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A simple glass of water and ice can reveal your home's air quality. This easy test shows if your indoor air is too dry or too ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basements have a reputation for being cool, damp spaces—perfect for storing holiday decorations but not so great for a comfortable ...

Moisture is your home’s biggest foe; it can cause mold, expensive damage, and create a musty smell that is hard to eliminate.

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...