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I understand how there is so much clutter in my house—laundry breeds when you’re not looking, as do books and stray papers—but I do not know how we accumulate so much dust.
I could dust every day, and there would still be a fresh layer of visible dust on the furniture every morning. I mean, I don’t—but I could. It’s not even especially crevice-covered furniture. Shelves, Ikea cabinets, picture frames. That sort of thing.
Is the problem that there are a lot of us living in a relatively small space? Are we unusually sheddy dusty people? Or is the house itself crumbling to dust at an extraordinary pace? Are there dust-prevention methods I’m not aware of? Anything?
According to my Google search, 75-80% of household dust is dead skin, so I’d go with the fact that there are six bodies in your house. But even in ours, the dust accumulates VERY rapidly!!
I read that cast-off spider legs are another big component of dust. I don’t think we have more than our fair share of spiders though, so I guess it’s just a whole lot of dead skin. (Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew.)
I vote for a drafty house? Except don’t you guys have newish windows?
New and double-paned.
I was complaining about dust just the other day to a fellow B&B operator (we have six bodies in our house too – that must contribute to the problem!) and she told me that she used to worry about dust until she toured a Science Museum and they told here that some dust is debris from Space. Whatever makes you feel better…
My mother taught me that dusting is futile. (And she is a woman who otherwise values a clean home!)
I occasionally blow at the bookshelves, which at least rearranges the dust.
From this, I conclude that my house is a pint-sized space museum, which I ought not to dust. I like this idea.
I have had varying levels of dust depending on the home I’m living in. Some houses seem to get very dusty while others hardly get dusty at all. Hmm, or maybe the lighting is just better in some.
my old home was dustier then this one. and it was smaller. i wonder if it is just a beings to house size ratio. and, if dust is from space how is it getting into my house?
i am of the “don’t dust because it is futile” breed. except every once in awhile when i want to do something that shows immediate results. the dusting is nice.
I don’t know how space-dust would get in my house. All the rockets flying through, I guess?
I want a house that just doesn’t get dusty. That should be one of the things they advertise. “3bd, 2ba, low dust.” I’d be sold.
I bought a hepa air filter. It helped a lot.
i was thinking about this while i was up nursing the baby last night. i have decided that if the dust is from space and it made it all the way here it is pretty sturdy stuff and it is providing a nice protective layer to my furniture. i don’t want to mess with space age protection.
I am shocked every time we change the filter on our air purifier– it sucks up so crazy-much grime! But it’s only in one room. The rest of the house gets the space-age protection of dust.
I live in the desert so I say it’s dust not skin. Though there’s a ton of it here, too.