The $5 Summer Comfort Trick Nobody Talks About

The goal isn’t always making the entire house colder. Sometimes it’s simply helping your body feel cooler where you are.
The $5 Summer Comfort Trick Nobody Talks About
An ultra-fine-misting sprayer bottle can make the body feel cooler. bbernard/Shutterstock
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Every summer, right about the time the house starts feeling like a toaster oven with furniture, people begin searching for bigger solutions.

A stronger fan. A portable air conditioner. Blackout curtains that look like military equipment. Somebody with a decent advertising budget trying to sell a “cooling mattress” for the price of a used car.

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