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@hsamatta1672242032 · 05 Nov 2022
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10 Tricks from People With Amazing Smelling Homes

How do people like my buddy manage to keep their homes smelling so good?

A best friend of mine took me over to see her new home a few years prior after she had recently purchased it. It smelt amazing right away, as if she had filled the entire space with recently laundered clothes (she hadn't). I couldn't help but focus on one thing about my own place after I came home: It didn't smell pleasant. Mine friend's house smelled great, but my own didn't, and that was a problem I wanted to fix right now. I know I don't have many guests these days, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't look for the aroma that makes my house unique. I've spent a lot more time at home than normal, so I may as well enjoy sniffing it.

Here are some of their greatest advice.

1. Make vanilla extract warm.

Travel blogger Philip Weiss bakes a meal for 30 minutes at home after adding a few drops of vanilla flavor to it. You'll *almost* be fooled into believing someone cooked a delectable cake thanks to the vanilla's soft but comforting aroma.

Add lemon zest, a capful of vanilla extract, and some water to a ramekin to give your vanilla cake vibes a zesty twist. After placing the ramekin on a small baking sheet and placing it in an oven set to 300 degrees, you may breathe in the aroma of bliss for about an hour.

2. Create your own room spray.

At the Los Angeles-based tea retailer Art of Tea, creator and expert tea blender Steve Schwartz swears by a homemade concentrate made from botanicals including eucalyptus, lavender, and lemon myrtle. He first steeps the herbs in hot water (much like when preparing tea), then pours the mixture into a spray sprayer to clean the kitchen.

In addition to being a natural odor absorber, tea also eliminates odors, so rather than using baking soda, you can eliminate odors in your refrigerator by using old dried tea leaves. Nobody knew?

3. Make some potpourri on the stove.

One of the finest ways to fill your house with a pleasant scent and a hint of holiday nostalgia is to simmer warm, spicy herbs on the stovetop. Founder of Design Improvised Haeley Giambalvo enjoys simmering a stew on low heat with apple slices, orange peels, cinnamon sticks, and cloves, but you can also experiment with anise, nutmeg, rosemary, vanilla beans, and even cranberries!

4. Use baking soda to neutralize unpleasant odors.

If you frequently cook with strong-smelling spices like food writer Vered DeLeeuw does, maintaining your home in amazing shape can sometimes mean preventing the bad smells from taking over the air. Her enigma? baking soda in a few bowls put throughout the home, changed every week. This is particularly useful in a tiny kitchen and pantry, the author claims. Baking soda is convenient and inexpensive, and it performs a great job of absorbing scents rather than disguising them.

5. Put used lemons in a simmer.

The lemon rinds should not be discarded. Using the lemons she squeezes for her lemon waters, chef Carla Contreras creates a wonderful aroma in her kitchen. The lemons are put in a sizable stock pot, which is then completely filled with water, and simmered on low heat for hours on her stove, according to her. Even though it might go to waste, the smell is so lovely.

6. Activated charcoal can clean the air.

Activated charcoal, which is electrically nonpolar and can absorb the majority of typical kitchen vapors and gases, is one of the best and most economical odor-busting materials for the kitchen. A pound of activated charcoal in a porous bag is hung by Lee's kitchen window as a quick remedy for a stinking kitchen. Additionally, you can place activated charcoal in a few bowls near likely odor sources in your kitchen, such as your garbage disposal or trash, to absorb odors.

7. Dry herbs on a hook.

Zach Reece, the creator of Colony Roofers and an enthusiastic home cook, enjoys hanging dried herbs like olive branches, sage, and bay leaf. Simply knot a lot of them together and hang them in the kitchen at face level. You'll be able to collect the herbs as needed for cooking, in addition to creating a beautiful and amazing-smelling environment in your home.

8. Utilize one cup of vinegar.

You probably already clean with vinegar. David Cusick, chief strategy officer of House Method, claims you may use it to deodorize as well. His go-to tip is to simmer white vinegar on the stove after cooking, especially if the food is oily, to help get rid of the odor. To wake up to a cleaner-smelling kitchen, you could also leave a glass of vinegar on the counter over night.

What makes vinegar so powerful? It's chemistry 101, explains Cusick. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which binds to odor-causing chemicals. But don't be alarmed! Vinegar will simply absorb the unpleasant smell rather than leaving it behind.

9. Aromatize with essential oils.

If perfumed candles or air fresheners aren't your thing, essential oils, or concentrated plants and herbs, are a popular method to give your room a new scent. According to Ian Kelly, vice president of operations at NuLeaf Naturals, he uses essential oil diffusers all over his house to keep things simple and natural. He uses oils like grapefruit, rosemary, lemon, mint, and cinnamon orange.

10. Brew coffee beans.

Contreras also has a favorite trick that she picked up while working as a barista. Just throw a few coffee beans in the oven for seven to ten minutes at 400 degrees, then leave the door open for an energetic, coffee shop aroma.

  • Comments (5)
Loes
Thank you, I will definitely try a few. I skip the “cooking on the stove for hours” because of the crazy energy prices.
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