How do you make your house smell good?

[pinotgrig]

On a continual basis? Our new house smells like the former owners and is like to freshen it up.

[whitemerlot]

Change the furnace filters, wash down the walls.

[hermione]

North Pole scent Yankee Candle

Bake.

Open the windows as much as possible.

[6fsn]

If I really need to get an odor out I put out bowls of baking soda. Generally I just keep things aired out and cleaned up.

[tulips]

Does it have carpet? I'd get that cleaned if you haven't already done it.

I like the North Pole candle that hermione mentioned, too.

We had our air ducts cleaned when we moved in and that helped a ton.

[Jalapeñomel]

We burn Nag Champa. Lol

[nessness]

We use an essential oil diffuser, and open the windows whenever weather permits.

[SallySparrow]

Bleach all the things. Open the windows. Yankee candles and bath and body works plug-ins.

[pinotgrig]

Oct 12, 2015 20:09:49 GMT -5 nessness said:

We use an essential oil diffuser, and open the windows whenever weather permits.

I had a friend whose house smells amazing due to essential oils. What do you use (diffuser and oils)? I'd like to avoid an mlm if possible.

[imojoebunny]

Candles, air fresheners, and the like make my breathing much worse (This really lowers air quality in the home). Same with opening windows in mold and pollen land. We have good luck with running a dehumidifyer in the crawl or basement, cleaning everything really well (we haven't had anything but a tiny amount of carpet on stairs n many years), changing air filters regularly, like once a month, repainting places with retained smells using Khils before color, using cleaning supplies that do not make it worse (I use Mrs. Myers Lavender for most things, which is weird because straight lavender usually kills me). Baking soda in closets, vinegar, ect can help, but ultimately, sealing the stink and preventing it, like the dehumidifier, changing filters, and getting rid of carpet, helps a great deal.

[sjh722]

Oct 12, 2015 20:17:45 GMT -5 pinotgrig said:

Oct 12, 2015 20:09:49 GMT -5 nessness said:

We use an essential oil diffuser, and open the windows whenever weather permits.

I had a friend whose house smells amazing due to essential oils. What do you use (diffuser and oils)? I'd like to avoid an mlm if possible.

I have no idea what oils to use for smells, but I got some from Amazon for headaches that are really helpful. The brand is Eden's Garden and they're like $5 for a small container vs. 6x that price for Young Living or whatever. 

[Deleted]

I'm going to burn for this I know but I really like the smell of the Swiffer citrus wipes.
I use them often enough my house faintly smells of them constantly.

Since you just moved though and are trying to get rid of another person's "smell' I'd open windows, run a dehumidifer like pp mentioned and scrub down deep clean style anything you can. Changing filters helps too.

[chicago]

Eden's Garden is a great brand for oils! I like their blends for making our house smell nice.

[thatgirl2478]

cleaning stuff. IE the floors, windows, carpets, walls, furniture. Consider having your air ducts cleaned. Open the windows as much as possible. etc.

[Marmee]

Paint the walls...well at least I notice that gets rid of the previous tenants odors best in my rentals

[GotWine]

Basically what everyone already mentioned. Painting our walls helped a ton to get the previous owner's smell out. We also light candles and burn oils. I also love to buy cleaners and laundry supplies that smell really good. I love the way that my basement smells when I open the dryer to get my clean clothes.

[DarcyLongfellow]

I have this essential oil diffuser.

I currently use oils I got from a friend who is in one of the MLM companies, but I'll probably buy replacements from Amazon. I've heard good things about the Eden's Garden brand.

I agree with others, though. You want to get all the smell harboring dirt gone before you start trying to put good smells in. Painting the walls would definitely help. We also had our air-conditioning ductwork cleaned (then later replaced, but that was an extreme case!).

[indylady]

-carpets cleaned
-walls washed and/or painted
-air ducts cleaned (I totally thought this was a scam but it made a huge difference with dust)
-windows open when possible
-use baking soda left out

I would hold off on any candles or scented products... that seems to make things worse IMO. Try to find the cause of the smell instead!

[nessness]

Oct 12, 2015 20:17:45 GMT -5 pinotgrig said:

Oct 12, 2015 20:09:49 GMT -5 nessness said:

We use an essential oil diffuser, and open the windows whenever weather permits.

I had a friend whose house smells amazing due to essential oils. What do you use (diffuser and oils)? I'd like to avoid an mlm if possible.

This is the diffuser we have: www.hihealth.com/now-foods-ultrasonic-oil-diffuser.html?utm_source=google.com&utm_campaign=google_pla&utm_medium=cse&gclid=CO_2gJ6vvsgCFU1rfgod09IMsQ

We just buy oils at the natural food store, mostly citrus ones and a couple different blends. There's a "mental focus" blend I like but I don't know what brand it is. They sell them on Amazon too.