solutions to winter apartment air staleness?

reddevil · January 2008

Subject: frsh air

get yourself one of those gizmo's that have two fans and can be placed in a window, or bot horizontaly or vetically, make sure to set both fans to out (or exhaust) it will spill the stale air and draw in fresh air that isn't freeezing cold, from your hallway etc.....

as an ex-smoker there is nothing better

eatshoplocal · January 2008

glade candles and any synthetically made gadgets, sprays, etc. are full of chemicals - your just masking smells and adding a whole lot of junk to your air not to mention your lungs, its also not so great for your pets which have extra sensitive lungs. I like the cinnamon, orange peel on the stove, au naturale!

newsome · January 2008

belzjm wrote: i hope you realize how some of you come across on this board. i moved to park slope about a year ago and was told to check out the park slope message boards. i was promptly beraded on a couple posts.

i've also told a few other newcomers about this site, and they have ALL commented about how unwelcoming this board is and how people make extremeley rude comments.

it doens't bode well for the already negative press our neighborhood often receives.

i'd just ask to please keep that in mind when commenting.

uh oh, not negative press about my precious neighborhood. hey, I don't think PS is in any need dire need of good press, or more people for that matter.

and anyway, it's just a message board, mostly anonymous, and you have to take it all with a grain of salt.

pitu · January 2008

To bring this back to what smells good . . .

After you burn candles to clear the air
(not Glade, yeck)
Get yourself a quince.
It's a fruit, related to apples and pears.
It smells great.
Just try it.

caseopele · January 2008

My mom always had a pot on the stove filled with water and spices of some sort, I think I recall a cinnamon stick in there. It made the house smell great. I wish I could remember what she put in there. I'll try to remember to ask her tomorrow.

halfpint · January 2008

I'd add another vote for the cinnamon or orange peel or other spices in water on the stove.

The only downside to that is it sort of depends on the layout of your apartment. My apartment is long and narrow. Our kitchen is very separated from our common space/bedrooms. But at my boyfriend's house where it's much more open, this works fantastically.

germfree! · January 2008

I use this stuff - http://www.nontoxic.com/zeoliteodor/zeoliteuses.htm - in my musty bits (such as wardrobes!), but don't know if it packs the power to instantly deal with a winter fish fry.

Burning tea tree oil in a burner is good, as is a spray bottle with water, tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, and geranium for wiping down surfaces.

Good luck.

solutions to winter apartment air staleness?

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