Tips For A Sweet Smelling Home

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Tips For A Sweet Smelling Home
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• A fresh, sweetly scented home is something that
  many of us women crave, often to the annoyance of
  the men in the household! Plug in air fresheners,
  scented candles and reed diffusers are flying off
  the shelves in stores, but how healthy are those
  chemicals for us? Not very, is the answer, and we
  should probably look to finding more natural
  methods of ensuring that our homes smell inviting
  all year round.
• Keeping your dressers and drawers smelling sweet
• It worked for us centuries ago, so why shouldnt
  it work now? Putting bundles of fresh smelling
  flowers and herbs such as lavender, rose petals
  or even cedar

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• wood, into your drawers will do wonders for
  keeping whatevers inside them, sweet and fresh.
  Take your favourite smelling flowers or herbs,
  wrap them in a piece of muslin cloth and tie the
  little bundle with string. Simply pop it into the
  recesses of your drawers, and leave it there
  until its no longer effective.
• Freshly scented rooms
• It might seem like an old-fashioned approach, but
  potpourri will quickly, safely and cheaply help
  to make any room of your home smell fresh and
  clean. Dont waste your money with shop bought
  potpourri, instead make your own from your
  favourite smelling flowers and herbs. Formulas
  for making this are available

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• online, but provided you choose flowers and herbs
  that you like the scent of, you cant go too far
  wrong. Put the mixture into a large vessel in the
  centre of the room for maximum effect.
• If making potpourri is a little too much like
  hard work for you, you could of course purchase
  some scented candles or reed diffusers that are
  made from all natural, organic products.
• Lifting stubborn odours from your kitchen
• Some dishes that we cook in our kitchens can
  leave a lingering aroma for many days, especially
  if you dont aerate the room regularly, and
  theres nothing worse

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• than the smell of stale cooking to make a room
  feel dirty and uninviting. One natural and cheap
  way of eliminating such nasty whiffs is to drop a
  fresh stick of cinnamon into a saucepan filled
  with water, bring it to a simmer and leave it on
  the stove for half an hour or so. This cheap and
  easy tip will make your kitchen smell festive all
  year round!
• Ensuring your bathroom smells fragrant
• Our bathrooms can quickly become smelly and since
  many dont have windows in them where natural air
  can permeate, the nasty odours can linger and be
  embarrassing for you if your guests need to use
  it!

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• We should go back to more traditional methods of
  freshening up our rooms by hanging a large, tied
  bundle of herbs such as lavender or mint on the
  back of the door, and allowing the natural
  sweet-smelling goodness to permeate the smells!
  Simply replace it when the herbs dry out and are
  no longer effective.
• It doesnt have to cost the Earth to keep your
  home smelling sweet, and it doesnt have to
  damage the Earth either.

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