As the temperatures begin to drop, it’s time to start preparing your home for the fall and winter seasons. The first step? Making it smell like fall! Luckily, you don’t have to burn an autumn-scented candle or bake a pumpkin pie to get that crisp scent wafting throughout your space — here are five easy ways you can make your home smell like fall without spending an arm and a leg on special fall cleaning products.
Buy a Diffuser
A way to make your home smell like fall is by using a diffuser. This will help you enjoy the holiday smells without the additives. Plus, there are many diffusers that you can use, such as a wax warmer or oil burner. You can also buy a bundle of scented candles and put them around your home, or invest in different scents of essential oils that you can use with a reed diffuser.
Use Scented Candles
- Pick your favorite fall scents and light a candle in the room you want it in.
- Place cinnamon sticks, cloves, or orange peel on a baking sheet and place it in the oven at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes before you turn it off to let the house smell like fall when it’s still warm.
- Light up some incense near an open window so you can smell that fall touch up without having an open flame.
Use Essential Oils
Use the following essential oils for a holiday smell: eucalyptus, clove, cinnamon, orange peel. Combine these in a diffuser or light them on fire to fill your home with their scent. You can also use other scents like nutmeg and vanilla extract by cooking them in an oven with butter and brown sugar. Lastly, you can put potpourri that includes fall items like dried leaves and pine cones around your home. All these will give your house a great fall touch up!
Turn On Your Kitchen Stove
Nothing is quite as welcoming as the smell of warm apple pie baking in the oven. With a little fall touch up of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice, you’ll be whisking yourself away to a cozy mountain cabin with every sniff. To give your home that holiday smell this fall, try these five easy ways
Bake Cookies!
Baking cookies is a popular way to make your home smell like fall. Bake up a batch of freshly-baked cookies, and you’ll be in for an aromatic treat!Pumpkin cookies are my favorite, both in smell and taste. Mmmm! Start by preheating the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and then mix together 2 cups of flour with 1 cup of brown sugar. Add in 1⁄4 teaspoon of salt, 1⁄2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1⁄2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and 1⁄4 teaspoon of ground ginger.
