Coat
Simple, practical strategies to make getting a toddler into a coat easier: choose comfortable outerwear, offer small choices, make dressing playful, and use timing and short directions.
Marker Ski Jacket
Choose a ski jacket that balances waterproofing, breathability, and mobility. Key features include membrane/DWR protection, suitable insulation (down or synthetic), helmet-compatible hoods, and snow-specific details like powder skirts. Try jackets with the layers you'll use, check current specs and sustainability claims, and follow care instructions to extend performance.
Sustainable Housing
Practical, up-to-date tips for reducing energy, water use, and embodied carbon in homes: prioritize insulation and airtightness, use heat pumps and solar, harvest rainwater, choose low-impact materials, and manage runoff with SuDS.
Baseboard Heaters
Practical guidance for using baseboard heaters safely and saving energy: control, weatherization, and safe use of space heaters as short-term supplements.
2 Car Garage
Practical options for two-car garages - from carports and shed conversions to attached or detached builds - and how smart upgrades (workshop, basement, second-floor living) increase flexibility and value.
Baseboard Heater
Practical, up-to-date tips to reduce the cost of running electric or hydronic baseboard heaters: zone rooms, use timers or smart line-voltage thermostats, maintain units, improve insulation, and consider heat pumps or boiler upgrades when replacing a system.
Garden Shed Designs
Practical guidance on choosing a garden shed: questions to ask, material trade-offs, size and layout tips, and whether to buy a kit, factory unit, or custom build.
Cedar Porch Swings
A practical two-car garage protects vehicles, adds organized storage, and gains value when designed for upgrades like workshops, EV readiness, or a future ADU.