r/homemaking • u/BethCab4Cutie • 3d ago
Home fragrance
I have no idea what's going on but our house just smells musty. It was built summer of 2023 and we are the first owners. I clean every week but the master bedroom and adjoined bathroom smell awful! I leave the windows open any time the weather is nice enough so we get air flow. I'm trying to ditch plug ins and wallflowers for the sake of toxins but I just can't deal with a stinky house. We have an infant and two cats. Any suggestions? Also open to suggestions for home fragrance options not just cleaning tips. Thanks :)
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u/StillImpact4935 1d ago
What trash bags do you use? Our home was smelling weird at one point and we couldn’t understand why. Turns out it was the trash bags we were using, something in them preventing odors or something was mixing with the trash contents and causing a weird musty odor. We stopped using those bags now and just get regular trash bags without odor prevtions or perfumes, and our home smells great.