Homemade Febreze!

I love Febreze! Like seriously, I spray it everywhere when I have a bottle. And there isn't a sadder day for me than when I'm cleaning house and run out of Febreze!

Other than it costing more than it really should, I also always forget about it when I'm at the store and need a new bottle. Same thing with carpet fresh. I always forget it at the store. I need to look up a recipe for that too, one that works to cover dog scents!
 
Well, today I as I was cleaning the guestroom, I wanted to spray down the mattress while I'm airing the room out (it's a really nice day here in San Antonio!). I go get the bottle of Febreze and notice it's pretty darn empty!!!! No way am I running out to the store right now since I'm not feeling well! And Lord knows I'm not gonna wait. I am the one who normally acts on impulse! And since I'm watching Hoarding: Buried Alive, I'm really motivated to do some cleaning.

To Google I go to find a way to make some!!

Good news is, it is super simple and cheap to make your own!! I read that it costs about 15 cents to make a 27 oz bottle at home! Not gonna buy Febreze again!!!

Here's the how to:

You need:

1/8 Cup of fabric softener (I used a bottle that we had before we bought an HE washer so now we can't even use it)

2 tablespoons Baking Soda (Buy the BIG box at the grocery store, and use it to clean the house)

Hot tap water

Spray bottle (I used my recently emptied Febreze 27 oz bottle)

 

Directions:

 

Pour the fabric softener, baking soda and hot water into the bottle. It would be smart to use a funnel but I didn't have one which lead to a bit of a mess so if you have one, use it. After that, put the lid back on and shake!

 

Now go spray everything with your homemade Febreze!

 

 

 

I did notice that after it sits for awhile, stuff began to separate. I just shook it before I used it again.

 

Happy cleaning!!

 

PS: Someone isn't happy I'm cleaning "her" bedroom today...She took over our bed for nap time.

 

 

Focusing on Our Bedroom

So I was doing my morning rounds of Pinterest when I stumpled upon 11 Tips to Make Your Bedroom a bit More Romantic. I read it and was inspired.

Back Story of Our Bedroom
We've lived in our apartment since July of last year but will be moving back home to Indy this coming September. It's hard to make everything seem like home when you just have to turn around and box everything up again. Not gonna lie, we still have boxes with stuff still in them all around the house. When we had visitors, said boxes got tossed into our bedroom with boxes leftover of shoes and clothes that couldn't find a home in the closet. Ok, maybe we need to go through things to get rid of or donate but that's a lot of work.

Well today, I decided to clean up our bedroom!!! Clean sheets on the bed (also bed made which never happens), vaccumed, picked up all the dirty laundry that ends up on the floor, and cleaned off our bed side tables that manage to get covered with junk.

This is the very first time I've actually liked going in our room!! I still have work to do (husband's dresser is covered with junk, the master bathroom needs to be reorganized, and now our closet has boxes in it) but I am proud of what I achieved today.

 

I love our bedding. It was a wedding gift!! And look at those clean bed side tables!!!

 

 

One of the walls in our bedroom, my husband's side of the bed. I love having the black, white, silver, and the pop of red through out the room.

 

These are on my side of the bed. Do you like my toilet paper tube decor? I need one more piece to fill it in. And yes, I know my picture frames aren't straight...

 

And last but not least, above our bed.

 

 

I will be following those 11 tips that I read this morning in our bedroom!!

Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to post pictures of the rest of the room.....maybe....