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7 Cleaning Habits That Make Homes Smell Fresh All Day

An infographic checklist showing icons for the seven fresh-home cleaning habits discussed in the article.
Follow these seven illustrated cleaning habits to maintain a consistently fresh and inviting home every day.

Your Practical Next Step

You do not need to overhaul your entire cleaning routine today to experience a noticeable difference in how your home smells. Start by focusing on the most persistent odor source in your kitchen.

Walk to your sink right now, grab your current kitchen sponge, and throw it directly into the trash if you have used it for more than two weeks. Next, boil a kettle of water, pour half a cup of baking soda down your main sink drain, and flush it entirely with the boiling water.

These two fast, highly targeted actions require less than five minutes of your time, yet they immediately eliminate millions of odor-causing bacteria, setting you on the immediate path to a fresher, more welcoming home.

40 Comments

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  1. Thanks for all the information, some i new and some i didn’t. Great information especially about the shower curtain and leave the vent on for 40 minutes after you step out the shower.

  2. Thanks, some of these I currently practice, but it is encouraging to know it’s working, and a few new one helps

  3. In order to properly Clean Garbage Disposal best to wear gloves and wet Paper Towels saturated with liquid dish soap..
    Then proceed to Wipe inside Interior Walls of Garbage Disposal and Underside of top rubber cover (CLEAN both underside and topside of rubber cover). The Last Step to Completely Clean Interior Garbage Disposal is to place 1/2 Cup of Baking Soda and Add White Vinegar to the Baking Soda to Mix before Pouring Mixture into Garbage Disposal . Leave Mixture at bottom of Garbage Disposal for (5) minutes and then turn on tap water & flip switch to Turn Garbage Disposal “ON” for about (2) minutes.. The Cleaning Process above will Eradicate mold, bacteria Odors, All Germs from the Inside of Garbage Disposal..

  4. Hi, your ideas are very helpful. I already take measure in practicing two of your 8 ideas. First is the kitchen sink idea, & second is the Carpet idea. They both work incredibly well!!

    I’ll definitely give your other ideas a try.

    Thank you so much , for taking time out to help with your household ideas for ” one of the most important spaces of our lives.. ” Our Homes shared with Family & Friends “.

    Blessings to you & All in Abundance!!. ☺️❤️

  5. I would like to attempt your service to clean my home. I’ll see you on Facebook. I have a two story Home.

  6. I have tried putting blankets on my couches for the dogs and inevitably when I get home they have pulled them off. Suggestions for refreshing furniture without putting baking soda on? They would be wallering in it quickly.

  7. Very helpful. As a nurse I’ve had to endure some pretty bad odors and the products used to eradicate them can be damaging to mucus membranes and skin. At home I prefer simpler but more effective products such as those you describe. My grandmother used to say cleanliness is next to godliness and she wasn’t whistling Dixie because she was from the remote Isle of Skye in Scotland in the very early 1900’s. A friend of mine almost died after mixing bleach and ammonia. I found her comatose on the bathroom floor.

  8. Somehow the house got fruit flies. Mostly all fruit fly catchers/killers don’t work. They reproduce faster than you can catch them. My guess, one snuck in from bought fruit, but getting rid of them is embarrassing and torture. Do I have to wait for winter?

  9. Tip on tip: After vacuuming fine powders, like baking soda, keep the vacuum efficient by thoroughly cleaning all the machines filters. Powder trapped in filters reduces the air flow substantially.

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