When you find this, please share the info here! I've been looking for a dust proof house now for 50 years!

Dust is mostly dead skin cells and microscopic textile lint. Unless you don't live in the house, you will never have a dust free house.

Is there such a thing as a dust-proof house? Or anything else dust proof? I'm not sure paint has anything to do with dust...

A dust proof house? And a dusty house is caused by paint? You must be kidding.

I live in a rural community where all the roads are gravel, and the tractors work the soil. No such thing, even in the city, as a dust-proof house. And paint has nothing to do with it.

I think floor coverings such as carpet collect and hold dust and filters on windows restrict the entry of dust.

If your walls are dusty, clean them! I don't think paint has anything to do with it.

Sorry, but Green Designs is totally right. Dust is mostly dead skin cells, hair, lint, and the itty bitty critters that eat it. There's lots of ways to reduce it, but elimination is impossible.

And take your shoes off before coming in the house. If I've told you once, I've told you a gazillion times...just wait until your father comes home...

There are two ways to build a dust proof house.

1. Build a house and after it is completed get everyone out of the house and lock the doors. It will be dust proof until someone enters it.

2. Install a very large industrial exhaust fan at one end of the house and keep the windows open at the other end of the house. Run the fan constantly.

thanks for inputs, I don't really mean dust proof, but lesser dust :) I am totally against carpets and I use 2 Amway air purifiers in the main hall, good to know a good paint has no use to reduce the dust.

The best approach is to install a good HEPA filtration unit to capture the dust that occurs. Dust happens. Our house is very, very tight, but we have lots of dust, even though we're just two senior citizens (Do people get dustier as they get older?) The filtration system won't do anything about the dust on the walls, ceiling, and floors, though. We use Swiffers a lot to dust, as they grab the dust, rather than just moving it around.

Great advice above for reducing dust. Always eliminate carpet! Be sure your amway units have HEPA filters per mushcreeks advice. During construction, tape off all duct supply and return grills. Ensure they stay sealed as long as possible. There may be a case for avoiding loose fill and fiberglass insulation.

Discuss upfront with your builder and HVAC contractor the filtration strategy for your system. MERV 11 filters can be used to filter the entire home's air, just be sure the system is correctly sized and can handle the increased impedance.

Most importantly, be sure your home is equipped with an outdoor air ventilation system. If pollen is common in your area, choose a unit with MERV 11-14 filtration. While these systems don't necessarily address indoor dust, it's among the best things you can do for better indoor air quality.

Candles, incense and indoor pets should be avoided if dust is a major concern.

Or embrace it. The famous interior designer, Mario Buatta, always said that dust was "patina". I detest clutter; a bit of dust does not bother me (nor does a bit of dog hair).

I can appreciate the aesthetic philosophy but harmful dust and particulate are generally considered health pollutants best reduced within reason.

Indeed, dust mites, too, are God's creatures!

Yuk!

I guess you can't have a dust-free house, but you mite.

Are you allergic to dust? Or just don't like seeing dust?

I am not allergic, but I dislike dusting as a chore. One day I hope to have a small home with minimal open shelving. I will surely still have to dust, but spend less time at it not having many knickknacks on open shelves, fewer tables, pictures...places where dust accumulation is obvious. I'd rather see my *pretties* behind glass, and just have to dust the glass once in awhile. :)

Perhaps you might be able to at least visually reduce dust by curating your possessions? Rotate between displaying and storing the pieces you enjoy?

Yuk!

Then you'll love to meet your eyebrow mites!

About the same size as dust mites, they live in your eyebrow follicles, up to two dozen per follicle, deriving nourishment from skin cells and sebum. Just like their hosts, they come out at night for mating. Half the population are thought to have them. Up to 80% of seniors over 60 are hosts. "Git out of my eyebrows you!"

I love this education which Worthy is providing. Where else could we get information like this...?

I guess you can't have a dust-free house, but you mite.

I see what you did there.

Up to 80% of seniors over 60 are hosts.

I told you old people were dustier!

Yup, worthy, I knew about those creatures. You can reduce them by diluting an antibac oil (witch hazel) in a carrier oil (like almond),and rubbing it into your face/eyebrows! Supposedly it'll help with psoriasis, according to some medical journals ive read. Gotta be sure to dilute the antibac oil tho, or you could blind yourself.
Whoops, that got off topic!

Check into books and websites for those with asthma and severe allergies. There are numerous steps you can take to reduce dust, pollen, etc. As mentioned, get rid of carpeting. Remove drapes. Fireplaces bring smoke and ashes into your home. Special upholstery fabrics can help immensely. You may have essential parts of your life that invite dust and allergy triggers, so you need to find a way to deal with them. I would never even consider not having dogs and cats, even with asthma, so we groom and bathe them frequently.

Gravel roads and driveways bring huge amounts of dust into the house, as do unplanted garden beds and new landscaping. Certain plants and trees release pollen into the air; look around you and take all of these into consideration when planning your home.

You can't get rid of dust entirely, but you can reduce it and the effect they have upon your life.

Eyebrow mites???? I am going pressure wash my entire body.