Posts Tagged ‘house’

Leaving the McMansion for the Small Life

Natives to pastoral areas know what it looks like. What was once a pasture with cows now looks like a small village — only the homes are anything but small. These McMansions are often well over 4,000 square feet large with plenty of luxury amenities for the average sized family. Interestingly, these mega-homes may not be all the rage in our future suburban landscapes.

The Star Ledger… » Continue

November 26 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: family, home, house, living, small, space | 17 comments»

7 Tips to Get on the Property Ladder

Despite the much publicised problems in the US Housing Market, there are still many long term advantages to buying a house in preference to renting.

Buying a house has historically been a good investment; since 1945, house prices have increased faster than inflation and have also outperformed the stock market. Also, buying a house gives you the opportunity to live rent free when you have paid off the mortgage. Mortgages… » Continue

September 11 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: finance, house, mortgage | 14 comments»

9 Ways to Take the Stress out of House Repair

There’s no doubt that repairing a house is worthwhile but the amount of stress it produces can be overwhelming. Having just moved from a newer four bedroom colonial to a smaller (and older) Cape Cod style house, house repair has been a reality for the last five weeks. Here are some simple ways to lessen the stress of working on a home:

Doing it yourself might not be… » Continue

August 1 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: house, repairing, stress | 3 comments»

25 Uses For Ziploc Bags

We encountered a few examples of Ziploc bag uses out of the ordinary at RealSimple’s article about alternative uses for household items.

Kim Roach put together a list of 25, maybe lesser known, uses of those clear bags. It may be taken for granted how many uses there actually are. The question may be, what couldn’t you use Ziploc bags for?

25 Uses for Ziploc Bags - [TheOptimizedLife]… » Continue

May 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: house, household | 2 comments»

Wireless Extension Cords

If I knew these existed, I would have them all around my house.

A wireless extension cord can beam to 300ft from a wall outlet to a satellite unit using microwaves in the 7.2GHz range - so it doesn’t interfere with wireless networks and Bluetooth.

I don’t think I need to get into how useful this could be - inside and out.

Warning: Even though these microwaves are about as harmful as… » Continue

May 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: cordless, cordmanagement, house, household | 8 comments»

3 Ways to Organize Sharehouse Cleaning Jobs

When you are sharing a house the hardest thing to do is get the place clean and tidy on a regular basis. Many systems have been put in place to make sure each person does their part, but not many last.

The key, I think, is to find a solution that suits the personalities of your housemates. So in regards to household chores, here is a list that might help.

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April 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: cleaning, cleanliness, house, household, sharing | 5 comments»

Kitchen Organization

Not exactly everyone’s most organized area, even if your computer desk is a GTD haven. If you are lucky enough to be one of those people who cooks, a well planned kitchen is bliss.

WikiHow has the run down of 8 steps to getting things in order and a few tips to keeping it that way.
Organize according to how traffic and activities do flow, not necessarily according to how they… » Continue

March 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: house, household, kitchen | 5 comments»

Spring Cleaning Project Ideas

Spring is in the air. As the weather warms up, we throw open our windows, and this makes us remember all that cleaning we’ve put off. Don’t fret. Do It Yourself Together has a great list of things to consider around spring cleaning.

The best way to get everything done by the Summer is to get properly organised. Get a notepad and a pen and look around your home –… » Continue

April 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: cleaning, home, house, howto, planning, Productivity | 4 comments»

Tools to organize your basement

Real Simple has a number of recommendations on tools and utilities that you should install in the basement. Good shopping list if you are want to make your basement clean, organized, and convenient to access your stuff.

Get Your Basement in Order - [Real Simple]… » Continue

April 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: house, life | no comments»

20 of the all-time best hints for making household repairs

Al Carrell has a list of quick tips that you can use when you do your repair project for your house. It has tips for doors, windows, floors, and ceilings. Here is a taste for some doors repair tips:

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If a door is dragging on the floor or threshold–making
scraping sounds-place sandpaper on top of a stack of magazines and
position the pile under… » Continue

March 30 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: house, repair | no comments»

Organizing your House for Organized Families

To be an organized family (or invidiuals), first step is to organize your home well. Parent Center has a good article on how you should organize different parts of your house. Areas including the entryway, kitchen kids’ bedrooms, your bedroom, bathroom, home office / family paperwork center and family room. It has couple of small but effective tips on each area. I like its tips on family room:

… Cut electronic… » Continue

November 21 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: family, house, organization | 1 comment»