Here comes Roomba’s brother, a robot mop called Scooba ($399).
This new machine from iRobot makes housecleaning even easier by automating that not-so-likeable chore called mopping. Ron Harris calls it a “major victory for progress in task-oriented robotics”.
The price tag may scare away some potential buyers, but not having to scrub floors could make it well […]
Martha Matthews of organized-mom.com shares her recipe for an organized kitchen:
Know your objectives
Inexpensive storage solutions
Toss out the clutter
Clean it
Home sweet home
Efficiency in design
Never let clutter back in
She’s put a lot of thought into this method of kitchen organizing… the acronym shows it! :)
Read it here.
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From OrganicGardening.com, here are some quick tips for taking care of houseplants the organic way.
- Know how much light your “indoor garden” gets throughout the day, and situate plants accordingly.
- Water when the top layer of soil is dry.
- Feed frequently with a weak solution of fish and seaweed fertilizer, or of balanced fertilizers (equal […]
It’s started. The first heating bill of winter has arrived and, as expected, it’s much higher than it was last year. With these increasing costs, my mind is turning to ways to conserve energy (and money!) around the house.
Tyler Hamilton’s “Beware the phantom-power menace” has opened my eyes to those unseen ways that power gets […]
Two recent articles that address indoor plant care are “Garden Q & A - Increase humidity to help houseplants grow” by John Chapman and “Debugging your houseplants” by Rebecca Finneran.
The first one is timely for those who are in winter climes, when the air gets dry, and those who are in arid regions. The discussion […]
With the new year almost upon us, it’s a good time to think about what our home decor will be after the holiday trimmings have come down. Kathryn Cates Moore of the The Lincoln Journal Star gives an overview of what’s in these home and garden magazines currently available on newsstands.
Country Living, January 2006, $3.99
Metropolitan […]
The following are this year’s winners of Good Housekeeping’s Good Buy Awards, given for new products that make life easier:
- Procter & Gamble’s Tide to Go, an instant stain-remover pen
- Lite Cylinder Co. Composite Cylinder, a gas container that’s useful for cookouts
- GE Profile Dishwasher with SmartDispense, which holds and dispenses 3 months worth of […]
Two industrial design students from the National University of Singapore won the top award at the International Electrolux Design Lab in Stockholm for their prototype “Airwash” washing machine. The Airwash doesn’t use detergents or water to clean clothes.
Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua’s prototype uses negative ions, compressed air and anti-bacterial deodorants to clean clothes. The […]
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