From Brenda Hyde, owner of Old Fashioned Living.com. Visit her for more tips, recipes and crafts. Sign up for her free newsletters here: http://www.oldfashionedliving.com/news.html

Years back we bought some clothes from a fire sale.

I washed them several times and put extra fabric softener in rinse water, then hung them OUTSIDE OVER NIGHT to dry. Do NOT put them in dryer as it will set the smoke smell. After I washed them a few times and hung outside, the smell was gone.

~Marmac

To remove smoke smells and other fabric odors-- place a metal dish with one tablespoon of plain yellow sulphur on a brick [or non burnable surface] light, but stay clear of the intense fumes once alight.

Beforehand, remove all...ALL living objects, [plants, children, animals] from the room. Close the doors/ windows and let the burning sulphur do its' job. It will kill all microbes and bacteria in the fabrics and leave the room fresh and odorless, totally. It works like a charm. Get the sulphur from a local pharmacy.

~Peter in Burnaby ,British Columbia