My house stinks

[ny biker]

Oy. I ordered the air purifier from Best Buy. It was ship-to-home only, not available to be shipped to a store. UPS trashed the box in shipping. Based on the dirt on the package inside the box and the crush marks on multiple sides, I think it was probably already in bad shape before it was shipped. So I'm returning it.

I ordered the same model directly from the manufacturer's website -- for a lower price, and the replacement filters were on sale there so I got two of them, all for less than I paid for the first order. I chose 2-day shipping, so hopefully UPS or FedEx will take better care of this package.

(I've had a lot of problems in the past year with packages being crushed in shipment and online orders being poorly packed for shipping. Very frustrating.)

Meanwhile. I picked up several bamboo charcoal deodorizers from The Container Store last week. I decided to put one on top of the new wall cabinet in my recently remodeled bathroom, because the new exhaust fan that I had installed is drawing cigarette smoke in from the townhouse next door. The wall cabinet is 9" deep, recessed in the wall about 4". And low and behold, I found a 1" gap between the top of the cabinet and the wall. You can't see it unless you're up on a ladder, because the trim around the cabinet hides it. But I'm pretty sure I've found out how the cigarette smell is getting in. And this is a significant opening for hot air to escape through when the heat is on. Now I just need to figure out how to fill the gap. As a short-term solution, I've stuffed plastic bags into it.