The Secret to a Fresh Smelling Home

There are many unpleasant things in our lives that we can get used to over time and simply not notice anymore. We often don’t notice our own body odor after a while, and bad smells in the home can go unnoticed after we experience them over and over again.

However, you may want a home that smells fresh to everyone and not simply one that has tolerable scents and smells. If you are going to keep your home smelling delightful, there are some cleaning tips that will help, and we want to share those with you here.

Clean Often and Thoroughly

The best and simplest tip we can give you is to clean your home on a regular basis. Make sure that you are cleaning every room and cleaning in all areas of each room. The more effort you put into this work, the better your results will be.

You may want to hire a cleaning specialist to make your Denver home fresh and smelling lovely. By having professionals come in and clean your home, you can get a cleaner house and have less to worry about. You will not need to wonder if the work was done properly. You can trust them to do a good job and to take excellent care of your home.

When you can, be sure to tidy up behind furniture, under appliances, and in any cubby holes and hard to reach corners that might be neglected by routine and surface level cleaning. It is in these areas that you are most likely to find food particles that can smell and dead pests that will stink up your home.

Allow Fresh Air into Your Home

The air in your home can feel stale after a while if you are not letting fresh air in. It is wise to open windows every so often and let in air from outside. Of course, there will be certain times of year where that is more comfortable than others. Plan your fresh air time carefully and take advantage of pleasant weather to open doors and windows.

Allow air to circulate for a couple of hours if possible. This will ensure that all of the stale air leaves your home and fresh air is able to take its place. The larger your house is, the longer this process will take. You can set up fans to speed up the process and ensure proper air circulation.

If you can do this every few days, the air in your home will smell fresher, and foul smells will leave the house more quickly. Even after you clean in order to get rid of bad smells, they can still linger, but allowing in fresh air and opening windows will get those bad smells out of your home fast.

Clean Spills Immediately

The hardest smells to get rid of are often those from food spills. If food or drink falls on your carpet, it can settle into the carpet fibers and harden, becoming very hard to remove. Then, as the particles turn rancid, they will send foul smells up into the air, polluting your home.

If you clean up spills fast, taking care of them as soon as they happen, food and liquids will not have time to harden, stain, and turn bad. You should clean them thoroughly, use powerful cleaners to eliminate any trace, and wet the area so that no particles remain behind.

The best way to ensure you can deal with spills effectively is to keep cleaning supplies on hand. Make sure you have cleaners, stain removers, and other cleaning supplies shandy to remove spills and stains as they happen and put together a spill kit to deal with the trickier accidents. You should have brushes for your carpet, a vacuum cleaner, and other tools that will allow you to clean up the pile the right way and leave nothing behind.

Clean Appliances

There are some appliances in the home that tend to have bad odors from time to time. These include the microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, stovetop, and oven. Cleaning these out regularly, or at least when they start to smell bad, will do wonders for the air quality in your home, and it will eliminate some foul odors as well.

Make sure you clean out the spoiled food in the fridge, because even though it is kept cold, it can still spoil and smell very rotten. Check your meat and vegetable drawers regularly to ensure that nothing is being left to spoil.

When you clean the microwave, place a cup of water with citrus in it (a few drops of lemon or orange concentrate) and microwave that for about a minute. This will wash down the walls and leave the microwave smelling fresh.

When you clean the stovetop, be sure to use degreaser to get rid of oil stains and use tough scrubbing pads to scrape away any caked-on particles that will be tough to get rid of. Allow the stovetop to soak in a little water and the cleaning agent before wiping it down so that these liquids can penetrate through tough crud, and this will make your work easier, allowing you to wipe away grime faster.

When cleaning the oven, take the oven racks out and let them soak in warm, soapy water. They tend to be big, so your kitchen sink might not be large enough to accommodate them. You can use a laundry room sink or even your bathtub and let them soak there. Once they have been soaking for 30 minutes or so, they will be much easier to clean, and you will be cleaning them more thoroughly.

Closing Thoughts

These are just a few ways that you can make your home smell better. There may be some unique challenges that you face in your home that need to be addressed to ensure that your home smells lovely. We hope that these tips are helpful to you as you try to freshen up your living space and make it more welcoming for guests.