Curtains hung too low or cut too short make rooms feel cramped—mount them high and wide so they just graze the floor. Bulky Roman shades, heavy valances, or thick shutters block light and shrink ...

Dryer sheets are a staple in many households, particularly for use in the laundry room. They are thin, non-woven polyester pieces containing fragrances and other molecules that work in the dryer to ...

Basking in a sunny spot on your sofa is lovely on a cold winter morning, but on a hot summer afternoon, it can feel more stifling than serene. If you’re looking for a way to control the amount of sun ...

Sometimes the coziest homes are the ones trapped in time, and your eyes adjust until a house listing makes you see it.

For years, our mornings and evenings started with the same frustrating routine: battling with our old horizontal blinds. We ...

A bald eagle broke through a home's window earlier this month in the Southeast Alaska community of Petersburg, in what an expert calls a rare incident. Teri Toland was preparing breakfast on the ...

[Brian Harms] made his living room window blinds open and close automatically using servos, an Arduino, and a SmartThings Arduino shield. Best of all, it’s connected to his Amazon Echo so that merely ...

This column is an opinion by Sunny Dhillon, who became a father during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ. We'd been home with our new baby for ...