How 'clean' does your house smell?

[Laranna]

Another fresh air, natural cleaner here. Like Jodi, I open up the doors and windows as soon as I get up in the mornings. Usually the bedroom window is open overnight anyway since it's so hot. I clean my floors with water, vinegar and some lavendar for scent. Toilet, bathroom is with bicarb and vinegar. For the dishes, I use an enviro friendly dishwashing detergent.

Lulu - I LOVE the Speed Cleaning and Spotless books too!

I also hate the airfresheners. I think they smell rank. I keep a spray bottle filled with water and a little bit of lavender oil and use the fine mist to spray around the house for a little freshening up.

[Nai]

For dishes I use Earth's Choice dishwashing and we just use bi-carb & vinegar in the dishwasher.

[Lolli]

RayRay I also go Earth's Choice for the sink, but I replace dishwasher powder with bi-carb- it actually does work just as well- and white vinegar for the rinse aid.

[Curly]

I replace dishwasher powder with bi-carb- it actually does work just as well- and white vinegar for the rinse aid.

Wow! Really? Even for pots and pans? Dishwashing powder is sooo expensive, I'm going to try this one.

I have tried the vinegar and bicarb thing before but I gave it up because I found it more time consuming. I found I had to do a rinse wipe down afterwards (sometimes twice) so it effectively meant I was doubling my work. I was so inspired by Spotless and Speed Cleaning and bought all the natural ingredients she recommended but I wasn't happy with the extra work so I'm back to bleach and Spray and Wipe I'm afraid.

[mountain mummy]

I use all earths choice products (laundry, toilet, dishwashing) as we are on bio septic and have no choice but to use biodegradable products. For my floors (108 sq m of slate tiles ) I just use my H2O steam mop and BOY are the socks on that dirty by the time I'm finished!! (came with 4 microfibre socks and ALL of them get used!)

Cleaning benches, I use vanilla/water, windows and mirrors, I use white vinegar/water. And H2O Vac for our upstairs carpets. Any stains come out with a bicarb soda paste and some elbow grease!

[Lolli]

Wow! Really? Even for pots and pans? Dishwashing powder is sooo expensive, I'm going to try this one..

Curly, I generally wash my pots and pans in the sink, but it works brilliantly for dishes/glasses/cutlery. Very sparkly shiny

[AliBaby]

We dont have a dishwasher so we do use washing up liquid. I do change brands quite often to see which one I like best.

I only buy one general cleaner spray (at the moment it is spray & wipe lavender & citrus).

And I also have a bottle of spray & wipe that usually lasts me a year!

I noticed that my house smelt like a big dog after being shut up for 2 weeks. A good dose of airing and lighting some scented candles got rid of that. (well either that or I just got used to it!!!!)

[Astrolady]

Yeah not a big chemical fan here either. Windows & doors open when possible. If house smells after being shut up for a while I burn a partylite candle for an hour and that fixes it up. Floors I have are just lino throughout, so I just run over with a damp sabco mop. For real sticky spots and places like the kitchen, bathroom, toilet. I boil the kettle and pour hot water down first. Floors are done at night so I know the kids wont walk around the corner.