Odors… yuck. They lurk everywhere and we want to get rid of them as soon as possible. I wanted to share some ways I get rid of them in my home.
Let’s start in our kitchen – smells from cooking, trash cans, garbage disposals, etc..
Microwave Odor-
To clean and deodorize your microwave, mix a little lemon juice in water.
Place it in your microwave and run for 5 minutes. You’re microwave will be lemon fresh and easy to wipe out from the steam created.
General Kitchen Odors-
Cut an orange, add cinnamon sticks, and water to a small slow cooker. Plug in and let it simmer all day to fill your kitchen with pleasant smells. Make sure to check the water level occasionally as the water will cook out and you might need to add more.
Dishwasher odor –
Before washing your dishes, flip one of the dirty glasses upside down and add a cup of vinegar to it.
Place it on the top rack. Close and run your dishwasher as usual. Your dishwasher will come out smelling clean and vinegar also acts as a spot remover.
Smelly Garbage Disposal –
Cut up citrus of your choice – I’m using an orange from the simmering slow cooker from above – and place in your garbage disposal. Run the water and turn your garbage disposal on. Your garbage disposal will be smelling fresh in no time.
Trash Can Odor –
When putting a fresh bag in, add a little baking soda to the bottom to eat up those odors in your garbage can.
Musty Furniture –
Clean the furniture with a 1:10 ratio of vinegar to water.
After that dries, place a container of baking soda with the furniture to continue to absorb any left over odors.
Room Freshener –
Add a couple drops of essential oil on a light bulb when it’s off and let it dry completely.
When you turn the light it will warm the essential oil and freshen the room.
Room Freshening Spray –
Fill a spray bottle with water and add a little baking vanilla to the bottle.
Use the spray in your rooms to give them a fresh vanilla smell.
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Great Tips and ones that I will certainly use. #SeniSal
Thank you so much Bree, and I’m thrilled there is something here that you might use.
Great post I will have to try it. I already do the oil on the lightbulb, works great. Pinned
Thank you Anita, and thanks for sharing your experience and for the Pin. I appreciate it.
I’ve never heard of the essential oils and lightbulb trick. With three kids and a dog that would help! Any tips on how to tame the pee odor in a dog run? Just thought I ‘d ask.
Thank you Audra. For the dog run I would first spray the area really good with water to rinse any standing urine away. Then spray again with a 2:1 mixture water:vinegar to neutralize the smell. Let it air dry, and reapply until smell is gone. Hope this helps.
In the warmer/hot months If I have fish, shrimp(shells) for dinner I put the wrappings in a plastic bag. Then I put it in the freezer. I don’t like onion smells. I put the pieces I’ll through away in the a bag also. Other wise even if it’s just a couple of hours or over night this trash will smell….. it will also stink up your outside cans and maybe attract animals. I just grab the plastic bag from the freezer. And toss in away the night before our collection. Just another way to keep the ‘stink’ away.
Thank you so much for sharing Kathy, I appreciate it.
Linda
Great ideas, Chas. Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
Thank you so much Ann 🙂
I remember back in the day before a date, I would spray the light bulb with a little perfume to give it a pleasant smell. Now I guess I can try with the essential oils.
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Thank you for sharing that tip Antionette, that sounds like a fantastic idea too.
Excellent and EASY ideas! Awesome! Thanks for linking up with Creative Compulsions!
Thank you so much Michelle, hope you’re having a great week and I’ll see you at the next link party 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.
Thank you so much Marilyn, I hope you’re having a great week!
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared.
Thanks Marilyn, I hope you are having a lovely weekend.
Once again, Chas, you offer great tips that are actually doable! I love the way your creations are always budget-friendly and easy to implement.
Thanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I’m featuring you this week!
Thank you so much for your kind words and feature Richella. I’m so pleased to hear that you appreciate the ideas and am thrilled that you think they are doable. That’s one of my goals 🙂 Thanks for a great party and I’ll see you at the next one.