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Making Your Home Earthquake Safe

Obviously it's never a bad time to ensure you are prepared for the next big shake, but sometimes an event like the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake is what we need to get us to stop and...

Making Your Home Safe: Tempered Glass

This morning the Today show reported on the number of children who die from injuries related to glass tables. Sadly, many glass-topped tables are not made with tempered glass, which would prevent the...

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...

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...

Wildfire: Oakland Hills, 17 Years Later
SF Chronicle: 07.09.08

Today's Chronicle tackles a subject that's actually been on our minds a lot lately. Wildfires. Eve Kushner writes about the wide variety of architectural styles of homes that have been rebuilt since...

AT on... Fireworks and Fires

This weekend will mark the one year anniversary of us moving in to our (that's the bf and myself, thank you...) new home. We closed in the end of May, stayed in our apartment for the month of June an...

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...