Dust is my enemy. How do YOU battle it?

I hate dust. I literally run a duster thru the rooms constantly, it's exhausting. It's the perfect example of shoveling the ocean or herding cats.

Don't touch anything then it won't look dusty.

I hear you! We have 2 dogs and live backed up to the woods. I have already pretty much caved into the dust look as part of my decorating skills.

I live in a new townhouse development with construction across the street. I can't wait until that is done and there is grass on those lots. I could wipe down my front porch every day. My window sills accumulate a lot of dust.

My mantra remains true: A house is not a home unless you can write the word love in the dust.

Long hair, falling out, doesn't help either. It gathers with the dust in piles on the floors.

I agree completely. I can deal with the dust. It’s my kid’s long hair that wraps endlessly around the vacuum beater bar that will be the death of me! And she sheds worse than our big dog.

I use an air purifier, not perfect but it helps a lot.
I regularly change the air filter, that is up in ceiling in the main vent.

Dust is a part of my home decor charm.
If someone is going to judge me because they see dust, that's their issue......not mine, because I don't care if there's dust. I gave up on the dust battle, decades ago.

We have three HEPA air purifiers and three homemade air filters, plus our heat pump has a filter on it, and we still have dust everywhere... I'm starting to think someone is siphoning it into our house as a prank...

ETA: DH says my books are causing it... no I have not yet murdered him.  

We also have air purifiers throughout our house, and it helps quite a bit. Make sure you’re changing your house air filters often enough. Another thing that helps is that our house is well sealed, check your doors and windows. 

Something I’ve found that makes dusting tons easier is not having much on our horizontal surfaces. That’s just how we prefer it anyway, and has been for quite a while, and I noticed as we were getting rid of a lot of things how much easier dusting is.

I also dust each room (reusable Swiffer) once every week or every other week. It’s takes less than 5 minutes a room, some rooms about a minute. And since I do it frequently I don’t have to worry about doing it perfect every time because if I miss a spot it’ll be taken care of soon.

I’ve read if you dust your moldings with a dryer sheet it will repel dust, but I’ve never tried it.

Agreed!

And it goes hand in hand with a sign I had in our home while the kids were growing up:
     Our home is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.

I'm borrowing this or stealing this........