Category Archives: Smart Home Ideas

Most of us don’t have enough room in our homes to maintain a large, formal dining table all year round. Unless you live with extended family, you usually only have a handful of people sitting down to dinner every night. Yet when you host holiday dinners or invite friends over for dinner parties, you could […]

Most of us struggle with wanting more space in our homes. Even if we live in large homes, we often struggle with space because the rooms are so cluttered with stuff. It seems the more space we have, the more stuff we think we need to put in it. For example, you might have an […]

You don’t always need to have a formal dining table to enjoy family meals together. In fact, having a formal dining table may be more of a nuisance than a help. That huge table takes up a big chunk of real estate in your home during the day, preventing you from using the space for […]

Office space is expensive, no matter where you live. You can’t afford to pay for square footage that you aren’t actively using. Yet you also have occasions where you need more space than you use every day – such as when you are hosting business clients or when you need to have a department meeting […]

Bunk beds have been the ultimate space savers for parents for a long time. You don’t need to have a separate room for each child, nor do you have to take up all your floor space with multiple beds. You just need to get bunk beds and take advantage of the vertical space to sleep […]

Murphy wall beds offer a great way for you to free up space in a room without having to move furniture or sacrifice your sleep quality. You can put a Murphy wall bed in a child’s room to clear up space for play during the day, or you can put a Murphy bed in an […]

Year after year, white remains the most popular choice of color for the kitchen. Whatever style of decor you choose, a white dining room set continues to remain a timeless classic. The appeal is easy to see since it opens up a room and complements every style. In a small kitchen, white helps to give […]

The first people to hop on the bandwagon for multifunctional furniture were urban dwellers in micro apartments, where square footage is unbelievably valuable. Now there is a growing trend toward downsizing among rural dwellers too. People are building tiny houses, often from recycled materials. Less house, less furnishings, less stuff equals a smaller carbon footprint. […]

The era of the McMansion peaked during the previous decade. The trend of today is to downsize. The greatest move toward downsizing has come from those living in metropolitan areas. The market for micro apartments in expensive urban areas continues to grow. This certainly isn’t surprising considering the facts; the average monthly rental cost of […]