Many people these days have tiling in their homes, as it offers versatility, a stylish finish, and practical benefits. Whether you have tiled floors in the bathroom or tiles walls in the kitchen, one of the things that you must do is to ensure they are properly maintained and cleaned. If you fail to do […]

Many of us take our mattresses for granted, but without a suitable, clean mattress, getting to sleep each night would be a nightmare! It is important to ensure you make the right choices when it comes to buying a mattress. This means getting the firmness level right, investing in the right type of mattress, and […]

When it comes to flooring for your home, carpeting is and always has been a very popular choice. Many people love the comfortable feel and traditional look of carpeting throughout the home, and the right carpet can make any room look stunning. However, when you pay a lot of money for your carpet, the last […]

With the New Year now upon us, many people will be keen to start getting their homes into shape following the festivities of the holidays. This is a great time of year to work on clearing and improving your home, as it means that you can enjoy the fresh New Year with a fresh new […]

The classic color combination makes any room — from bathrooms to bedrooms — sophisticated, chic, and timeless. From horizontal stripes to graphic floor tile, designers share their favorite black-and-white decorating ideas.

The power of a white room is stunning—clean and crisp, the neutral palette adds a dose of instant chic to any home. With a never-ending array of undertones and finishes, finding the perfect white paint for your space can be a daunting task. So what’s the perfect formulation for your molding? Your bathroom? How about […]

Updating a historic home can come with challenges (like hidden surprises behind every demolished wall). So we can only imagine the effort required to convert an old space that was never actually meant to be a house. Luckily, the couple that now lives in this 1896 church had one convenient advantage they’re architects who had […]

Seeing as though I have dated not one, but two engineers, and I am constantly surrounded by (male) engineers, I seem to have become the authority on this topic. My site stats agree that this content – strange as it may be – attracts substantial traffic. So here it is: why not to date an […]

So this blog and others like it have exhausted the facts and figured about women in engineering and how wonderful it all is for us to be there. I want to talk about something I’ve experienced that gave a new spin on why companies should hire and promote female engineers. Not all female engineers will […]

Its been a while since I posted – readers will realise that my lull in posts has coincided with my move to Johannesburg and my starting a new job in engineering consulting. The past 2.5 months at my new company have been a whirlwind of excitement. Being thrown into two projects in the midst of […]