1st Place Home

My best friend from childhood and I still speak every Wednesday evening. Over the last few calls I have heard her mention how unbelievably cold she has found her large home to be this year. She followed up by indicating that she thought she might need to take action, as her bills were still sky [...]

If you are like a lot of folks, space is at a premium in your home, and storage is no exception. How quickly spaces underneath sinks become cluttered with cleaning products, and they create such an eyesore each time the doors are open. There is an option, which is of use whether you are eager [...]

Every time we have a dinner party I like to have pitchers of water spruced up and at the ready. I have always been a huge fan of dressing up plain water, and making water look more appealing. Admittedly, spas have been inspiration, as their gentle naturally flavoured waters always look so inviting. But, I [...]

This is the question many homeowners are likely to be asking themselves at the moment. The economic situation is forcing many people with a range of financial commitments and obligations to find ways of reducing their monthly bills. Insurance policies are a popular target for this kind of belt-tightening, as they represent payments for things [...]

We would all like to think that we have sparkling clean, fully organised kitchens, but the reality of it is they could use a fine-tuning. Last year, I was spurred on by a good friend to join her in what is called the Kitchen Cure. It is a four week program that I refer to [...]

I do wish there were a quick fix to the economic woes we have been facing, and are bracing ourselves to continue experiencing. Saving money, planning responsibly for the future and a ton of other activities used to be more cut and dry for the workingman and woman. It seems like everything has gone topsy [...]

As things stand now in the financial world we are told that more and more people are spending more time at home. We are foregoing the movie theatre and watching the television on our own couches, and we go for fewer meals out and as such recipe club memberships are skyrocketing as we prepare more [...]

At least once a week I open the fridge door and groan at the thought of having to clean things out, and reorganize all that has been misplaced. Mostly, this annoys me because I share the refrigerator with three other people, and they not only do nothing to make it a better, higher functioning space, [...]

Many adults think that each and every meal needs to be a big production. This is precisely why so many of us are exceedingly overweight, sluggish and tired of preparing and cleaning. Whew, that was a mouthful. But, if you take a second to think about it, you might just come back from the dark [...]

Whether you are a practitioner of astrology, a student of human behaviour, or even just a little bit observant, you will have noticed that there are two types of people. There are those that are naturally inclined to procrastinate, and those that are predisposed to prepare in advance. Having said that, and gotten a nod [...]