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Renters: Do You Own A Safe?

There are some things when you rent that you know you should do or own, but never really get around to it. For us, owning a safe is one of those things. Sure we have renters insurance to cover the ...

Staying Safe During The Holidays

Last night, a friend completed her favorite Christmas tradition -- stringing cranberries for the tree, drinking homemade hot chocolate and watching "Elf." Yes, now is the time for tree decorating, whi...

Preparing for Fire and Other Disasters

We woke up early Monday morning thinking we smelled smoke in our apartment. We were probably smelling the smoke from Sunday's Angel Island fire, but to be sure, we checked around the house. After we w...

Put Safety First: 14 Universal Design Tips
This Old House

Most of us take it for granted that we can reach the sinks in our kitchen and bathrooms, get through doorways, and climb in and out of bathtubs in our homes, but for those who are disabled and/or elde...

Painted Security Bars

We loved the security gates featured here a few days ago. It got us thinking about any possible way to spruce up the ones that aren't so artistically designed. ...

Look!: Cool Security Gate

Our first San Francisco apartment boasted a massive metal security gate. We never loved it, but found it a comfort when our apartment front-door lock was out of commission for way too long. We just ...

Look!: Cool Security Bars

If security bars are a necessary evil in your neck of the woods, you might as well have really awesome ones. We spotted these while cruising around the neighborhood......

Earthquake Table by D'Esposito & Gaillard

The fact that this table is apparently "earthquake and bombardment proof" is only a fraction of what makes it a go-to piece of furniture for one of the worlds unnerving natural occurrences, if the c...

BookBoxes from The BookBox Company

If we'd had one of these hollowed-out BookBoxes in high school, we wouldn't have spent so much time looking for new places to hide our journal from prying eyes. Hmm, what would we keep in them now?...