I love the holidays. I don’t love holiday stink. Burnt cookies (I do that). Blah blankets (because they’ve been put away all year). Musty holiday decorations (they’ve been in the basement all year). Read these 5 Tips For A Holiday Fresh Home to get your home guest-ready and smelling like Christmas for the holidays…
5 Tips For A Holiday Fresh Home
1. Improptu Guests – always have guest-worthy snacks on hand (or ready to defrost from the freezer) for improptu guests. Don’t let your guests catch a whiff of the #12Stinks of Christmas (watch the video below…). For overnight improptu guests (the nerve!) – freshen sheets and towels. For improptu dinner guests – order out. For improptu drop-in guests – excuse yourself to the bathroom and follow this next step…
2. Bathrooms (and diaper bins) – nothing stinks more than bathrooms and diaper bins (let’s be honest shall we). They stink sometimes! Empty bathroom trash bins and diaper bins. Clean each as you normally would. Then, for good measure – unbox some Febreze smallSPACES Fresh Twist Cranberry to add a little extra freshness to your holiday small spaces like living room and bathrooms. It’s handy to keep those smallSPACES packs in your medicine cabinet (out of hands reach of children of course). That way, you can unbox easily (and without drawing attention) when those improptu guests pop by.
Febreze has released a hilarious video featuring the stinks associated with the holidays, brought to you by Instagram sensation Doug the Pug and rapper Doug E. Fresh!
3. Those burnt cookies – first, wait for the smoke detector to re-set itself. lol. Tell the kids you were just doing a fire drill. If weather permits open windows to allow for some ventilation. If weather doesn’t permit (darn the cold weather!) I would stand in my kitchen; swinging a tea towel around like I was trying to flag a plane in order to get some air movement. If this fails, spray some Air Effects Fresh Pressed Apple as your baking odour solution.
4. Musty Christmas stockings – packed away 11 months out of the year Christmas stockings can smell musty when you unpack them from your holiday storage bins and boxes. Air them out to get rid of that musty stink.
5. A Real Christmas tree – that’s right…I’m Team Real Tree because it gives that holiday fresh scent like no other.
Disclosure: This post is brought to you by Febreze. As always, the opinions are my own.
I use Febreze and holiday scented candles!
What a cute video. I love the pine and apple cinnamon scents.
I love febreze use it all time but have not tried the Holliday scent yet
What a great video! I like to use my Lampe Berger when I burn cookies!
I love when my house smells good. It seems so much cleaner when it smells good.
I think Febreze might be the greatest invention in the history of home making. It really does work.
Fun video! I was just cleaning out the basement and it could definitely use some Fabreze!
I like to have Febreze on hand as well as scented candles. I’ll have to get some of those smallSPACES packs to have on hand for the bathroom.
I love Febreze and use it all over the house. We already use the smallSPACES in our son’s bedroom. I’ll have to see what scents they have out for the holidays.
We have a house of eight, plus a dog. LOL. we could not survive without Febreeze. Plus, this holiday we have even more family coming it.
I love Febreze! We use it all the time. It makes the air smell so good! This holiday I will be using it a lot with all the people in town.
I think I need to Febreze my actual fake Christmas tree. It smells musty for the basement…yuck!
These are great tips. I think Febreze is a wonderful product. It really does make your home smell great, especially for the holidays.
Febreze is a great way to freshen up your decorations that have spent the year in a box. I always have a bottle in the house for the furniture.
I use Febreze on my curtains and furniture. It helps them smell fresh all the time. These are great tips to have a Holiday fresh home.
There is nothing in the world like a real Christmas tree! That is one of my favorite smells during the season.
I love my house smell good all year but of course an extra holiday fresh scent would be great! Love all your tips here!
Thank gd for our febreze candles and sprays! They really help to keep those stinks of the holiday at bay! And I love that video!!
Febreze definitely helps with the smells that are unwanted.
Great tips! I use Febreze all the time in and around my home.
Love real trees! I also make up a large batch of cookie dough and freeze them portioned out. Drop in guests are soon met with the smell of fresh cookies!
That video is hilarious! I love Febreze for sprucing up the house before company – I especially love the holiday scents.