If you want to discover ways to make your house smell good and clean and especially during an Open Home, you’re at the right place. But what can you do to add a special touch that makes your house smell one step beyond clean? And this goes double for when your house is on the market and your agent is doing Open Homes. Use some common “scents,” a little knowhow and a lot of creativity to make your Open homes and you house smell fantastic.
Use Your Good Scents
Many homeowners choose to use scented candles in their home. As the candle burns, the oils melt and create a wonderful smell throughout the entire room. Not only do these smell great, but certain scents can also be relaxing.
Lavender, for instance, is commonly used in aromatherapy and is believed to be a calming scent. Vanilla, strawberry, cinnamon and even chocolate are also popular among homeowners who want to add a special touch to their home.
Don’t dismiss the essential oil type infusers also. These often impart smells similar to burning candles, but usually come in bottles with absorbent sticks that conduct and impart the oil smell into the room atmosphere. They usually comes in a variety of different pleasant smelling combinations.
Good Enough To Eat
If you really want to learn of ways to make your house smell good, actually, I mean make you home smell terrific, add a bowl of fresh fruit to the dining room table. especially fruits like oranges, tangerines, lemons, and even apples will provide both a colourful centrepiece a well as a very ‘clean smelling’ scent that’s almost good enough to eat. Have you ever noticed a lot of the cleaning products you can buy in the supermarket come with lemon scented this, or orange scented that?
And if you like to bake, there’s nothing better than the smell of freshly baked cookies or bread, fresh out of the oven. Of course, if you don’t feel up to baking every day, you can always use a chocolate scented candle instead. Top that off with the smell and aroma of freshly ground or brewed coffee. These types if food scents are all highly attractive and engaging in a home. One of the most appealing cooking smells (for many people) is the smell of cooking bacon, however, that’s NOT a smell you want residing throughout your home when its time for the Open Home, so hold off cooking bacon, and curries for that matter on the day or two before an Open Home.
Make Your Home Blossom
If you really want to add a terrific aroma to your home, place a vase or two of fresh cut flowers in your living/family room. A perfectly designed arrangement will act as a wonderful centrepiece, but will also fill the room with a wonderful smell.
Roses are terrific for adding an unmistakable scent to any room, but many other flowers will prove to be just as nice. When you are buying flowers for this purpose, (and if you aren’t too sure yourself) ask the florist which flowers will give off the best bouquet and smell, they should be able to point you in the right direction because whilst some flowers may look the part, they have very limited if any smell.
Everyone “Nose” Potpourri
A potpourri mixture, which is getting a little ‘old school’ these days can still be another option to provide that inviting enticing aroma. Usually made from wood shavings, and containing dried petals and spices, this is typically placed in a bowl and used to add a wonderful scent to any room. A variety of mixtures are commonly found in any retailer’s craft section or anywhere that scented candles are sold. Potpourri is low maintenance in that it requires nothing more than being placed in a bowl and situated in the room of your choice.
Freshening Up The Air
These days, air fresheners and oil burners are everywhere. Why? Quite simply, because they work. Individuals who suffer from allergies may have a difficult time with some scents and/or brands of air fresheners, so be sure to keep this in mind when shopping.
Air fresheners are available in a wide variety of scents and are generally inexpensive, which makes them a nice choice for many homeowners, but our advice would be to try and stick with the natural fragrances rather than artificial ones. At the end of the day, you want a potential buyer leaving your open home, with that memory of the wonderful smell or scent in your home.
This can be a lot more important that you realise, because smell is one of those senses that sticks like glue to our brains and our memories. Have you ever encountered a (pleasant) smell and it brought back pleasant memories from your past? I think we all have. So, that’s why its important to discover ways to make your house smell good as it could leave that Open Home visitor with that important subconscious, pleasant, fragrant experience that they will remember. It might even help separate your home from the competition out there in the marketplace and when it comes to getting your home sold, you need every little bit of advantage you can get.