3 Easy DIY Ways to Achieve Air Purity Nirvana

In a Pinterest driven world, DIY is all the rage. If you’re anything like us, you’ve got boards dedicated to everything from DIY Father’s Day Crafts for Kids to Home Improvements. Maybe you’ve got a board for Fashion and you’ve even noticed that “mom jeans” are a style now. Who would have imagined that?

But the Internet is no place for holding back when it comes to edgy fashion, crafts or other interests. You can find anything under the sun, and it’s pretty transparent too. What you see is what you get. Right?

Unfortunately, air purity in your home is another story altogether.

Bacteria and other contaminates float around the air in your home and workspace. Travelling in and out of your lungs as you breathe. It’s a pretty gross thought and it can even be bad for your health.

The EPA suggests, immediate side effects of indoor air pollution can include “irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue.” But other long term effects can occur including breathing problems, cancer and heart disease.

To protect your family from the harmful effects of poor air quality you can research and purchase indoor air purifiers that meet your household needs. But if you want to get a jump on the air purification process there are DIY several things you can do right away to improve air purity in your home.

So, get your mom jeans on and Pinterest finger ready for these can’t-miss DIY tips to indoor air purification.

Houseplants

Most people know houseplants are a natural source of air purity. Although, some plants have more brilliant purification power than the rest. Run to the store for a few of these houseplants and cleaner air will follow. Your house will look nicer too!

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is a great houseplant on two fronts. It offers healing properties for burns and small cuts. And it helps purify the air in your home or office space. Aloe is good at purging the air of chemicals found in many household cleaners.

Spider Plant

The resilient spider plant isn’t likely to die on you in the home, even if you don’t have a green thumb. Using a spider plant in your house cleans the air of many household chemicals and solvents. When in bloom these tough plants offer delicate white flowers that are nice to look at too.

English Ivy

As far as desk plants go, English Ivy is a good one to keep in the home. In a pot, with some soft, moist soil and far away from other outdoor plants. This plant is sometimes considered a nuisance among those in the forestry industry. This is because of its invasive nature to other plants. In the home it can’t do much damage, but it does clear the air of fecal matter and formaldehyde.

Azalea

Azaleas do best at no more than 65 degrees. For this reason it’s good to keep them at low elevation. If you have a bright, open basement these are a good choice because they combat some of the contaminants found in insulation.

Weeping Fig

If you’ve got a green thumb, try your hand at a Weeping Fig. This member of the Ficus family can be a little tricky to keep alive. But it’s air purification properties include warding off the chemicals found in carpeting, like benzene. These are great to keep in a well-lit, carpeted apartment for comfort and purification.

Salt Rock Lamps

Himalayan Pink Salt lamps are big stones of food-grade salt hollowed out to fit a light bulb. The theory behind these lamps is they release negative ions into the air. Causing particles to fall to the ground and thus not be breathed by people in that space.

These lamps are so pure, that if you’re out of salt in the kitchen you can scrape some of the sale of your lamp and use it for cooking!

There’s discussion in the air purity circles as to whether or not the lamps can truly offer air purity. The answer is probably not. They do produce negative ions, but not in large amounts.

Waterfalls are a natural source of negative ions, generating up to 10,000 per centimeter. You’d need a pretty big piece of salt to generate that kind of purifying power, but it may help in small spaces.

Besides, salt rock lamps have other benefits in the home. So while they may not provide powerful purification, the purification they do provide is valuable when coupled with these other benefits.

They may improve air quality and reduce allergy symptoms. They offer a soothing glow that aligns with color therapy directives against seasonal affective disorder and depression. And they make a great night light.

Beeswax Candles

Most people who burn store bought candles are burning paraffin candles. If this is you, you probably don’t even realize that you are burning a highly toxic substance in your home. Paraffin is a byproduct of petroleum. Not exactly something you want to set on fire in your home, is it?

Paraffin candles also leave black soot on the walls, curtains and other surfaces in your home over time. Those particles that leave black marks on the walls also go into your lungs when you breath and can cause health issues.

Luckily, there’s an air purifying alternative! Not only do beeswax candles not give off the toxins found in paraffin, but they have clean air properties.

Similarly to salt rock lamps, beeswax candles release negative ions into the air in your home. With beeswax candles the neutral ions created by the negative ionization get sucked back into the candle or fall to the ground. Thus creating an environment where you can breath easy.

And that’s not all. Beeswax believers also insist that burning the candles help with their asthma and allergy symptoms.

If you’re excited to try beeswax candles now, but can’t find them locally. Try these DIY instructions for making them yourself.

DIY Air Purity

So, take a deep breath. DIY air purity is totally achievable with a trip to your nearest home goods store. What are you waiting for? Your clean air journey starts today.

And don’t forget to let us know how these tips are working out for you. We love to hear from you. Leave a note in the comments and we’ll breath easy knowing we could help you find some relief.