Winter days can be dark, gloomy, and bleak – especially with the reduced amount of daylight hours. Even the heartiest of winter lovers can feel down, irritable, and out of sorts during cold weather months. For some, it’s just a case of mild winter blues while others suffer from seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, which…
Fun Facts About Christmas Trees, Past & Present
Drive through just about any neighborhood during the holiday season and you’re sure to see a multitude of indoor and outdoor Christmas trees with festive lights and decorations galore. And while the Christmas tree has been one of the best-known holiday season symbols for centuries, chances are there’s still plenty you don’t know about them.…
How About a Little Feng Shui to Enhance Your Indoor Comfort?!
Have you heard of the ancient Chinese philosophy of feng shui – a concept centered around bringing harmony and positive energy to a space and the people occupying it? If so, great. If not, fear not, because we’re about to explain the concept and how you can put it to work for you. What Is…
5 Home Maintenance Tips for Fall
Travel back in time to the days of road maps, long before GPS was even a dream. Sometimes you got to your destination without a hitch, and other times? Well, maybe those days are best forgotten. Home Maintenance Tips The point is, things always get done more efficiently when there’s a clearly defined path or…
How Much Sun Exposure is Safe?
While you’re acquiring your summer tan and soaking up all that vitamin D, you also want to protect yourself from the sun’s harmful UV rays. Sunscreen is one way to do that, but not the only way. Protect your skin. For best results, apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen that has an SPF of 30 or higher…
How Much Sleep Do Kids Need?
Much like food, water, and shelter, sleep is essential for optimal health and well-being. Usually it’s not until we don’t get enough that we realize just how vital sleep is. From grogginess and irritability, to trouble focusing and feeling physically run down, the consequences of a lack of quality sleep can make even the simplest…
How to Manage a Home Remodeling Project
Home renovation and remodeling projects come in all shapes and sizes. You can remodel your kitchen, for example, with a new faucet, a throw rug in front of the sink, and maybe – for good luck – a new light fixture or recessed lighting. Then again, you can gut your kitchen and start all over…
How to Reduce Dust Inside Your Home
You pride yourself on keeping a tidy home, but try as you might, you just can’t get that pesky dust under control. It seems like a layer of dust appears on your furnishings the minute you’ve reduce dust. Not only is it unsightly, excess dust can make life for allergy and asthma sufferers downright unbearable.…
House Noises You Shouldn’t Ignore
Whether it’s a brand new contemporary style home or a turn of the century ranch, your home will inevitably make some strange house noises here and there. Do you know which can be ignored and which could signal trouble? Well, just in case, are five such noises you shouldn’t ignore. Scratching and Scurrying If you…
How to Prepare for an Emergency
Being prepared for a weather or other type of emergency often can mean the difference between swift, decisive action and utter chaos. Even knowing that, many people tend to focus on the now, and not the “what if.” Which tends to make them less prepared than those who expect the worst and hope for the…