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ALLERGY-PROOF
HOME
Is your nose stuffy? Are your eyes burn-
ing? Is your head aching? If so, your house
may be to blame.
Actually, allergies are likely to be the true
culprit, but the way a home is decorated can
make an allergic person's symptoms worse.
While traditional wisdom often has focused
on carpeting and draperies as the offenders,
such decor actually is preferred over hard sur-
faces such as wood, vinyl flooring or blinds,
according to Dr. Isadore Pitesky, an allergist
with more than 40 years of experience.
His reasoning? Carpeting and draperies
collect dust and hold it there until it is sucked
up and away by a vacuum, but dust simply
lands and then is easily blown off hard sur-
faces and into the bodies of allergy-prone
folks.
In addition, allergic people can be more
sensitive to temperature changes, according
to Dr. Pitesky.
Therefore, the warmth provided by cloth
draperies and carpeting could help keep a per-
son's temperature more constant, An allergic
person would be likely, for example, to sneeze
upon emerging from bed in the morning if
his feet hit a cold, hard floor rather than car-
peting.
Other hints include:
• Avoid feather pillows and feather decor.
• Stay away from lots of shelving, which is
another hard surface dust collector.
• Avoid stacks of books or collections of
plush animals.
• Don't waste money on air purifiers. Ac-
cording to Dr. Pitesky, there's no inexpensive
device suitable for cleaning the air. Even those
which cost thousands of dollars can't keep up
with the dust that comes in a house. LI
WHAT HOMES
COST
What does a 2,200-square-foot home cost
in America? Depends where you're shopping.
Spend as little as $87,766 in Corpus Christi,
Texas, or as much as $1,096,666 in Beverly
Hills, Calif., according to a Coldwell Banker
survey.
Six of the nation's eight most expensive
markets are in the Golden State: Beverly Hills,
La Jolla, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San
Marino and San Mateo.