Who is in the middle of spring cleaning? I sadly, am not. At least not my normal spring cleaning. But our carpets are getting a good going over and a bit of freshening up. I thought perhaps you lovely readers would enjoy my carpet fresher recipe, to help get your carpets smelling a bit better.
Winter can be hard on carpets. Kids getting sick and puking on them, pets doing the no-no on them and so much more. The worse part is the smells that won’t go away because your house is shut up tight against the cold.
Using my carpet freshener recipe I can both kill odors and germs. No chemicals like Fe-Breeze (please tell me you don’t use that poison in your home!) or or Clorox products necessary!
Use this carpet freshener recipe to naturally get rid of stale smelling carpets and kill germs and bacteria at the same time!!!
#springcleaning!
Natural Carpet Freshener Recipe:
- Baking Soda
- Essential Oils
You can use a variety of different essential oils. This can depend on the scents you like, and/or what you have on hand. Below are my recommendations.
- Thieves blend. Spicy smelling and great for killing bacteria, and other germs.
- Melaleuca oil: Melaleuca is antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic, bactericidal, and insecticidal, obviously a good choice for cleaning with.
- Lemon oil: Lemon is antiseptic, antimicrobial, and bactericidal. It’s also great for elevating your mood. (Not to mention the wonderful clean smell!
- Lavender oil: Lavender contains antiseptic, antiviral, bactericidal, and fungicidal actions which make it a good choice for cleaning with as well.
You can use single oils, or mix a few. I used the Thieves blend which is amazing, but would also recommend Melaleuca oil with lemon oil. Lavender is great, but I don’t care much for the smell of lavender, so I don’t use is it much for cleaning.
I use 10-20 drops of essential oil per 1 cup of baking soda. Use a fork and stir the soda. The oil will clump a bit at first so keep stirring. I notice I need to stir for at least a minute. Just keep watching for clumps and as they show up, break them apart. Soon you will have nice smooth powder.
Time to sprinkle on your carpet!
Use a broom and sweep briskly over the whole carpet until the soda disappears. Let sit for approximately 30 minutes and then sweep up. Bonus? Your sweeper will now smell fresh and clean too!!!
Disclaimer: Oils could cause some carpets to discolor or stain. Be sure to test in an inconspicuous area first.
I hope you enjoyed my carpet freshener recipe. Interested in learning more about essential oils? Check out Kate’s webinars on using oils for health and fitness. There are 2 great ones coming up, so be sure to check them out!!!!
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ooh! I am in the process of spring cleaning at the moment – I shall have to give this a try. I did the same to my mattress with sandalwood oil yesterday (to promote calmness) – could use different oils for different rooms depending on how you need to feel in that room. I’m the same as you about lavender, I can’t stand it – I hadn’t thought of using lemon though, what a brilliant idea!
I love the smell of Sandalwood! Perhaps I should get some for when I clean our mattress 🙂
We got about a half foot of snow yesterday… I’m very much lacking in Spring cleaning motivation. lol
I have lemon oil and lavender oil. I’m thinking about trying that combo.
“Pets doing the no-no” made me laugh. Not sure why…maybe it’s time to cut off my coffee this morning. 🙂
Lemon and lavender are not a bad combination….
But I totally hear you on the lacking motivation, we got some snow too and now I just want to sleep 🙂
I was just wondering how to do this to my carpets!!
And now you know!
Ready not only for spring, but for Christmas too! It’s a great and very useful recipe. I’m expecting a lot of people to be my guests these holidays and clean and freshly scented carpets are essential for me. Thanks for sharing this recipe!Greets!
Please be careful with this recipe if you have a dog! Baking Soda is toxic for Dogs…it can harm their lungs even when they inhale it!