Homemade Carpet Freshener

Submitted by PetsRus

"We have cats and dogs and once a month I ”treat” the house using this. I use mostly lavender and rosemary oil but also like lemongrass or peppermint. They say that using lavender and rosemary it not just refreshes but it keeps away fleas and moths. I think that makes sense because I make soap that I use on our dogs and that also uses rosemary as one of the ingredients. If you have friends that like Potpourri as a gift they will also like this.Once you have made this and like it, try to buy the rosemary and lavender in bulk."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 6 cups

ingredients

• 2 cups baking soda
• essential oil, your own choice of fragrance,but optional
• 2 cups lavender, buds
• 2 cups rosemary

directions

1. Empty 2 cups of baking soda in a glass or ceramic bowl; with the back of a metal spoon get rid of the lumps.
2. If you are using essential oil then add that now, approx 20 drops, more or less, your own nose will guide you, distribute well.
3. Add the lavender and rosemary, mix and then put in a plastic bag or glass container.
4. Without the essential oil it is ready to use, otherwise leave for 2-3 days so the oil will not be wet anymore, (that can cause stains on the carpet! always check before use) To use: sprinkle desired amount on the carpet, leave for a few hours then vacuum.

Reviews

[Sharon123]

This smelled wonderful! I whirled the lavender and the rosemary in the blender to break it down a little and sprinkled on my rug. After I vacuumed it I got down and smelled the rug, it smelled so clean! Thanks for an easy treatment I will be using alot!!!

 

[Pamplemoussee]

I love this. Just chopped up a cup of fresh rosemary into two cups of baking soda, sprinkled on the carpet and vacuumed up about 1/2 an hour later. The carpets smell lovely but there isn't a weird "chemical" scent coming off them... just freshness. And dang was that cheap.

 

[dandel764]

essential oils are HIGHLY TOXIC to cats.

 

[bmcnichol]

I had off work yesterday and was doing some major cleaning. I normally use carpet fresh but wanted to give this a try as hubby has allergies and is not fond of the smell of carpet fresh. This worked great. Since you add your own ingredients, I could control the strength of the smell. I will be using this in the future!

 

[K9 Owned]

Rainy weather, 3 large dogs, very small house, company coming and no "Carpet Fresh" Yikes!!! Zaar (or PetsRUs) to the rescue. I went in the garden, chopped off some lavender, pulled a bunch - well many bunches of mint and a bunch of rosemary. Micked the herbs til dry and tossed everything in the food pro til it was powder. LOVED IT!!! I will never buy the stuff again as I hate the sweet, powdery smell. This was herbal, fresh and very clean smelling. Thank you so much!