As the sales for air purifiers increase the manufacturers are also stressing on innovative new designs to woo the customers. While the chief function of an air purifier is to clean the air, yet having sleek, smart looks wouldn't harm. An air purifier occupies a significant portion of the floor space of the room in which it is placed. So no one would want it to jut out, totally incongruent with the decor of the rest of the room.

Style is something very personal and hence subjective. The style of an air purifier becomes that much more important if it is placed in room where you may entertain visitors or where the family spends most of its time. However, if you are buying one for the basement, you can concentrate just on the effectiveness of it.

While some people give little weight to the style and looks of an air purifier for some it is as important as its capability to clean the air. The primary concern is that it shouldn't be sticking out from the rest of the room thus driving everyone's attention towards it. Instead it should blend in with the decor of the room. The choice of color will be crucial for that.

You also would prefer to have the purifier placed as close to a corner as possible. You certainly wouldn't want it to replace the center table. How close an air purifier can be to a wall depends on the amount of clearing it would require from the walls. The better purifiers could do with less space, while the more basic models will require extra clearing. If placed at one corner of the room, the capacity of the purifier will also be crucial as it has to suck in air from the entire room while operating from one corner of it.

Besides styling, another factor that needs to be considered is the noise level of the air purifier. Some of them are too noisy to be placed in a living room. While you might enjoy white noise, your guests might not. In any case you will be more used to the noise than your guests since you are staying there.

Finally, it must be remembered that the design of the purifier inside is more important than its looks. At the end of the day it should perform its primary task and that is to purify the air.