11 Simple but Splendid Tips that will Purify your Home (number 7 is amazing)
Home is the one place which we truly can call our own. Whether we change homes, we stay in our homes for all our lives. Then doesn’t it become important for our home to be livable all the time? Who will live in a house which stinks and has a really bad air quality? No one! Not even any guests will like to come to a badly maintained house.
If you are wasting a lot of efforts and time or are plain lazy and your house still reeks of bad air quality, then shrug off the lethargy and make your house smell awesome with these easy to do tips:
- Proper Ventilation
Air should keep on flowing in and out of the house regularly as that is a very natural way of eliminating bad odors. Keep all your windows open for as much as you can. Such a simple and effective way it is. Especially when windows of opposite sides are open, a good air flow will be created for proper ventilation. Start the fans too, if there are any.
- Essential Oil Diffusers
If you find them expensive, you can just make them. Pour a few drops of essential oils in the diffuser and rest with water. A fine mist is created and spread throughout the house by the diffuser. It not only make your house smell great but also heals via aromatherapy! It can boost your mood, calm your mind and relieve stress.
- Airflow while cooking
During your cooking tasks, it is crucial to keep the air flowing and remove out the unwanted cooking smells. Always use the range hood fan and open the windows.
- Deodorizing carpets
Carpets are one of the neglected spots in your house for the unpleasant smells. They should be deodorized regularly. You can sprinkle any other carpet powder or baking soda and then do the usual vacuuming after a few minutes. The powder will pick up all the dirt and smell and leave behind a pleasant aroma.
- Houseplants
You can put these plant pots on the window grills or inside the house. They do a great job of taking in CO2 and filling the house with oxygen, thereby purifying the air.
- Fabric sprays
They can be a cheap and quick way to purify your house air. Fill a spray bottle with some baking soda, some essential oil of your choice and the rest with water. Shake it well and you are good to use.
- Natural candles and Incense
Another good stuff to fill your house air with pleasant aroma is using Incense sticks of your preferred smell at strategic places in your house. For the natural candles, chose the ones that don’t contain paraffin. You can go for soy or beeswax candles. They emit negative ions when burned, which bind with the positive ions of the air and make them fall.
- Baking Soda
You can keep some boxes of baking soda in the corners of your house where you think most of the smells come from. Do change them periodically though.
- Regular cleaning
It is also important to dust-off and clean your house at regular intervals, say once a month? There may be some bad odors, garbage or dust that could be stubborn and will not go via the above easy purifying methods.
- Shun the artificial Air Cleaners
Try your level best to not use the artificial air cleaners as they might be cleaning your indoor air, but in reality, they cause air pollution with toxic chemicals and only mask the odors instead of cleaning them.
- Citrus and Vinegar
You can use lemons, oranges, limes for spreading some pleasant smells in your house. Cut slices of them, use the peels also, keep them lying in your house. Vinegar has the property to neutralize the odors in a natural way. You can add one part of water to three parts of white vinegar in a spray bottle and use it in the air or on the surface.
Indoor air pollution and unpleasant odor are never good for your health; physical as well as mental. Hence, it is advisable to regularly maintain your indoor air quality with a delightful aroma, something which will make your guests too, feel like living or coming again and again to your house.
