Did you know there are a lot of places in your home that are surprisingly a haven for a lot of pathogens? It may sound ironic, but one of those is your kitchen.
The kitchen, a place where you keep the ingredients and a place where you prepare the foods you are about to serve your family, is usually exposed to different kinds of pathogens, which can lead to some of the worst diseases and infections. The countertops, kitchen sink, refrigerator, your kitchen garbage bag, and even your dish sponges, can be the haven you would want to sanitize all the time, revealed by WebMD.
Given this reason, the kitchen tends to become smelly and prone to different nasty odors, you would want to get rid of the soonest. Usually, the smell would just go away on its own after cleaning the room, but sometimes, the smell is just too strong.
If you are one of those who are having problems with the way your kitchen smells, don't fret anymore. Here are some of the ways to effectively lift the odor away from your comfort zone.
BAKE SOME LEMON TO FRESHEN THE AIR
So many people tend to buy some air freshener to get rid of the room's foul smell. What they are unaware of is the possible adverse effects of these air fresheners in the body such as headaches, migraine, mucosal symptoms, asthma attacks, breathing difficulties, and infant illness, as enumerated by Science Direct.
So instead of purchasing such product, better create an air freshener of your own. You only need two lemons, slice it thinly, put them in a baking tray (foil-lined), and bake it at 100 degrees Celsius for 1 or 1.5 hours. After doing so, just leave the oven door open with lemons still on the rack for a stronger and longer scent.
DEODORIZE YOUR DISPOSERS
Since it is a place where you put all your scraps, garbage, and dirt, trash cans or your waste disposal unit is the main culprit of your kitchen's foul smell. To avoid the contamination of your place, better deodorize the smell soonest using natural fresheners.
There are two natural fresheners you can use. These include fresh mint and citrus peel (grapefruit, orange, lemon, and lime). Just simply grind these fresheners and put it inside the bin.
REMOVE THE UNPLEASANT ODOR USING A CHARCOAL
If you are still unsatisfied with the first two tips, you might want to use charcoal to remove the odor instead. Charcoal can effectively remove unpleasant odor in the air by removing the molecules that can cause it. You can put it in the trash cans, rooms, closets, refrigerator, or even in laundry areas, wherever you think it needs its help.
