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Survey: Do You Bleed Your Radiators Every Year?

Heartbreaking as it is, we're inching up on heating season. So we're thinking about ways to optimize our heating system. We've heard mixed guidance about whether to "bleed" the radiators each year...

Bathyscafocus Rotating Fireplace by Dominique Imbert

A girl needs to dream big. And this one dreams of falling into some unexpected resources and getting one of these magical rotating orb fireplaces from Focus Fireplaces, so that she can be cozy from...

Where Does Your Pet Retreat from the Heat?

Since he was a wee lad, our pup Arlo has slinked off to behind the bathroom tub when the weather gets hotter than 80 degrees. This is a destination that he only uses when it's hot. His retreat made...

Hot or Not? Ciussai Radiator by Ad Hoc

We spotted this unexpected radiator in the May issue of Metropolitan Home. You'll see from the photos after the jump that this heating element is nothing if not versatile, which, as serial rearrang...

Rent an Air Conditioner?

We've long resisted the temptation to get a window AC unit but we know plenty of people who haven't. So we were interested to read about a Boston company that is renting AC units for the summer......

Custom Radiator Covers by Boston's Sandcastle

After creating our own makeshift radiator covers for years, we're starting to toy with the idea of having radiator covers made to order. A couple months ago, we received our Daily Candy email which...

Energy Savings Open House - THIS Saturday!

Do you feel like you're heating the great outdoors when you turn up your thermostat? Or wondering what small and easy to implement steps you can take to improve your home or apartment's energy effi...

Ice Storm: Surprising Stories of Generosity

(AP Photo/Jim Cole) Nearly five days after this terrible ice storm there are still almost 210,000 homes in New England and New York without power, down from the initial estimate of 1.4 million. While...

Survey: When Do You Turn Your Heat On?

We awoke this morning to a very chilly apartment. Worried that our inner thermostats had simply turned soft from the summer weather, we checked the temperature online and it was in the low 30's! ...