Rose Scented Glasses
I have always thought of my eyesight and hearing as being my main senses. My sense of smell was secondary. When we moved into our new home, I realised that I was wrong.
It felt very strange for the first few days. Our furniture was in different places, there were boxes everywhere, the flat had an unfamiliar layout. Even though I was in my own bed, it felt as if we were staying over at someone else's house. Then I realised why ...
It didn't smell like home.
It smelt like someone else's home. There was a lingering smell of someone elses cleaning products, someone elses's perfume, probably someone else's pheromones for all I know. Turns out that although we had not discussed it, Hubby had the same feeling.
So I gave the bathroom and kitchen a good clean with my usual products. We dusted and hoovered. We lit our favourite scented candles and bought our favourite air fresheners. It soon felt much more like home.
Seems like my nose is busier than I thought.
posted by Rhea at 1/22/2007 10:31:00 am
4 Comments:
Not sure where you're from but here in the UK we have a TV advert for an air freshner which shows someone moving into a new home, and everything looks grey and dull until they open this air freshner thing and everything turns to colour and looks cosy and homely. You're post made me think of that.
Doh! Ok, ignore that first bit; it's gone 2.30am and I'm just relaxing after hours of house work!
That's ok :o)
Yes, that's exactly how it felt. It's weird as I'd never really considered it before.
Interesting. I thought about my new home experiences. When I bought my first home back in England, I hired a professional cleaning outfit to clean it from top to bottom as soon as we exchanged and I got the keys.
I told them to clean everything, including steamclean the carpets. It was well worth the investment... as when I moved in it was sparkling and smelled so fresh. When I emigrated to Toronto I let out my house for a few years before I sold it... and I also hired the same cleaning outfit to come in and clean when I moved out (and before my tenants moved in). Not quite as extensive as my moving in clean, but near enough.
And when I put it up for sale, I completely refurbished it...nothing over the top, but isn't it amazing what new carpets, flooring and a lick of paint can do? :-)
When we bought our condomninium in Toronto,(what we might call flats in England but a bit different - larger) we did the same thing - had a cleaner come in when it was empty and clean it from top to bottom. We probably could have done it ourselves, but the thought of doing such a large space was simply daunting and I didn't want to. It was easier for us to pay someone to do it.
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