A home that smells good can greatly change our domestic experience, making us feel comfortable and turning our house into a place of peace and rest where we want to stay.
However, as a responsible consumer, you always look for new ways to reduce the amount of waste you generate in your daily life.
But did you know there are ways to create homemade air fresheners, cheap, personalized, and eco-responsible? As you might imagine, in this article we bring you several proposals so you can scent your home for very little, and at the same time, make use of your waste to create something useful.
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1. Homemade air freshener with fabric softener
Do you use fabric softener to wash your clothes? Then you already have the base ingredient for a super home air freshener that will fill your whole house with the scent of clean laundry. For this, you should take a an empty spray bottle.
Then fill half with water, and the other half with your fabric softener favorite. And, done! You now have a super home air freshener in spray format to spray any surface in your home.
You can use it on the sofa, cushions, in your closet, on towels, on your bed, and any textile surface in your home. The scent will linger in all rooms with an irresistibly clean laundry smell.
2. Spray air freshener with essential oils
If you want to avoid artificial chemical products, an ideal alternative is essential oils.
They are usually sold in small bottles, so just a few drops dissolved in water can provide a quite strong scent. There are all kinds you can imagine, with a multitude of different smells: roses, eucalyptus, patchouli, vanilla…
You just need to fill a spray bottle with water and add a few drops of your favorite essential oil. If you use a humidifier in your home, you can add a few drops of essential oil mixed with the water to evenly distribute the aroma throughout the room.
3. Scented gelatin
Although nowadays it is possible to find jars of aromatic gelatin in any supermarket, you should know that you can also create your own fully personalized air freshener, and more importantly, reusing containers that you would otherwise throw away. Also, the result is usually quite aesthetic, so it can be an object with a dual function: to decorate and to provide a pleasant scent to our home.
To create your own aromatic gelatin you will need: a clean, empty glass jar, dye, neutral gelatin, salt, and the essential oil of your choice.
The first step will be to boil the gelatin in hot water, following the instructions on the package. Then, we will add our essential oil (the more you add, the stronger the scent) along with the dye. Stir everything well, pour it into the jar, let it cool, and that's it, you will have your scented gelatin!
4. Lavender sachets to scent closets and drawers
Do you have fabric scraps or old clothes and don't know what to do with them? Then you just need some aromatic plant like lavender or eucalyptus to achieve a simple and effective scent ideal for closets, drawers, and enclosed spaces.
5. Homemade air freshener based on baking soda
To make this air freshener you only need baking soda, an essential oil or fabric softener of your choice, and a spray bottle. The procedure is as follows:
- Heat the water until it boils (50 ml).
- Add the essential oil (a splash) or the fabric softener (at least 50 ml).
- Add 15 gr of common baking soda.
Once everything is well mixed in the bottle, you will have your homemade air freshener based on baking soda ready to be sprayed.
6. Use leftover soap as an air freshener
With leftover soap bars, you can also create fabulous scented sachets for very little money. The process to make them is simple: make small fabric bags with leftover clothing scraps and fill them with soap remnants you have around the house.
As we mentioned with the aromatic plant sachets, this type of air freshener is ideal to place inside wardrobes and drawers so that our clothes always retain a delicious fresh and clean scent.
7. Antibacterial scenting for the kitchen
How could we forget the kitchen? One of the rooms most exposed to strong odors, as it is common to cook with oils and strong aromas there.
The ideal in this case is to use natural products that pose no danger to our health. Fortunately, many foods have antibacterial properties, as well as eliminating odors and providing a fresh aroma in the room.
To create our own antibacterial air freshener for the kitchen, we will need a orange or lemon, a cinnamon stick, water, sugar, and white vinegar.
The process is as follows: boil half a liter of water with cinnamon, add orange or lemon peel and a few tablespoons of sugar. Then mix it with vinegar and let it cool, then store it in our spray bottle.
8. Spices for exotic aromas in the home
If you want your home to transport you to some of the most exotic places in the world, there is nothing like creating your own air fresheners based on aromatic spices such as clove, ginger, or allspice.
You just have to infuse them in hot water and then place the liquid in a spray bottle to spread it throughout your home.
9. Aromatic plants for a natural and fresh scent
It is not necessary to create a product to make our home smell clean and fresh. If we want to achieve a lasting scent without constantly spraying surfaces, we can opt for aromatic plants. Some of our favorites to bring a natural smell to our home are basil, mint, rosemary, or thyme.
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