5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Home Spider Free

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Spiders. If that word sends shivers down your spine, you’re not alone. According to a recent BrightNest poll, 85 percent of people Hate spiders with a capital H. But just because the eight-legged arachnids aren’t welcome in your home doesn’t mean they’ll always stay away.
To keep spiders out of sight and out of mind, try one of these natural deterrents before reaching for the chemical spray.


Here are five chemical-free methods to rid your home of spiders:


1. Essential Oils


Essential oils in scents like eucalyptus and peppermint are basically spiders’ worst enemy, because they find the intense smells overwhelming. Fill up an 8 oz. spray bottle with water and add about 15 drops of the oil of your choice. Spray the solution in doorframes, floorboards, bookshelves and any other small crevices. See ya, spiders!


2. Chestnuts


Believe it or not, chestnuts secrete a chemical that spiders can’t stand, so place chestnuts along your windowsills, under the fridge, in dark cabinets and wherever else you frequently see eight-legged enemies. Tip: This only works if the chestnuts are fresh, so it’s best if you store chestnuts in the fridge. Switch out your chestnuts on a weekly basis.


3. Vinegar


In addition to keeping colors fresh in the laundry and elminating mold, white vinegar is a spider-fighter, too! To fight arachnids, combine water and a dash of white vinegar in a spray bottle. Then, spritz doorframes, windowsills, under cabinets and anywhere else you think spiders could enter your home (like a doggie door).


4. Citrus


Spiders hate citrus: lemons, oranges, limes – you name it. To spread citrus throughout your house, rub orange peels on any surface where spiders could creep around or fill a spray bottle with water and citrus juice for a natural-deterrent spray. For more ways to clean with citrus, read: Power to the Lemon: 10 Amazing Household Uses.


5. Keep It Neat


Spiders love to camp out and spin their webs in cozy crevices. To prevent this, dust often and keep clutter to a minimum, especially in small spaces like cabinets and drawers. Flatten and recycle cardboard boxes and empty paper bags. Use the hose of your vacuum to clean floorboards by running the hose along where the floor meets the wall and along the edges of furniture.


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  • Yankee Girl Twin Yankee Girl Twin on Mar 18, 2020

    Great ideas, however, we have crickets and sting bugs. Not many, but wonder how the sting bugs even get upstairs. Any DIY sprays to stop these critters? Thanks, Judy

  • Margeaux Margeaux on Apr 21, 2020

    I have large spiders that are dark brown or dark gray. When they're dead they ball up & still look big. I did hire an exterminator last year and bought loads of pesticides. I saw one in my pantry this morning & panicked. This year I'm trying the vinegar solution first. The exterminator gets expensive. How long does the vinegar solution generally last?

  • 2oc32010156 2oc32010156 on Sep 02, 2021

    Where can you buy not roasted in the shell chestnuts I can’t find them anywhere

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