You already know about the surge in home improvement trends during the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and how homeowners tackled home improvement projects due to spending more time at home. Does that mean that home improvement retailers have seen their heyday? Not necessarily. The U.S. home improvement market […]
Month: August 2022
European Smart Home Market (2022 to 2027)
Dublin, July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “European Smart Home Market by Product (Lighting Controls, Security & Access Controls, HVAC Controls, Smart Speakers, Smart Kitchens, Home Appliances, Home Healthcare), Software & Service (Proactive, Behavioral) and Geography – Global Forecast to 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The […]
20 Inspiring Grey Living Rooms That Are Beyond Chic
If you want to give your living room a makeover and are looking for inspiring ideas to kickstart your decorating journey, then you should consider what color will best bring out the style and mood you want to achieve. While the way that you react to certain colors has a […]
Upgrade Your Smart Home With This Philips Hue And Echo Dot Bundle With 42% Off
Philips Hue and Echo Dot Bundle | $100 | Amazon Smart homes are becoming more common for a lot of different reasons. For starters, it’s all a lot more affordable than it used to be, but more people are fine with the trade-offs of having something listening to you at […]
Your smart home starter pack
SwitchBot offers a range of products to introduce smart components into your home. From automated curtain openers to hands-off light operation and security devices, the SwitchBot range could ease your journey into smart home products I live in a dumb home. Built one hundred years ago with solid brick interior […]
Things are looking good for the Matter smart home standard (knock on wood)
If you’re not familiar with why Matter matters for smart homes, we have a primer for you below, but to put it as briefly as possible: simplicity. It’s a universal protocol that will allow accessories to work on any major smart home platform, eventually putting an end (in many cases […]
Smart home solutions providing much needed resilience
Image: 123rf In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptability and resilience through smart technology. Climate change and the European energy crisis are two of arguably the most prominent topics at the moment, with widespread concern […]
But Seriously, Folks: Inside ‘Hacks’ Season 2
It seems fitting that a series conceived during a road trip—as Hacks was when its Emmy-winning creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky drove from Boston to Maine in 2015—would send its antagonistic protagonists on a similar excursion for its sophomore outing. “We always wanted to make their […]
Our favorite moments from Milan Design Week 2022: The Fair
As the dust begins to settle on a month of back-to-back international design shows, a mountain of moments from Milan Design Week have coalesced into a dreamy highlight reel. After three long years away, the world’s largest contemporary furniture expo, Salone del Mobile.Milano, returned for a full-fledged celebration of its […]
Six blue decor ideas for a calm and relaxing space
While it’s well publicised that ‘green space’ – anything from vast forests to dinky courtyards decked with foliage – can help improve mental wellbeing by reducing stress, increasing happiness and boosting creativity amongst other things, the benefits of blue space aren’t to be overlooked either. Typically, ‘blue space’ refers to […]