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Bad smells can come from anywhere in the home. They can come from your vents, your fridge, or even your shoes. But thankfully there are some great ways to get rid of these bad smells. And they’re not hard to try either; they’re actually really simple and can take only a minute or so to apply. Also, they’re great options if you want to make sure you’re freshening your home with more natural smells.
Now down below are some great ideas for smell hacks done by genius bloggers. So check them out and let me know what you think!
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Wipe out Bad Smells from Your Dishwasher with Kool-Aid
Found from Real Simple
If you find that your dishwasher is starting to have an odor, then get rid of it fast by running it with lemon kool-aid. It’ll be gone in no time!
You can easily get lemon kool-aid packets here!
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Tie Eucalyptus Up in Your Shower
Found from The Krazy Coupon Lady
Tying up some eucalyptus in your shower is a great way to make sure that your bathroom smells fresh all the time. Also, the scent can help you relax while taking a shower.
Essential Oils and Air Filter
Found from Kids Activities Blog
A great idea for naturally scenting your home is to put a few drops of essential oil
onto your air filter. That way when air is blowing through, the scent of the oil (whether it’s lemon
, mint
, or lavender
) will go throughout your house.
Vanilla Scented Candles and Coffee Beans
Found from Smart School House
Whether it’s the cold season or not, I still think this idea of putting a vanilla-scented candle in a bowl of coffee beans is a great idea. Then you can make your whole home smell like a latte.
You can easily coffee beans here (this brand is VERY good)!
Kill the Bad Shoe Smells in your Room with Dry Shampoo
Found from The Krazy Coupon Lady
If you want to make sure your feet don’t sweat in your shoes (and then stink up a room), then spray the insides with dry shampoo before leaving.
DIY Garbage Disposal Cubes
Found from Homedit
Garbage disposals can get pretty gross and start to make your kitchen smell. But with these awesome DIY disposal cubes, you’ll have things smelling fresh in no time.
Simmer Homemade Potpourri Over the Stove
Found from Homedit
I’m kind of in love with over the stove (or slow cooker) homemade smells. They can really make your home smell like fall or the holidays.
Clip an Air Freshener to Your Air Vent
Found from The Krazy Coupon Lady
Now if you want a really quick and easy hack, then try clipping an air freshener to your air vent and let the AC do its job.
Homemade Air Purifier
Found from Ms. Not So Perfect
I think that this hack is seriously awesome. If you have a big fan and an air filter, then definitely try this one out.
Cook Vanilla Extract in Your Oven
Found from The Krazy Coupon Lady
If you have some guests coming over or even a date night at home (or you just want things to smell great), then try baking 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract at 300 degrees for 20 minutes.
You can get vanilla extract here!
Life can get busy at times and the home can get a bit neglected. But even if you don’t have a lot of time for making sure everything in the house is perfectly clean, you can make sure that it stays smelling fresh.
The smell is one of the first things people (and you) notice when entering the home. So using one of these super easy hacks is a great way to make sure that your place is relaxing and has a good scent.
Now if you have any questions, just let me know in the comments down below. I’d love to hear about them!
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Try soaking cotton balls in wintergreen oil, then place them in corners of the room or under furniture.
Awesome tip Michael! 🙂
Where can I find wintergreen ol?
Hey Carolyn, you can totally get it on Amazon. 🙂
LOVE the dry shampoo tip! My feet are eternally sweaty, (whether they’re hot or cold!) which makes my shoes stink too! Do you have any tips for homes with pets? I find scents will just cover up the dog odor or mix with it and make it worse.
I totally get it! My feet get so easily sweaty too!
And I’d check out this article on how to kill dog odor. 🙂
Amanda, I just put baking soda in my shoes. That works too. Have never heard of dry shampoo.
I loved all the ways to make my house smell good because when I get home and open the door I smell urine from my dog and I want to get that smell out.
I totally understand Delores. 🙂
i LOVE the dry shampoo trick! My feet are extremely sweaty. And the cool and trick is cool too!!!
I’m glad you liked it Kaylyn! 🙂
when u take your shoes off at night just prop them up in front of a box fan they will dry out and smell brand new 🙂
Definitely great tips
Wonderful tips thank you!
You can also put the clip on air fresheners to a blade on your ceiling fan.
I placed a round stick-on air freshener (Dollar Tree) on the topside of each of my ceiling fans (placing it at the innermost part of the blade so that it didn’t make it wobble). I opened the freshener prior to sticking it on the fan blade, exposing the freshener pad and put a few drops of essential oil on the pad, then closed it up leaving it ajar. Voila!
That’s a great idea Michele! Thanks!
Try using spray on powder deodorant into shoes…… works like a charm!
What an awesome idea to put Kool-aid in your dishwasher to take out that smell. I have been looking for hacks like this everywhere. GENIUS! Thank you so much!!!!
Welcome Cassie!