Imagine this: you've just knocked off work after a long, stressful and hectic day, then you head home and as soon as you open the door, your nose gets hit by this distastefully strong odour. I'm sure in this scenario, your stress levels would heighten, wouldn't they? It is, therefore, very crucial to ensure that your house smells fresh so that your energy levels stay up and so that you and your family can enjoy a healthy life. So let's dive into tips that you need to adopt if you want your house to always smell fresh.
Clean Your House Regularly
No matter how many air fresheners you use, if your house is dirty it obviously won't smell good. Make it a point to clean every surface in your house at least twice a week so that all the food particles, dirt and other buildup that may be on them will be cleaned off. Make sure that you don't just use water to clean your house as this does very little when it comes to killing the bacteria that causes bad odour. Use detergents and scrub on the surfaces. This way, not only will you get to enjoy a clean house but you will also have a fresh-smelling house at your disposal.
Make Use Of Diffusers
Sometimes, regardless of how much you clean, your house will still need additives to help you keep it smelling fresh. This is not to say that you can use diffusers when your house is dirty as the smell will only mix with that of dirt and still leave your house smelling badly. You, therefore, need to ensure that when you add diffusers to a room, it's already clean so that they work well. So, if you want a fresh-smelling house, add diffusers in all the rooms in your house, and you will be pleased by how nice smelling and therapeutic your house will smell.
Keep Your House Well Ventilated
Just like you, your house needs to breathe for it to have a fresh feel and be refreshed. Make sure that the first thing that you do when you wake up is open all the windows and allow fresh air to colonise the musky feel that may have developed in your house overnight. This air circulation will ensure that all bad smells are flashed out and that only fresh-smelling air remains. You can even opt for a fan so that the process is quickened and so that if there are moist areas, they can dry off easily, preventing any stench from developing in your house.
Make Use Of Baking Soda
As you may know by now, baking soda has so many purposes in your house, one of which is to help your house to stay smelling fresh. In this case, baking soda helps to absorb odours from all areas of your house, making room for a fresher feel. You can add baking soda in small containers and plant it all around your house. This will ensure that all the bad odour is successfully absorbed. Moreover, you can even go as far as sprinkling it on high-risk areas like carpets and upholstery and in your house for a limited amount of time before removing it. This will enhance your home’s fresh smell.
Invest In House Plants
Adding plants to your home is a perfect way of beautifying it and giving it that mystic look that it needs. The best part about this is that not only will your house look beautiful, but the plants will help purify the air in it, leaving your home smelling fresh. By adding plants like peace lilies to your home, you will feel the difference in the air you breathe when you are indoors from now on. If you, therefore, want a fresh-smelling home, then you might want to consider buying a house plant for your home.
Wash Bedding Regularly
Don't be that person who only washes their bedding when they can see the dirt on it. You can't wait for months on end for your blankets to get dirty so this will be the only time you wash them. As you sleep in your bed day in and day out, sweating on your blankets and breathing on them, they will end up developing a musty smell. So regardless of them being dirty or not, they will still smell bad if you don't wash them regularly. You should, therefore, make it a point to ensure that you take care of your bedding by washing it regularly if you want to ensure that your bedroom smells fresh.
Empty Your Trash As Frequently As Possible
You need to make sure that you empty your trash regularly if you want your house to smell fresh. All the things that you throw in the trash start decaying over a short period and if you keep the trash inside your home, it will smell just like that. So make sure that you make it a point to take out the trash, if possible, daily so that your house always smells fresh and trash-free.
Keep Everything Dry
Moist environments attract mould, which will leave your house smelling very badly. By ensuring that our house remains dry at all times, you avoid the build-up of mould in your home, allowing it to smell fresh at all times. If you spill water on your carpets, blankets or surfaces, dry them up immediately so that your house stays smelling fresh at all times.