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Layering in the Home

Dressing in layers is what gets us through these transitional seasons when it's sunny and warm one day and gray and cold the next. The layered look can serve well in the home, as well. It can provid...

Revamped Radiators

Radiators, can't live without them, can't live with those clunky hunks of hissing heat. Fortunately, some inventive people have found new ways to disguise your winter hardware....

Wall-Mounted Fireplace by Vauni

Winter is looming and already the Duraflame logs are out for sale. A sad reminder that you live in an apartment with a stifling, rattling radiator instead of a a warm, crackling fireplace. Fortunate...

A Modern Radiator Cover

The heat finally turned on in my building today, and the sputtering coil radiators have once again made their presence known. Modern radiator covers are not very common, but Richard Burbidge in the ...

Amazing Wall Curtains: Shaker Design for Drafts

Insta-wallpaper for renters? I've loved Shaker peg rails for a long time, especially because they are so multi-purpose. BUT I'd never known that the Shakers also used them during the winter to help ...

Making This Wood-Burning Stove More Attractive?
Good Questions

Q: The back room of our house is an addition that was put on thirty years after the house was built so it is not on the same heating/cooling system as the rest of the house. Instead, there is an in-w...

Best Products: I Heart My Mitsubishi Mr. Slim AC

This may seem like an absolutely boring post to some of you, so I'll apologize in advance as I can't help myself. It's been really hot lately, so we've come to rely our air conditioner at night. In...

Igloo Satellite Cabin from IceWall One

This is an extreme escape — the Igloo Satellite Cabin from Australian company Icewall One, was designed specifically to provide shelter in cold climates. It is lightweight, modular, heavily in...

Cute Icelandic Cottage
The New York Times

Hop on Bjork's Yacht and head over to southern Iceland to check out this wooden cottage from 1953. The New York Times highlights the 2,200 square foot home with an additional 10,280 square feet wall...

Two Good Fans: Westinghouse Industrial & Artemis

It got real hot here on the East Coast for a few days and now it's cool again, but it still got me thinking about ceiling fans. I've seen two in particular in the past few months that I really like....

Dept of Disbelief: Free Amish Fireplace?
aka The Heat Surge Original Roll-N-Glow Electric Fireplace Pitch

If you read the Sunday Times, you saw it. It's there again today and in papers all over the USA. A full page advert for an electric fireplace made by picturesque Amish people that's actually being g...

Big Ass Fans: More Air in Your Face

We just got back from a little surf trip down to Costa Rica, where we enjoyed the heat and these amazing fans in the Liberia airport. We'd seen them before, but never blogged the company that makes...

Waterfront Family Home in Asker, Norway
The New York Times 11.25.07

The New York Times shows us the home of the Leopold family — it's on the edge of a Fjord in Asker, Norway. Just south of Oslo, the home takes full advantage of the surrounding views and featur...

Simple & Cheap Radiator Humidifier

We don't know about you, but winter has barely begun and we're already feeling a little dried out. So we were intrigued to stumble on this radiator humidifier from Blue Ribbon General Store. And we ...

Barrel Sauna

This little sauna brings with it a barrel of savings and health benefits. Named for its shape, the cedar Barrel Sauna comes in an assemble-yourself kit......

Best Products: Mitsubishi Mr. Slim Air Conditioners

In our new apartment we've only recently begun to use a new feature, one that we'd never encountered before, a Mr. Slim split-ductless AC system. Not totally attractive at first because these bulbo...

Senator Chuck Schumer Recommends New A/C's

If you have an old a/c unit in your apartment, you may want to listen to what Sen. Chuck Schumer is saying. We have a very large, old unit that sits in the basement, rarely used (we haven't taken it...

NY Good Questions: What Can I Fill This Fireplace With?

Dear AT, I have this fireplace and I need help trying to baby proof it. I really don't want to get those gates because they don't look too cool. I realize child safety is important so don't get ...

Spark Fire's Linear Burner

Just on the heels of discovering Spark Fire's Six Foot Fire Ribbon, we've learned that they have something new up their sleeves. It's called the linear burner......

Spark Fire's Six Foot Fire Ribbon

You'll rarely find us chanting a mantra of "bigger is better". But, when it comes to Spark Fire's Ventfree Fireplaces, we were exhillirated by their Six Foot Fire Ribbon......

Modern Fireplace Screen by Alla Kazovsky

The search for a modern fireplace screen is not a simple one. As winter ever so slowly moves toward spring, we've recently come upon this fine screen by architect Alla Kazovsky......

Ground Floor Coffee Table by Christophe Pillet for Planika

If you live in an apartment and don't have a fireplace, you probably never will unless you move. That's why we like the Ground Floor coffee table by Christophe Pillet. It brings a fire element into ...

Marble Heating Stone Radiators

The British have so many more radiator options than we do here in the States. This one's new to us: it's the Marble Heating Company's stone radiator. The design takes advantage of the heat retentio...

Curvy Firewood Storage Niche at Spencer Collection

We were at the Spencer Collection website and saw this cool firewood storage. It's built into an outdoor fireplace and it's in a fun curvy shape. Why not do this inside, in a wall niche?...

NY Good Questions: Can the Fireplace "Oven" be Removed?

Hello AT, Help! Not sure how to do damage control on this working fireplace. Apparently, the "oven" like feature will help heat my apartment, but I'll sacrifice that for a nicer looking fireplace. ...

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