Try these tips to help freshen up around your home.

freshen up your trash cans
Try lining the cans with a fabric refresher sheet — how's that for multi-tasking? Also you can keep garbage smells to a minimum by sprinkling baking soda in the garbage between layers of garbage as they accumulate. Periodically wash out and deodorize garbage cans with a solution of 1 cup of baking soda per 1 gallon of water.

easy carpet freshening
Sprinkle the carpet with baking soda and let it set overnight. Vacuum in the morning.

deodorizing dishwashers
Not ready to run the dishwasher, but can not stand the smell of the tuna you had for lunch? Sprinkle a handful of baking soda on the dishes or in the bottom of the dishwasher to absorb these odors, so you can wait until the washer is full! The baking soda will do double-duty: deodorizing before you run the dishwasher and then cleaning in the first wash cycle. With baking soda handling the first cycle, add your detergent only to the cup that closes, for use in the second cycle.

sweeten drains and garbage disposals
To deodorize your drains and disposal, pour baking soda down the drain while running warm tap water. The baking soda will neutralize both acid and basic odors for a fresh drain. When you are replacing a box from the refrigerator or freezer, pour the contents of the old box down the drain to get extra mileage from the baking soda.