
Living in a home heated by a forced air furnace turns your dining room into a desert. The relative humidity in your house can drop into single digits; the average relative humidity in the Sahara Desert is 25%!
Rather than buy an over-engineered mechanical device that gulps electricity and can harbor harmful mildew and bacteria, you could strategically place a few of these passive wood humidifiers. Looking more like a bit of sculpture, the “mast humidifier” by Shin Okada functions by evaporation.
Known for its high-quality timber, rot-resistant qualities and lemony scent, the thinly sliced Hinoki mast absorbs water from the hull and diffuses it, and its intrinsic aroma, into the room.
Learn more – or buy it – at Spoon & Tomago.