Warm your home by adding moisture to the air.

This is certainly a good thing to do but it doesn't 'Warm your home by adding moisture to the air' as you suggest. An equally good thing is just to leave bowls of water around. If you have a piano or other wooden musical instruments in your home, it is actually essential. Humans (and cats and dogs) are happiest in a temperature of between 62 and 68 degrees with a humidity of around 70% to 80%.

yes thats very nice but i worry germ spores linger in moister am i wrong?

Dry air in the home is also hard on your furniture. Houseplants also needs more mositure in the winter like you do. Barring boiling water you can buy a humidifier. Sometimes I think the furnace can be fitted with something like a humidifier too!

HAHA I do this, BUT I am absent minded sometimes and let it boil almost gone! If you do this please remember to check it frequesntly...lol

Now add to that pot one of the pomander balls you made for the holidays (oh, you say you didn't actually make one!) well, that's okay, add to the water in a medium pot -a cut orange, lemon, some citrus fruit -a small handful of cloves -a handful of cinnamon sticks or a TBSP -a touch of ginger -a snippet of cayenne pepper Let this brew simmer gently all day long. You can refresh with new ingredients for several days until it looks so gunky you must throw it away and start afresh ~Donna

When i was still little and lived at home my mother always stood a kettle of water on the stove,to keep the air moist. Thats how I know all about this, and it really works it keeps the air from being so dry.

Does a tea kettle do the same thing? I know we run the tea kettle quite often in the winter. I also have this liquid potpourri pot we use to warm the house, does the liquid from that count too?

When my kids were little we lived in a house with a free standing gas heater. We always kept huge kettles and pans of water on top, because in addition to the extra moisture, when our hot water froze, we had hot water for daily needs. Makes me think, I had better hang up some wet laundry and put a kettle on the stove. It has turned awfully cold,and the house is dry, in spite of all the house plants.

You must have known that my sinuses have been giving me serious problems lately! This is really great advice and I am gong to try it tonight. I used to have a vaporizer but I never liked all the maintenance involved with cleaning it all the time. I can handle using the stove and water though-thanks again!

this is a great idea, and inexpensive,too. Doubly great.

i do that because i have propane heat and it is so dry. It's so dry that every night after my shower i have my bf put lotion on my back and i lotion up my legs and arms and face, i hate having dry skin.

Elusive Butterfly, that is a good idea for heating a cold room - but that isn't my problem. How about a good idea for COOLING a HOT room? Any ideas there? I have so many fans blasting away on me, but I'm continually wet because of the high humidity. Apart from air conditioners, which I don't like, can you suggest something for me? Good discussion. Hope it helps people in cold weather.

A good suggestion. I also use this technique and it is very good to avoid the dryness caused by heating.

Wow, that is such a cool (er, warm? *laugh*) suggestion! I had never realized that. My family's home is pretty large and we have a hard time keeping it warm in the winter. It is really good timing that you posted this now, too, as we _had_ been a having an extra nice, warmish winter until these past two days. Things are really cold here in Missouri today *laugh* So maybe I will try your suggestion when and if I can pull myself away from this monitor for long enough to do it! LOL ^_^

Thank you for this advice,I am trying it right now.

Yep great advice! We have humidifiers in the bed rooms. Makes a world of difference to add moisture to the air, in the winter months. It also helps keep down that static cling. Of course there is never anything like putting on that favorite sweater and stepping out, along with that gym sock sticking to your back :-0

Good evening. I kill two birds with one stone. When I do laundry, before placing the clothes into the dryer I keep out a few items. There are usually several items that I don't want to dry anyway for fear that they will shrink. I open a wooden dry rack and put the clothes on it! The moisture is released into the air and the clothes dry in no time! Saves on dryer usage too, as it means I can usually combine two washer loads into one dryer load!

I didn't know that you could do that. It would benefit my son, CJ, as well as ourselves. Thank you very much.

thanks lady for such cheap methods of adding moisture..you have helped us alll a lot...

oh really. im not trying it yet before. maybe i should do this.thanx