Putting toilet paper in your closet may seem like an extravagant gesture to most people. However, it is part of those homemade and cheap tricks to deal with a problem that many have, especially in winter. Let’s find out what it is and if it’s good for us, too.

Winter has been going on for just over a month and these changes bring with them the appearance of humidity, condensation, mold and even leaks in your home, bringing the winter cold to your home.

What many people don’t know is how serious it is to have too much or too little humidity in your home.

Tricks to absorb moisture from cabinets

Humidity in wardrobes is a problem that, in addition to damaging or deteriorating clothes and creating bad odours, can influence and worsen the symptoms of some respiratory diseases such as allergies or asthma.

In many cases, products that can be harmful are used, for example, the typical silica gel anti-humidity bags that, in the worst case, can be carcinogenic and other irritate the eyes and skin, and on other occasions, objects that have a high cost and should not be necessary.

There are many products or materials that naturally absorb moisture from the environment. Some of them are very common and can be easily found in any home, others are simple tricks to adopt.

• Room Ventilation

Ventilating by periodically opening windows is the most economical and effective method to avoid problems such as condensation.

It is also important that the rooms do not have very high temperatures inside during the winter. If you go to very humid areas, ventilation should be moderate as the outside humidity is higher than that of our home.

• Don’t turn the thermostat too high

Hot air is more humid than cold air, so it is advisable not to increase the temperature more than recommended to avoid condensation. This will also contain the heating costs that scare Italians in this period.

• Turning on the cooker hood when cooking

As this is another area of the house where humidity rises when cooking, this is a very effective trick.

If we add to this that we cook covering the pans to prevent the water from evaporating into the environment when it boils, all the better.

• Plants that absorb moisture.

Although removing excess humidity in the home can be solved with the purchase of a dehumidifier, it is true that there are ecological and economical solutions (which do not increase the electricity bill), through the use of plants that absorb moisture.

These act as “ionizers” by absorbing ambient moisture through the leaves and improving the quality of the air we breathe in the house. Plants like aloe, orchid, fern, or philodendron will not only make your home more appealing, but they will also help absorb excess moisture. The bathroom decorated with an orchid would have the double benefit of furnishing and absorbing moisture!

Toilet paper in the cupboard: why do you have to do it?

One of the places that usually generates humidity problems is the closet that stores our clothes, but also part of the household items: such as sheets, towels and tablecloths.

They are items that are stored folded and that by their nature are capable of absorbing the air that surrounds them. If it is wet, it will end up transferring not only moisture, but also giving rise to mold, which damages the garment and our health.

So a simple and very economical solution is to place a roll of toilet paper in your closet between our clothes and the piles of towels.

It is perfect, and you can also buy the talcum powder smellers, this way, with little expense you have the immediate solution to the problem of humidity in the cabinets!