Learn about 21 ways you can make your house smell good. From candles to cleaners and several other easy and affordable DIY projects created for your home or gifts to family and friends.
Everyone wants their home to smell nice and fresh especially if you are having guests over.
Over the years I have made many different DIY projects that will make your house smell amazing so I'm sharing a list of 21 ideas below. All are easy to create and utilize a mix of natural materials, essential oils, and fragrance oils.
More Fragrant Projects to Make
How to Make your House Smell Good - 21 Ideas
How to make your house smell better with 21 ideas on projects you can easily make. These DIYs are inexpensive and will certainly have your house smell amazing in no time.
Homemade Air Fresheners Made with Gelatin and Fragrance Oils
Made with gelatin, these little air fresheners are great for making any room smell good.
Hydrosols - How to Easily Make Them from Your Own Herbs and Flowers
This is a natural room spray that doubles as a nice facial tonic. A beautiful floral spray made on the stove with your own plants.
Scented Candles
Of course, candles are on the list. Here are two of my favorites.
DIY Teacup Candles - Scented for Holiday Gift Giving
Thrifted or heirloom teacups make great receptacles for scented candles.
DIY Packing Tape Labels Make Beautiful Holiday Candles
Dollar store vases and packing tape dress up these fragrant candles for the holidays.
Homemade Sachets
Sachets whether in drawers or closets make your home smell extra fresh.
Homemade Floral Sachets with Peonies, Lavender and Mint
Dried fragrant flowers from the garden come together in netted pouches for beautiful smelling sachets.
How to Make Wax Sachets with Pressed Flowers
Hang these all over the place for a pretty sachet that adds a little decor as well as fragrance.
DIY Diffusers
Diffusers are just what they sound like. Items that help diffuse fragrance through the room. Here are few you can make at home.
DIY Essential Oil Diffuser For All Your Favorite Scents
Just another great use for clay pots. Burn essential oils in water on the top to diffuse a wonderful pure scent through the air.
Make Your Own Wood Bead Diffuser
Super simple and can be hung anywhere. Wooden beads soaked with fragrant oils to permeate the home.
DIY Reed Diffuser - Easy Aromatherapy for Your Home
Simple reed diffusers can be made at home with your favorite fragrance. They last quite a long time and are pretty to look at too.
Fragrant Cleaners
Strong cleaners usually smell terrible. Try making a few homemade cleaners with natural elements for a fresher smell.
DIY Cleaner Recipes with Essential Oils
Essential oils come together with other basic ingredients to make good and nice smelling cleaners.
How to Make Homemade Lemon Vinegar for Cleaning
Add fresh lemons to vinegar to cut down on the strong smell of this cleaning mainstay.
Homemade Potpourri
Okay, next to candles, potpourri is probably the product most often thought of when it comes to room fragrance. Here are a few easy and natural modern potpourri recipes that you can make at home.
Garden Potpourri You Can Easily Make from the Garden
Flowers straight from the garden are dried and a little fragrance can be added to a fixative such as oakmoss to boost the scent.
Stovetop Potpourri - Perfect Handmade Gifts for the Holidays
Packaged in pretty jars this combo of spices and dried fruit smells great simmering on the stove.
Homemade Potpourri Made With Natural Apples, Oranges and Cinnamon
Dried fruit and cinnamon in an old wooden bowl make a pretty centerpiece and adds fragrance to the room.
Pomander Balls - Full of Spice and Everything Nice
Pomander balls studded with round spices are pretty and fragrant.
Scented Soaps
Soap set out in the bathroom is an easy way to keep the room smelling nice and fresh. Here are two fun ways to easily create soap that's scented and nice looking too.
Melt and Pour Soap - Rich Orange Cinnamon Scent
Melt and pour soap. It's that easy. Melt it and pour it into a mold. Add fragrance too and set them out for everyone to enjoy.
Handmade Gifts: How to Make Soap Balls
This one is fun and is really meant not to be used but for decoration. The soap can be used but the color will come off onto your hands. Don't worry it rinses right off too.
DIY Scented Pine Cones for Gifts or Decor
Mainly for the fall and winter, pinecones coated in scented wax are another great fragrant way to scent the home.
How to Make Scented Padded Hangers
Create some beautiful hangers with a little scent inside. Any closet could benefit from this easy project.
Scented Mug Mats: Beautiful Spiced Filled Handmade Gifts
Set a hot cup of tea or coffee on these mug mats and enjoy the fragrance the heat distributes.
10 Scented Plants Perfect in the Garden
Finally, a list of scented plants you may want to grow or buy in the store. A bouquet of pretty flowers that are also scented can fill a room with amazing fragrance.
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