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Learn how to make potpourri and turn your everyday kitchen and garden waste into elegant, fragrant and attractive additions to your home. Many dogs and cats derive comfort from being close to their people. So, if a diffused essential oil is harmful to them, they may stay in the room and not leave. And animals don’t always know that leaving a room or space will remove the discomfort they’re feeling anyway. So, watching for signs of discomfort is the only way to detect if your use harms or makes your pet uncomfortable. Note that potpourri and scented candles can also cause asthma and coughing fits in cats and dogs, as highlighted above. Many artificial air fresheners, even some that are green or organic, actually don’t freshen or clean the air. Plus, they can contain chemicals that can be potentially hazardous. Did you know that less than 10% of their ingredients are disclosed to the public?? Wet potpourri is more about the fragrance than the look. This is a simple starter recipe, but you can also add your favorite ingredients.
Alternatively, experience the positive and healing benefits of horticulture therapy and start growing your own ingredients for potpourri. Grow a herb garden on your window-sill if you don’t have an outdoor space. Or start a community garden in a communal area (with relevant permissions) so your neighbors can also enjoy homemade potpourri. There are many ways to engage in urban gardening without a lot of space and many beautiful plants also grow well indoors — you can even find plants that thrive in dark rooms. The worst offenders in the ingredient list are volatile organic compounds (VOC). The Environmental Protection Agency provides a list of health effects that VOC can cause: The potpourri also includes a fragrance vial, so you can revive the scent by spraying the fragrance over the ornaments to make it last longer. If you favor floral and tropical aromas, this potpourri could make an excellent choice for every room in your house.Add a layer of salt and spices on top of the petals and leaves (and 5 drops of essential oils, if available). These room scents are wonderfully strong – not too strong – and they’re easy to simmer. You can do these in simmer pots or you can simply put them on the top of your stove and let them simmer in a regular pot. I love how easy they are and how wonderful they make your home smell. These are perfect to leave simmering throughout your family gatherings or just anytime you want the wonderful scent of the holidays to waft through your home. And, if you want to add to your festive décor, you can add a few of these 15 decorative candles and votives. You can make these for under a dollar. 1. Clean Lavender Potpourri For a blast of nature’s favorite cleansers, try an equal mixture of lemon, lime, and sweet orange in your recipe. Citrus essential oils have been scientifically proven to be generally safe to use with negligible toxicity to humans. If you want your home to smell minty fresh and airy, then add equal parts eucalyptus, peppermint, and tea tree oil into your potpourri recipe. Tea tree oil’s antimicrobial properties may also help fight off bad odors for longer.
Dry and wet potpourri can last from a few months to even years and can be topped up with a few drops of essential oil if you want to squeeze a few more months out of your favorite display. You can expect a minimum of three- to-six months of fragrance from your blends. No potpourri complements the festive winter season better than Claire Burke’s Fresh Royal Fir Potpourri. If you find the spicy and crispy aroma of fir and pine trees tantalizing, you can have your house smell like it throughout the year with this potpourri. Despite most point bedroom ideas being all about muted, dusky pinks vibrant pinks are are exciting and uplifting and unexpected and can be just as chic if done right. Pinch this pink bedroom idea and balance a super bold pink (this is Nancy's Blushes by Farrow & Ball) and just stop short of the ceiling. If you have a dado rail, go up to that, then keep the rest of the wall and the ceiling a simple white. What colors go with pink in a bedroom? Our wet and dry potpourri recipes are just one reason why you shouldn’t throw orange peels away and are one of many easy uses for leftover apple peels. Pineapple peels and lemon peels have several uses too, and potpourri is an excellent one. Hold on to these bits before they hit the compost and learn how to reuse them in potpourri. How To Make Wet Potpourri Layer your salt and spices between the petals and leaves. If the potpourri mix includes harder items like miniature pine cones or bark chips, these could potentially lodge in your dog’s throat and cause breathing difficulties.Many people will burn scented candles to help set the mood, especially around the holidays. Unfortunately, like all candles, the scented varieties can pose a burn risk for your inquisitive pets and a fire risk for your home and family (in other words, your dog or cat can tip the candle and start or fire or even light themselves on fire). Be aware that your potpourri mixture will shrink as fermentation occurs. For larger volumes, add larger amounts and layers of ingredients. Preparing Ingredients for Dry Potpourri Learn how to preserve flowers and herbs. Cover the tops of the flowers with another layer of gel. Cover the container tightly and leave it undisturbed in a dark, cool area. Warning: This filter has an ION setting. It’s recommended you don’t activate it – those of us who use it don't. While there are only a few studies regarding ion-producing purifiers, peer-reviewed research studies indicate that they may cause more harm with little benefit. Per the EPA, under certain use conditions, lung irritants can be produced well above levels that are considered to be harmful to people's health. They have been found to lead to increases in oxygenated VOCs and toluene. Exposure to these compounds has been linked to multiple health issues such as irritation to the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, liver, kidney, and central nervous system damage, and nausea. Some of the organics have been found to cause cancer in animals and people. People are capable of discriminating about one trillion different odors. Dogs can sense 100 million and cats 200 million. However, the area of the brain that analyzes odor is 40 times larger in dogs than in people. And cats appear to be able to smell 14 times better than people.
The good thing about autumn is that you have so many options when it comes to natural ingredients to add to your potpourri mix. Go outside and gather up pinecones, apples, walnuts and evergreen twigs. Then add those to nutmeg, cloves, orange peels, scented essential oils and dried flowers to create your own custom simmering potpourri scents. Here’s another wonderful simmering potpourri with pumpkin. This one has apple cider and canned pumpkin as well as apple slices – or peelings and core – and pumpkin pie spice to give it a really strong and wonderful scent. You just add all of your ingredients to a pot and simmer away. You can substitute the water in this one for apple juice or cider or use water if you want to cut down on the apple scent.
Strawberry Scented Potpourri
This stove top potpourri has so many wonderful smells of the holidays including oranges, cinnamon and pinecones. You start by dicing apples and then add pinecones, cinnamon, oranges, and rosemary to a pot of water to create this wonderful scent. This is a great one for all winter and really makes your home smell warm and inviting. Plus, you can utilize pinecones. There are so many wonderful DIY pinecone crafts!
However, if you are after something more subtle for a bedroom, grey and pink always works. It's a sophisticated look that's never going to date and you can adapt to suit any style. Try a soft grey with blush pinks for a calming and subtle vibe or go bold with a dark charcoal to make a light pink pop. How do you make a pink bedroom look more mature? Having a house that smells pleasant and welcoming is one of the most delightful experiences that many people miss. While most people rely on air fresheners, potpourri is better than constantly perfuming the surroundings.
Pink Grapefruit Scented Potpourri
Dogs with sensitive airways — like those with a collapsing trachea, “kennel cough,” allergic bronchitis, and others — can experience the same problems. If you can't do without a regular flame candle, opt for "cleaner-burning" candles that are made from soy, beeswax, or vegetable wax. Avoid those made from (or with) paraffin, as that can release more potential impurities and irritants that can bother both your and your pet's respiratory system. And, speaking of impurities and respiratory irritants, make sure you're only burning these candles in rooms and areas with good ventilation. Oranges are great for creating fall and winter scented potpourri and what you add to those oranges can completely change the scent. I love this fall scented simmering potpourri that has orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla bean to give it a warm and welcoming scent. The vanilla will make it smell like you’ve been baking all day and really set the mood for the holidays.
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