House Hacks

Before the COVID struck, many of us loved stopping at our favorite bars for a nightcap before coming home and calling it a day, or night. With the pandemic, many homeowners have taken to creating a kick-back-and-relax space in the comfort of their own homes for that much-needed drink after a long day of back to back conference calls.

There’s no question about it, your best bet on making an awkward corner functional, aesthetically pleasing, and maybe even a cool focal point is a well-designed piece of built-in furniture.

Are your junk drawers bursting? Is your storeroom a nightmare to behold? Are you running out of closet space? Do you wish there was a way to declutter without losing too many of the precious knick knacks you want to hold on to?

Got utility bills that rival the GDP of a small nation? Fortunately home utility expenses are far easier to manage than an entire nation’s annual budget. Here are some simple house hacks that will save on both electricity and water bills:

It takes only 30 seconds for a fire at home to become life-threatening. The tragic fires at Ang Mo Kio, Bedok North, Seletar and Telok Blangah should be enough to give you pause.

Singaporeans love their aircons. It’s our natural go-to solution to beat the tropical heat of our sunny island. Many of us grew up with very thrifty parents, and true to their nagging,

Last Thursday marks just one more, among many other cases in the past six months, of spontaneous ceiling collapses. Enough to make you think, “Is mine next?” The good news is that these things don’t just happen

Inspiration for this year’s renovations. The past couple of years have been rough. Everyone’s been forced into a more intimate relationship with their homes and, well, there’s a lot more room for improvement than anyone cares to admit.

I’ll be honest with you — I’m dreading the upcoming June holidays. Although COVID restrictions are lifting and more places of entertainment are opening up, as a parent who mostly works from home, I’m not looking forward to having my quiet late mornings and afternoons completely disrupted with my little monsters constantly whining that there’s nothing to do at home. My home is not equipped, and as such, neither am I.

Growing up, mom did all the cleaning. Every time a mess was made, the cane would sometimes appear along with the cleaning cloth or the broom. I always wondered what the huge fuss was about until I had my own space to clean.

Singapore’s blessed with many things but land mass isn’t one of them. Farms took a back seat to urbanisation and, well, that meant that we’ve had to depend on other nations to meet our nutritional needs. However, with advances in technology..

Space: the final frontier. Every apartment dweller craves the comfort and inviting living space that’s neither cramped or cluttered. However, that extra square footage is exceedingly elusive (like Bigfoot). Not impossible though (unlike Bigfoot)...