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Our house is currently in full project mode, and I couldn’t be more excited. Of course, project mode also equals a bit of chaos — painters and contractors moving through the rooms have unsettled Jack, our goldendoodle, though he perked up the moment he found his ottoman. It’s funny how a favorite spot can make a space feel normal again.
Side note: if you want a seat, there’s no shortage of chairs in the house — they seem to appear everywhere. I don’t know why, but chairs keep multiplying.
Along with painting, we added a new wall to create an office and started removing carpet from the staircase (the rest will come out soon). All that work stirred up a lot of dust. Thankfully, the house was well cared for before we bought it, and we’re doing our best to keep it healthy and clean while renovating.
With an older home, ongoing remodeling, and a new build next door, dust has been a real challenge. Since we’re sensitive to dust and are replacing carpet with hard surface floors, we want to make sure our air filters are up to the task.
In our previous home we used a filter delivery service called FilterEasy, and when they reached out about our new place, it was a good reminder to replace the vents’ filters here. I like having a service that handles routine maintenance like this — they even offer a free trial for new customers so you can try the first set of filters at no cost, and you can adjust or cancel your subscription anytime.
The air return vent in this room looked a bit rough, but FilterEasy carries almost every standard size and can ship custom sizes if needed, so finding the right filter was easy.
We were surprised to find there wasn’t a filter in that vent at all. Air return vents collect a lot of dust — as you can see from the worse example I shared from our last house — so installing a filter was essential. Without a filter, dust circulates into the room and into the air we breathe, and it can also build up in the ductwork and HVAC system, potentially causing damage and costly repairs.
When you sign up for a FilterEasy subscription, new filters are delivered right to your door on a schedule you choose — every one, two, or three months. Pricing is affordable, and they offer discounts for homes that use multiple filters. Because the service grows, pricing has even come down over time.
Changing filters is straightforward. If I, a reluctant DIYer, can do it, anyone can. Remove the vent cover, take out the old filter, and slide the new one in — no tools required.
This summer we’ll bring a new sectional into the basement and rearrange the furniture (don’t worry — we won’t keep all the chairs in this room). We haven’t finalized the layout, but that part will be fun. For now, getting the room’s shell ready and adding clean air filters means it will be fresh and inviting for family movie nights.
Getting the shell of the room prepared and adding clean air filters means this room will be fresh and ready for our family movie nights!
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