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7 Ways to Make Your Living Space Smell Nice

7 Ways to Make Your Living Space Smell Nice

Rather than spraying chemical-laden air fresheners, choose one of these seven natural ways to make your living space smell a little nicer.

1. Invest in houseplants. Have your favorite plants and herbs growing in your kitchen, living room and bathroom in small pots. The presence of green plants will help reduce indoor air pollution and keep clean air circulating in your space.

2. Save your citrus fruit skins. Save the peels of oranges, lemons, limes and other citrus- fruits. You can place them in boiling water to have a fresh scent in the kitchen, or run them in your garbage disposal with boiling water. Lastly, put some citrus skins in your vacuum bag the next time you vacuum your carpet.

3. Dilute essential oil with water in a spray bottle. You can spray your furniture and carpet to make the whole room smell a specific scent. To diversify, you can have different scents for different areas of your home. For example: lavender for the living room, sandalwood for your bedroom and peppermint for the bathroom.

4. Place bowls of white vinegar in corners of the room. The vinegar will neutralize and absorb any offending odors.

5. Place fabric softener in your shoes and closet. It will take away any stale clothing smells. For another closet air freshener, place a cedar block at the bottom of your closet. Use sandpaper for a new layer once a year.

6. Light soy candles instead of regular candles. Soy candles are longer-lasting, better for the environment and have a more robust smell. (They are also safer than carcinogen-emitting candles.)

7. Bake bread or cook your own meals. Few things are as welcoming as the smell of freshly baked bread or the herbs of a home-cooked dinner.

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By Yumi Sakugawa, Intent.com

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8:30AM PST on Jan 15, 2012

Will be trying many of these! Gotta get the cat-food and litter box smells outta here!

7:38AM PST on Dec 30, 2011

i will definately be tryinmg the citrus peels love that idea!Thank you!

9:12AM PST on Dec 26, 2011

thx

9:51AM PST on Nov 20, 2011

Fabric softener in your shoes...?

4:33PM PST on Nov 17, 2011

tks

4:46PM PDT on Sep 13, 2011

Nothing smells better than freshly baked pies!

10:35AM PDT on May 27, 2011

great ideas! Baking soda is also good

6:40PM PDT on May 24, 2011

nice

1:57PM PDT on May 18, 2011

thank you

6:32AM PDT on May 14, 2011

Realy great ideas, thank you

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