How do you dust potpourri?

[Imzadi]

Seriously. (Well, not really.)

I go into stores and smell wonderful scents coming out of bowls of potpourri. But, I always wonder how do you leave a bowl out for days and then dust one of them?

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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[Imzadi]

That makes sense. I don't have a vacuum with a nozzle attachment. Only an upright vacuum. At least, now I know when I get a new vacuum, I can also get potpourri.

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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[GRUMPY PIRATE]

duct tape it down and use a lawn blower.


or a can of air

 

[Imzadi]

We have an upright vacuum too but it has a nozzle attachment on the back.

But we stopped getting potpourri in the house years ago - the cats kept stealing bits out of it to play with. Crushed dried flowers in the carpet requires even more vacuuming

Ack! I hadn't thought of the cat factor. I guess no potpourri after all.

duct tape it down and use a lawn blower.


or a can of air

Best answer of all. More rum for you!

 

[Handbag Lady]

I buy a big bag of it and I just toss it when it gets dusty and then replace!

 

[MzDiz]

If you HAVE to dust a bowl of potpourri after a few days, you have bigger problems than needing a fresh floral scent in your house.

 

[Imzadi]

If you HAVE to dust a bowl of potpourri after a few days, you have bigger problems than needing a fresh floral scent in your house.

I live in a sooty city. My apartment is right over a bus route, and I have a cat who scatters kitty litter dust everywhere. By the time I get around to dusting this place, I can draw hieroglyphics in the shelves.

 

[jagmom]

I had heard once to dust fake flowers, you should put them in a paper bag with a bunch of table salt and then shake it up. I wonder if the would work with potpurri?

 

[Belle0101]

If you HAVE to dust a bowl of potpourri after a few days, you have bigger problems than needing a fresh floral scent in your house.

I was whining to DH the other day that our house shouldn't be as dusty as it is. Our old house, yes. It was built in 1920 and on a high traffic and busy road. But this house? It was finished in 1996 so while not brand new, better windows, more efficient furnace, very low traffic street ...

I think we might have a dust fairy that comes around at night.

 

[NotUrsula]

Potpourri *is* dust, didn't you know?

 

[Imzadi]

Now that you mention it, sometimes the dust in here IS that size.