[RTO] De/odorizing
Mar. 14th, 2003 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cthulhiaI'm skipping some entries here; useful stuff about breathing even. Since the last crew class for a while ended with yogi focused[1] single-nostril breathing, it's possibly as topical. maybe I'll just cover several days of entries here. Since the breathing entries lead to air quality and then specifically, indoor air quality.
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bitty[2] has been dealing with a major house stink lately, I figured I'd offer this nugget while she has the weekend to implement it.
Things she suggests:
Houseplants work for a living as air purifiers. (If only I could keep them alive...)
Use actual dried lavender instead of carpet powders. (If I vacuum at all it's a cause for celebration!)
Rosemary and thyme apparently work as insect repellents without smelling like a Superfund site. (So does garlic, right?)
Eucalyptus and lavender oils actually disinfect.
Wash surfaces with just baking soda and water. (Somehow, I doubt I'd get this past the pizza fairy, who seems to select cleansers for their toxicity.)
A bowl of boring white vinegar can absorb cigarette odors.
Paint smells are cured by bowls of salt and cut-up onions.
De-must up rooms (when it's too cold to open windows) with citrus peels on the... well, not sure a heat vent would do it.
She offers tons of aromatherapy advice too, but, Bitty can just come over and read the essay during a stretch break.
I prefer actually trying to clean a place before too much masking, or so I say. Pay no attention to that vanilla candle.
Maybe I'll clean and buy/get houseplants this weekend. I'll have lots of vinegar out anyway, mixing new egg dyes. Woot.
[1] Someone, possiblypheromone, suggested that we usually only use one nostril at a time and don't notice. Seems unlikely to me, considering how much I notice when I can't use both nostrils at once.
[2] also inspired the use of footnotes today
Since
bitty[2] has been dealing with a major house stink lately, I figured I'd offer this nugget while she has the weekend to implement it. Things she suggests:
Houseplants work for a living as air purifiers. (If only I could keep them alive...)
Use actual dried lavender instead of carpet powders. (If I vacuum at all it's a cause for celebration!)
Rosemary and thyme apparently work as insect repellents without smelling like a Superfund site. (So does garlic, right?)
Eucalyptus and lavender oils actually disinfect.
Wash surfaces with just baking soda and water. (Somehow, I doubt I'd get this past the pizza fairy, who seems to select cleansers for their toxicity.)
A bowl of boring white vinegar can absorb cigarette odors.
Paint smells are cured by bowls of salt and cut-up onions.
De-must up rooms (when it's too cold to open windows) with citrus peels on the... well, not sure a heat vent would do it.
She offers tons of aromatherapy advice too, but, Bitty can just come over and read the essay during a stretch break.
I prefer actually trying to clean a place before too much masking, or so I say. Pay no attention to that vanilla candle.
Maybe I'll clean and buy/get houseplants this weekend. I'll have lots of vinegar out anyway, mixing new egg dyes. Woot.
[1] Someone, possibly
pheromone, suggested that we usually only use one nostril at a time and don't notice. Seems unlikely to me, considering how much I notice when I can't use both nostrils at once. [2] also inspired the use of footnotes today
