6 Hot Trends in LED Lighting Décor
The hottest trend at the moment when it comes to home décor and lighting is LED lights. These eco-friendly types of light bulbs offer a number of advantages – because…
Amazing Backyard Landscape Design Ideas You Might Have Missed
We are so busy today–our homes, our work, and our families can be lot demanding on our time. But it’s a fact that life’s most soothing and exciting resources can…
Feng Shui: How Your Home Can Affect Your Physical and Emotional Health
Beauty may be only skin deep, but the seemingly superficial matter of home decor, from carpet to ceiling fans, can dramatically shape your well-being on a number of fronts. Accordingly,…
Adios Chlorine, Hello Natural Swimming Pool!
Swimming pools in California are awesome as folks can enjoy them for the most part of the year. You’ve switched to solar water heaters, energy efficient pumps, now what? The…
Buying Bad – How Not to Buy a Meth Lab
You don’t have to be terminally ill to run a meth lab but it’s probably not a bad idea. If you’re not already terminally ill, without some fairly serious precautions,…
Can an Air Conditioner be Used as a Heater? A Guide to Using Your AC as a Heat Pump
Very few of us are lucky enough to live in an area where it’s gloriously warm and sunny all year round. So if we’ve doled out hundreds (or even thousands)…
Not Such Obvious Benefits of Oil Boilers
What are oil boilers? Oil-burning heating systems use oil to warm your home. Just as a gas boiler or a water heater use gasoline and water, respectively, as the fuel…
Zeroscaping for Dummies: a Lesson in Climate Compromise
I grew up believing that gardens were green. End of discussion. But when I relocated to the dry climate of Idaho, I found myself faced with the harsh reality that…
8 Cool Decor Pieces to Veganize Your Home
In 2011, India was forced to close 49 of its lucrative leather plants. India is the world’s third largest leather supplier and these shut downs were not from lack of…
Know the ROI Before Purchasing Energy Efficient HVAC Units
Although the current national average life expectancy of residential furnaces is between 16 and 20 years, many homeowners aren’t waiting to their furnaces to stop working before they look for…