For this Christmas season, funds may not be as forthcoming as you had anticipated. You may not be able to brighten your home with the usual Christmas decorated elements sold in stores. Yes, you want your family to be a part of and enjoy this...
To keep the value of our home at a premium and to provide ourselves and our family with a sense of comfort and pride, we maintain our home by doing repairs and repainting when and if necessary. We may even embark on a remodelling or extension...
Purchasing furniture for your home can be an expensive and daunting exercise, but there are many ways to obtain the furniture you need for far less than what is offered at the stores, and good quality too. Here are some tips on designing and...
Jamaica’s geographic location of 180 north latitude and 770 west longitude in the Caribbean puts us in a vulnerable position in this high-risk, hurricane-prone locale. Every year during our active Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30),...
No need to suffer the scorching summer heat inside your home. There are 1.9 billion air-conditioning units operating in the world today, and if you are not the owner of one of them, don’t worry – solutions are at hand. Mattress cooling system...
There is no stopping the advanced technological wizardry that seeks to improve our lives. No longer are they confined to the horizons of tomorrow. Unbelievably, they are available now in today’s homes — cutting-edge products making the seemingly...
The shoreline illuminates with the beacon of modernistic design, leaving onlookers transfixed with its clean, simplified, geometric shapes of concrete and large swathes of glazing (glass), accentuated by the mesmerising vastness of its turquoise...
From 1992 to 2002, I wrote a weekly column called 'Dream House' that showcased our most unusual and unforgettable homes, because I felt Jamaicans did not appreciate or were even aware of the fantastic residential architecture on the island...
