a dryer sheet in front of the fan or AC unit via Society 19.
Car Odor Eliminator
Buy wedding favor bags at the Dollar Store, add some Downy Unstopables, and put them under your car seats or in your cup holder or glove department for a fresh, clean smell. GENIUS! via Pinterest
Chemical Free Air Freshener
This is a fun little home hint on how to make a chemical free air freshener that will keep your house smelling great, whenever you want to add a hint of a scent via Kids Activities Blog.
Christmas Stove Top Potpourris
This simmering stove top potpourris gets several rooms (or even a whole apartment) in one sweep and are made with simple, inexpensive grocery store items. This cranberry & cinnamon one has been my favorite for Christmas time via Rachel Shultz.
Eucalyptus in the Shower
Tie a eucalyptus bunch to your shower head and let that smell relax you and turn your bathroom into a spa like oasis via Amazon.
Natural Room Scents
Add fragrance to your home using simmering waters infused with spices, herbs, & fruit – via The Yummy Life.
Fragrance in the Toilet Paper Roll
Pick your favorite fragrance, place a few drops inside of a toilet paper roll, and the scent gets activated anytime someone pulls off some toilet paper from the roll via Darling Illustrations.
Fabuloso in Empty Plug Ins
Add Fabuloso to an empty plug-in for instant fragrance – via Pinterest.
Add Dryer Sheets To Your Trash Can
Trash cans tend to stink pretty bad at times. Keep them from smelling up the house by adding a dryer sheet into the bottom to absorb some of the odors.
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48 comments on “How To Make Your House Smell Good With 20 Easy Hacks”
I will definitely try the Downy in the Toilet Bowl!
I tried the sliced lemons and toothpaste in the washing machine drum wow fantastic it is so clean and the smell of fresh lemons is amazing.
I clean my house… smells pretty good. I also go to the store and buy the scented chemical spray in the can and boy does that make my house smell nice. Saves me going to buy all the stuff to make the homemade stuff. If you are afraid of chemicals, don’t eat or go outside. Too many chemicals out there!!
Thanks for sharing these household hacks! I can’t wait to try many of these.
I tried putting baking soda on my carpets, and it worked so well! I added a few drops of lavender and lemon essential oil too and it made my carpets smell amazing! I usually hire carpet cleaners once or twice a year, but this is the perfect refresh between professional cleanings.
What did you do put some in the washing tank of your floor cleaner
I seen a lot of good idea’s. cant wait to try some of them. Thanks for
sharing your good idea’s. Tina McCoy from Kentucky.
Love all the ” hacks” mentioned, looking forward to trying many of them.thank you for sharing
Love the ways to use everyday items to give your home a fresh smell..I can’t wait to try them..love the coffee one..thanks
Thank you so much it helps me ! Great ideas
the way we can make our smells so good. I have dogs ty u.
Great ideas but some didn’t have the recipe in how to make them .
It would be lovely to be able to save these great tips for future reference.
Screen shot it from your phone
If you have a septic tank do not put fabric softener in your toilet. You aren’t even supposed to use it in your washing machine. It will ruin your good bacteria and your septic system may fail.
And NEVER flush baby or adult wipes!!!
On what do you base this information?
I Love these hack ideas!!! I am buying some of the items I don’t have on hand and give them a try. I’m excited!!!!!
Awesome hacks going to use some of these!