Sabrina The cold months are coming, and you may be beginning to yearn for cozy nights next to roaring fires while you cradle a cup of hut cider in your hands. As rustic as this image seems, you can take your fireside daydreams one step further. Have you ever tried cooking over a woodfire outdoors? Woodfire cooking is a tradition as old as America itself, practiced by both the Native Americans …
The holiday season is almost here, bringing the harsh cold of winter with it. In a few weeks, you won’t just be worrying about sending out gifts and preparing your Christmas feast, you’ll also be worrying about your bills. You use more power than usual to heat your home during the winter months. As such, you can expect your energy bills to spike. After all, more than half of your …
Some people are hesitant to move their senior parents into a nursing home, afraid that the facility will make them uncomfortable and even lonelier. But a study found that seniors in nursing homes are actually happier and more satisfied with their lives. However, that’s because they’ve been empowered to influence their surroundings. Hence, if you didn’t carefully choose a nursing home for your parent, there’s a chance that they’d end …
The best homes, like the best people, are always improving. According to a survey of over 1,300 homeowners in the United States, 90 percent are planning to renovate or remodel their home. This is especially true if your home is getting up in years. In most cases, remodeling your home is the more sensible option than moving to a new place. The average time for most renovation projects take only …
“There’s no other place like home.” We’ve heard this saying time and time again. And it’s timeless because it’s true. Our idea of home is usually attached to fond memories of our families. We know our homes better than any other place that we go to on a daily basis. But do we really know it-the bits and pieces that it’s made of and keep it whole? There are many …
We live in the age of remote work. As the pandemic has swept across the world and upended traditional ways of working and living, many businesses have survived by enabling a remote workforce. The widespread adoption of such arrangements has also allowed employers and workers to discover other benefits. Both sides end up with substantial cost savings, and employees, in particular, can enjoy better work-life balance. Remote work had already …
In the modern world, we’ve managed to somehow lead ever-busier yet increasingly uneventful lives. Our jobs put us under pressure and create a heavy burden of chronic stress. Meanwhile, the pervasive influence of technology fills our leisure hours with all manner of distractions. And that was all happening before the pandemic. Covid-19 brought upheaval and uncertainty to our world. Those effects are known to make people seek out nature as …
Technology has established a big part of our lives. The coronavirus pandemic restrictions have heightened its essentiality when it comes to how we manage our jobs, our homes, and our personal relationships. The possibility of homes being controlled by a central technology seemed too futuristic to even think about in the past. Today, we can opt to have everything-our kitchens down to our garages-controlled by technological innovations. What are smart …