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Home is where the heart is, so why not make it the best?

With Singapore pushing towards being a Smart nation, more and more home appliances are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Such appliances have helped us reduce the burden of household chores, while providing greater convenience in our lives.  Here, we picked out five high end home appliances

6 great heating appliances that will be easy on your electricity bill

Based on current prices, electricity in Johannesburg and other urban centres will set you back around R1.85 per kW. A standard 11-fin oil heater from Game, using up 2.5 kW of electricity per hour will therefore come down to R4.62 for every hour of heating.

Mum’s super simple hack to stop her kids from wreaking havoc in bathroom

It might look cute in a Kleenex ad but any parent will tell you that chasing a child armed with a roll of toilet paper around the bathroom (or worse still – the house) is anything but fun… Thankfully, a Sydney mum has shared a simple hack to

Everyday cheapskate: How to rid your bathroom of hairspray overspray and more quick tips

Hairspray is wonderful for your hair and not so great on the floor, sink, walls, mirror and counter in your bathroom, where you get ready every morning. Unless you are diligent to go outside every time you spray your hair, it’s a good bet

Will you pay more than HK$7.8 million for this private bathroom?

WHO: Francis Sultana is an award-winning interior and furniture designer, with his eponymous company based in London. He is described as the go-to interior designer for international art collectors, with a reputation for merging residential requirements with large-scale visual art, sculpture and installation pieces. Alongside

The forgotten British-Asian physician who changed modern medicine

Before Frederick Akbar Mahomed, the world did not know that human life could be prolonged by reducing blood pressure. The 19th century doctor from Brighton, England, did pioneering research into nephritis and hypertension, and helped introduce the British Medical Association’s collective investigation record, and yet

Our homes don’t need formal spaces

For a recent study, UCLA-affiliated researchers in fields ranging from anthropology to sociology used cameras to record in great detail how 32 dual-income families living in the Los Angeles area used their homes. Their findings link real data to something about which I have been

KRM surprises dining room with birthday party

Cameron Owens walked into the dining room at the Kokomo Rescue Mission on June 27 for lunch and was greeted with unexpected décor. The dining room was decorated with colorful “happy birthday” balloons and a banner, party favors, and festive centerpieces on all the

Apex Escape Rooms – Vankleek Hill’s new, immersive puzzle solving adventure

There is no escape. Well, that’s not technically true. There is an escape… But you have to find it; to figure it out. That’s the name of the game. The escape room game. Even though still considered a niche activity, escape rooms have been

Hot rooms without air conditioning stop your brain working properly, study finds

As many schoolchildren, students and office workers suffering in the hot weather will testify, heatwaves really do fry your brain, a study has confirmed. Harvard University scientists tracked students through a hot spell and examined the performance of individuals living in air-conditioned dormitories compared to those sweltering away