During the winter, the dry air can wreak havoc on your skin, your hair, and your home, dry winter weather can leave your skin feeling dry, cracked, and itchy. Dry weather can also shrink and warp woodwork and wooden furniture when exposed to dry weather for too long. Dry weather can also be terrible for your sinuses, leaving you vulnerable to sinus infections in the winter! The best way to combat dry winter weather in your home is with a humidifier. Humidifiers work by evaporating water, and dispersing it into the air, and when this happens, the humidity in your home raises, and the effects of dry winter air can be reversed! Humidifiers come in two main configurations, portable humidifiers, which can be placed into any room, and work to add humidity of that particular room, or permanent humidifiers that are installed in-line with your existing HVAC system, and work to raise the humidity of your entire house. While permanent humidifiers may require more of an initial investment, you can prevent thousands of dollars of destruction from happening to your home, by making sure that the humidity remains constant within your home all winter long. Humidifiers will help wood and furniture in your home to last longer, they will help prevent your skin from getting dry, cracked and itchy, and they can also help prevent your sinuses from drying out and becoming infected. If you are looking to manage the humidity in your home, talk to your local HVAC provider this week and see if a humidifier is the right solution for you!