Indoor Appliances

I have run more bottles of lavender oil through my cool mist humidifiers than I can count. Some clogged the […]

Hardwood floors and humidifiers have a complicated relationship. Too little humidity and your floorboards crack and gap in winter. Too

Winter air inside my house used to leave my skin cracked and my throat scratchy every morning until I started

Wine doesn’t forgive dry air. I learned that the hard way after a batch of corks shrank in my store’s

Wheezing at night usually gets worse the moment the heater kicks on or the air turns bone dry, and I

Dry air is the enemy of a healthy voice. I learned this the hard way after weeks of testing vocal

My violin started buzzing near the bridge one winter, and a luthier told me it was almost certainly dry air

My office sits right next to a forced air vent, and every winter the blast of heat from that vent

Upstairs rooms dry out faster than the rest of the house. Heat rises, doors stay closed more often, and by

My apartment used to be a graveyard for tropical plants until I got serious about humidity. Calatheas, ferns, and orchids

Anyone dealing with swollen or irritated tonsils knows that dry bedroom air makes the discomfort noticeably worse overnight. I spent

Tonsillitis turns swallowing into a chore and sleeping into a struggle, and dry indoor air makes both worse. I went