How do you make your apt smell fresh and clean all day long?

Question

Hi - I have a small apt and am always trying to make it smell good - The girl before me had a dog and sometimes it smells like a wet dog in here. Besides candles? Are there any unique idea's? I know someone who's home smells so good all the time - and all of her stuff smells just like her house.I know this sounds weird. Her house smells like Fresh Linen or something..I want that!!

Answer 1

I get a spray call Egyptian Cotton for Bed, Bath & Beyond. It smells like fresh clean linens. There's a cheaper way though, just take dryer sheets, smell them to find a fragrance you like and place them around the house, tucked into the sofa, in the toilet paper roll in the bathroom, in your dresser drawers and closets. It's a great inexpensive air freshner that lasts a long time. Also, if you put a sheet in a clean vacuum bag before putting it on the vacuum it will send the frangrance out into the air everytime you vacuum.

Answer 2

One thing that concerns me -- how did your apartment get so smokey without setting off a smoke detector??? If you don't have one, get one IMMEDIATELY! Do that before wasting any more money on Febreze and Glade! Because you're pregnant, I suggest you get some kind of mask to wear while you're cleaning to cut down on the fumes. Anything less than a heavy-duty, professional gas mask will still let some fumes through, but it's better than nothing. Try a paint store for a good but inexpensive one. Material, paper and wood soak up odours like crazy. Smoke is one of the hardest smells to get out of those things, especially greasy smoke like from ribs or bacon. Washing any drapes and curtains is a must. You might have to wash every piece of clothing and any other object made from material in your place as well. Rugs will need to be shampooed, but you might get away with doing that yourself rather than paying someone a lot of money. There are also cleaners that you can use on couches, etc., which you have to brush or scrub in, that will work much better than Febreze. They leave the piece of furniture rather wet or damp, so you won't be able to sit on it for a day or two. If you do all this and the smell still lingers, you might have to paint. When there was a fire in the basement where my parents lived (2 story apartment) the ins. co.'s cleaners painted all the rooms with an aluminum paint before painting with regular paint. This was in order to get rid of the smoke smell. They also cleaned and washed EVERYTHING in my parents' apartment. It was literally emptied out and stuff was returned hanging on the hangers on which they were dried - which looked pretty funny in some instances - like one potholder per hanger. Plus my parents ended up with about 300 wire hangers! Can you get someone to help you with all this physical work? You don't want to be stretching too much at this point. Good luck!

Answer 3

Hi Hello. I have an apt and I always have it clean but I'm always trying to keep it smelling nice and fresh but the smell never stay. Are there any unique ideas were I don't have spend that much money. I want it to smell like the next door neighbor smell's so good fresh and like a good brazilin flower smell. Need ideas please??? PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!

Answer 4

They actually sell a candle that smells like fresh linen at the Michael's craft store. You can also find room sprays in fresh linen, too. I'm a big believer in aromatherapy so my house always smells good. I use a carpet powder that smells like cinnamon, I have a popurri burner that simmers vanilla scent and I put a dab of vanilla extract on my light bulbs so when they are turned on the smell fills the room. I also buy Filtermates that attach to the furnace filter so when the AC or heater is on the smell permeates the house.

Answer 5

I use the expensive stuff from Pier 1 Imports. They have reed diffusers and scent sprays that are very good smelling (way better than the glade / febreeze crap that they sell in the supermarket).

I have a reed diffuser in a couple rooms ($10 each with 20% off coupons)
and spray the air twice daily with the matching spray. ($7 a can)

I use the island orchard scent.

But really, you need to keep the carpet as dry as possible to avoid the smell from coming back if you can't afford to have it all replaced. Heat & humidity will release some ancient demons from carpets & carpet pads.

Answer 6

The Glade scented oil candles work very well. They come in the fresh linen scent. My mom would soak cotton balls in vanilla extract and hide them in baby food jars all over the house. Makes it smell like home baking. My grandma used one of those hot potpourri machines and it worked great.

Answer 7

first clean your carpets and anyhting that may have retained the wet dog smell, then open the windows and get a light smelking popporri. dont go crazy with it.

Answer 8

get some essence oil. place a dab on the top of all your light bulbs. They come in lots of varieties.

Answer 9

Place dryer sheets in the air vents in your house or apartment.

Also, you can use dryer sheets as sachets in your dresser drawers.

I also put a new dryer sheet in my vacuum cleaner bag when I replace bags.

Answer 10

Febreeze...and in the morning, open the window to let the fresh air in......fresh make up air will help out alot.

Answer 11

the air sprayes are good fabrick softener sheets in closets and drawers work well to fabrease carpets and seats