8 Tips For Keeping Your Home Smelling Fresh (3 of 5)

Clean Fabric and Cloth Surfaces

We wash our clothes on a regular basis, but we don’t always do such a great job with laundering our bed sheets, pillow cases, and window dressing. Carpets and upholstery also absorb bad smells, so they need to be cleaned frequently as well. If you spill food or a drink on the carpet, or a pet makes a mess on the rug, use an enzyme cleaner to clean it up ASAP so the odor isn’t given a chance to bake itself in. Vacuuming and spot-treating should become a habit, and doing a deep carpet shampooing once every three months will ensure proper maintenance.

Air Out Your Rooms

If you’re looking for instant solutions to deal with such things as those lingering, “oily” cooking smells or freshly painted living room walls, open the windows throughout your house to allow the odors out and fresh air in. While this would be impractical to do when it’s a zero-degree winter day, even cracking the window a bit can make a noticeable difference.