5 ways to make your home smell good

1. Make a room spray

Homemade recipes are the best because you have have them ready in moments. So simple to make your own. No artificial fragrances. All low-tox and SOOOOO much better for your mood and the environment.

You will need

• Glass or aluminium spray bottle

Recipe

• Teaspoon witch hazel water
• Fill bottle with cooled boiled water
• Essential oils (I like to combine Lavender and Lemon)

2. Room diffuser

You will need

• The jar and reeds can be bought here. But you could use any narrow style jar – like a beaker or narrow glass bottle. Kmart have reeds (in prepacked diffusers) cheap as chips, so you could use their bottle and reeds, just make your own low-tox fragrance.

Recipe

• Essential oils of your choice.
• 1/4 cup of a carrier oil. I used doTERRA’s Fractionated Coconut Oil.
• 1 tablespoon of witch hazel water (will mix the oils together).
• Turn the reeds around a few times over the week so they absorb the scent. This home-made diffuser works best in small areas like bathrooms.

3. Simmer pot air freshener

There’s nothing worse than waking up to the smell of last nights’ dinner!

You will need

• Pot
• Stove top

Recipe

• 2 small lemons or limes
• 2-3 sprigs of rosemary
• Water
• Combine all items in a medium pot or a small pot. Add water to fill about halfway and let it simmer.
• Remove from heat, leave to cool and let the mixture’s scent do its work to freshen up your home.

4. Turn on a diffuser

A diffuser is an efficient way to maintain a fresh home by removing dangerous pollutants and agitating allergens like dust mites, pollen and pet smells from the air.

You will need

• Any good brand diffuser will be good. Remember they won’t do your whole house at once so you may need multiple around your home

Recipe

• PURE Essential oils. I love citrus. Here’s some ideas on what to put in your diffuser.

5. Make toilet fizzy bombs

I always make a few fizzy toilet bombs to keep my bathroom smelling fresh. No need to use harmful sprays and chemicals.

You will need

• Bi-carb soda – a mildly abrasive cleaner and an excellent deodoriser.
• Citric acid – gives the fizzy effect, and also helps dissolve tough hard water stains.
• Essential oils – I used lavender, peppermint, and lemon essential oil to help to eliminate germs and bacteria. Smells good too.
• Ice tray, or silicon mold tray (you can even make shapes!).
• Jar to store them in

Recipe

• 1/3 cup bi-carb soda
• 1/2 cup citric acid
• 1 teaspoon roughly of water (from a spray bottle)
• 10 drops lavender
• 10 drops peppermint
• 10 drops lemon
• Mix the bi-carb soda and citric acid together in a small bowl. Next, slowly add the water and essential oils to the mixture. I used a spray bottle to add the water – by misting it in to the mixture. It will fizz a little but that’s ok. You will need to move reasonably quick with the mixing. Press the mixture in to the trays. I left mine to sit overnight.

♥ KC.