Home and garden

5 min read

Summer fun often include lounging by a serene pool, but public pools are often anything but. You’re surrounded by people, splashing, chatter, and hopefully not urine. Just because your backyard doesn’t have pool doesn’t mean you have to let go of the dream of relaxing by one. Maybe, rent a swimming pool? Introducing: Swimply.   Swimply: Airbnb...

4 min read

Part of every woman’s dream-life fantasy is to have a spacious walk-in closet where she could channel her inner reality-TV star (and fashion icon). Women love space, even when we don’t have so many possessions, and to have an entire room filled with cabinets, drawers, and shelves to stack your things is a real dream...

2 min read

As the world’s population continues to grow, architects, city planners, engineers, and researchers are constantly trying to come up with new and innovative ways to house everyone in a sustainable way.  This means not only having enough housing for everyone, but also designing homes that use resources efficiently. In 2015, a team from the University...

3 min read

Plenty of people are making the switch from traditional homes to living the tiny house life. Many of those people, however, are single people, couples who don’t have kids, or couples whose kids are grown and gone. For those with young kids, this seems impossible – until now. This couple turned an old RV remodel...

4 min read

Have you ever gotten a package in the mail or brought something home from the store that is closed up with zip ties? Zip ties can be a pain to remove, even if you have a pair of scissors on hand. If you don’t, getting them off becomes a near-impossible task. Thankfully, there’s a very...

2 min read

As different types of tiny homes continue to pop up everywhere, one thing remains clear: people are highly interested in alternative living. They want a home that is better for both the environment and their bank account that allows them to live larger with less. If DIY home-building isn’t your thing, however, perhaps these eco-friendly,...

4 min read

Everyone has a different idea of a dream home. For some, it’s the penthouse suite in a bustling city center. For others, it’s a sprawling ranch-style home in the countryside, and for others it might be a rustic cabin tucked somewhere deep in the woods. There are others, however, who don’t want to be tethered...