A ‘Nanawall’ Tip For Smart Homeowners
In this economic downturn, during which even the rich have retreated to their homes in greater numbers than they have in decades, Nana Wall Systems, Inc., a Mill Valley, CA company, specializes in putting even the most affluent Americans out of t...
Eco-Friendly Wood Stoves
Looking for an alternative way to heat your home this winter? Denmark-based Rais has just unveiled its new Rais Topas wood stove, which combines highly efficient wood-burning technology with a clean-cut cubist appearance.To derive maximum heat energy from wood, the Rais Topas uses a sophisti...
Smarter Sunrooms
One of the simplest and most affordable upgrades you can make to your home is to add a sunroom, which will expand your living space, open up your home to the outdoors and even increase your home's value. Thanks to a number of design improvements, today's sunrooms are more efficient, more durable, mo...
Bathrooms for the 21st Century
Hands-free faucets, water-saving toilets, improved ventilation, mold-resistant building materials, radiant-heated floors technology has come to the bathroom, marrying efficiency, conservation and comfort in a whole new way. Once required only to be functional, the bathroom is evolvi...
15 Hot Kitchen Cabinet Trends
Gone are the days when storage and functionality in the kitchen consisted of a spice rack, a built-in breadbox and a lazy-Susan corner cabinet organizer. Today's homeowners are demanding more from their kitchens and designers and manufacturers are responding. Since cabinets are critical ...
Power on Standby
The big blackout in August 2003 that left 50 million people in the Northeast without power for days and power interruptions in 2004 in the wake of successive hurricanes that struck Florida and the Southeast have alerted many homeowners to the need for backup power.Whether they are caused by ...