The recent recall of more than 7 million Keurig Mini Plus brewers reminded me anew of the importance of our Revuu site. When an appliance causes injury (90 users of the Keurig Mini said they were burned by hot water spraying from the one-cup brewers,) the media and government let us know. The Wall Street
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This is one holiday season in which a red wine spill doesn’t have to be a disaster. Rather than run to the kitchen in search of club soda and a dabbing cloth, you can just dye the rest of the rug or sofa the same color and consider yourself on-trend. As long as the wine
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Remodeling your home — or any part of it — is exciting. And terrifying. There’s a difference between not liking the kitchen you have — and not having any kitchen at all! I’ve experienced the full spectrum of joy and angst in three major home rebuilds. To help make your renovation more fun than frustrating,
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Our new-to-us old house — the 100-year-old home we bought and renovated — wasn’t ready when we sold the modern house we were living in before. During the interim, we rented a rental house built in 1929. It was our first time living in an old home, and we didn’t like it. But we learned
Read More »Green, Brown or Fake: A California Homeowner’s Landscaping Dilemma
The Getty Center in Los Angeles has drained all its pools and the grass in front of the State Capitol building is Sacramento is turning brown. As 33 percent of the state suffers “extreme drought conditions,” everyone in California is being asked to conserve water. To date, cooperation has been modest, but “if
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