by emma | Sep 13, 2016 | Bathrooms, Kitchens
Shower accidents are disproportionately common among people aged 15-24. That shocking statistic really surprised me. However, for the elderly most falls occur near the toilet. So in other words, grab-bars could benefit everybody. Especially in the bathroom. Grab-bars...
by emma | Sep 6, 2016 | Doors and Windows
Our homes can have a bigger impact on our health than we realize. Florence Nightingale said that two of the five basic requirements for securing health in the home are pure air and daylight. In the 1870’s, scientists discovered that daylight actually kills bacteria....
by emma | Aug 30, 2016 | Building and Planning, Lighting
Are you cursing the small print? Do you have to search out the brightest spot in your kitchen in order to read cooking instructions? Or maybe you are playing the game of getting the magazine at just the right distance from your eyes. Improving the lighting in your...
by emma | Aug 23, 2016 | Doors and Windows
There are lots of expressions incorporating the word door. For example, higher education can open doors to better paying jobs. This of course means: to provide new opportunities or possibilities. The Myriam-Webster definition of open door is: 1 : a recognized right...
by emma | Aug 16, 2016 | Opinion, Personal Stories
No-Work Garden. What? Yah Right. So, my mom loaned me an older book yesterday called No-Work Garden Book by Ruth Stout. The first sentence in Chapter one reads, “When someone, not long ago, saw my garden for the first time and heard the method I’ve worked out, she...
