Spiders hate strong smells. Peppermint oil is basically Kryptonite to them. Mix ten drops of peppermint oil with water in a spray bottle, and go to town on baseboards, windowsills, and corners. Your house will smell like a Christmas candy shop, and spiders will act like they’re allergic to fun.
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Vinegar works too, but fair warning: your place will smell like a salad dressing factory for an hour. Better than a spider crawling on your face while you sleep, right?
Declutter like your sanity depends on it
Spiders are hoarders. They love boxes, piles of clothes, and that stack of magazines you swear you’ll read one day. Every dark, dusty corner is a five-star hotel for them. Get ruthless. Donate the clothes you haven’t worn since 2019. Recycle those old newspapers.
And please—please—vacuum behind the furniture. I found a spider family living under my couch last month. They had set up a whole neighborhood. I felt bad evicting them, but not that bad.
