| It makes sense to have enticing scents in your | | | | Perhaps your teenager would like one of those |
| home when you are trying to sell it. Paying | | | | plug- ins that radiates the room with scent. If not, |
| attention to the smell of a home is a fairly recent | | | | at least keep a spare one handy for plugging in |
| idea in terms of marketing appeal. | | | | half an hour before the visit. |
| When real estate agents first suggested that | | | | Having a plug-in air freshener right in the hallway |
| home owners baked hot buns in their oven on | | | | by the front door is a really good investment. It |
| 'Open House' day, it was considered to be quite | | | | probably costs about $2.00 per week to leave on |
| an innovative idea! Marketing nowadays has | | | | all the time and will certainly take care of first |
| reached such professional proportions that | | | | impressions. Use a fairly generic smell like sea |
| different scents in different rooms are now | | | | breeze or pine as the front door air freshener |
| considered to be avant-garde. | | | | needs to appeal to all types of nostril! |
| Just about all of us are unaware of the smell that | | | | Experts on scenting in the home tell us that vanilla |
| greets us on entering our homes. We are | | | | is a must for the kitchen. There are also candles |
| accustomed to it, and unless there is an usual | | | | and scents in apple pie and creme brulee. Of |
| smell in the home, we do not register any | | | | course, you will have to deal with the backlash of |
| awareness of smell. If new carpets have been | | | | the disappointed family when you end up only |
| fitted, this incorporates the odor of the fabric into | | | | serving jello for dessert! |
| the air, and changes the general scent of the | | | | Bathrooms must always have that sparkling clean |
| home; likewise if someone is drying their laundry, | | | | smell, such as pine or citrus. Here a scented |
| you can tell as soon as you enter a home. | | | | candle would be nice, to suggest an ambiance of |
| However, a stranger walking into your home will | | | | relaxation that many people like in the bathroom |
| immediately register the 'smell' of your home and | | | | nowadays. Soft music from a small CD player |
| will undoubtedly form a subconscious opinion on | | | | would add to that atmosphere, as well as some |
| you and your home as soon as they breathe | | | | shaded lighting. (However the mirror always needs |
| your air! | | | | bright lighting). |
| From a selling point of view, you will want this | | | | Remember those rooms that you never use, a |
| opinion to be a positive one. Assuming that you | | | | musty smell is a no-no. Keep some kind of air |
| have taken care of the 'curb appeal' aspect of | | | | freshener in there as mustiness is difficult to keep |
| selling your property, this entry into your home is | | | | at bay. |
| the next step for your buyer. | | | | Finally, many of us have a coat closet right by |
| While a dog can be very welcoming, doggy smell | | | | our front door....with shoes in! Hang something that |
| may be off-putting, especially to a non-dog lover. | | | | will smell nice in that closet, and encourage |
| Make sure you launder the dog blankets | | | | everyone to change the shoe routine for a while. |
| frequently, as air fresheners can only do so much! | | | | This may sound like a lot of fuss, but if you just |
| Another area that you may have less control | | | | scent the bathroom, kitchen, hall and any problem |
| over is a teenage bedroom. Those sweaty | | | | area, the rest of the house will soak up the |
| athletic socks shoved under the bed could be | | | | overload! |
| calling out and offending strange nostrils! | | | | |