If you think vinegar is just for pickling vegetables or for making homemade dressings, then prepare to be amazed by all the surprisingly wonderful things vinegar can do around the house. Aside from fermenting kombucha, preserving ketchup, and offering hot sauce and mayonnaise a sweet kick, vinegar has many uses in the home. Whether it’s white distilled or apple cider […]

Glass jars, silicone sponges, and beeswax wrap does not a sustainable kitchen make. Sure, these eco-friendly products definitely reduce the carbon footprint of your kitchen, but it’s also important to execute sustainable practices in the kitchen as well. Like, for example, washing the dishes. Do you know which method is more sustainable: hand-washing the dishes or using a dishwasher? Oddly […]

As a zero-waster, there are several ways to make your laundry routine more sustainable. You can add dryer balls to your dryer — free of chemicals and proven to make clothes dry faster! — take advantage of horse chestnuts as a laundry detergent alternative, and even pretreat stained clothes with distilled white vinegar. Oh, and of course, use the eco-friendly […]

Canadian construction firm JD Composites has completed its first concept home, made from about 612,000 recycled plastic bottles. Dubbed Beach House, the home is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and is not only a great example of how recycled plastic can be put to good use, but it’s also hurricane resistant. JD Composites co-owners David Saulnier and Joel German came […]

The Camper Tiny House, by Build Tiny, can be used as a full-time home for dedicated downsizers, but is also well-suited as a vacation home or guest house. The compact and lightweight dwelling can sleep up to four people thanks to a neat bed that pulls down from the ceiling. The Camper Tiny House is based on a double-axle trailer […]

While a college dorm room might come to mind when you hear the phrase co-living, that type of shared housing is just one example of what the concept means for both those deep in their studies and career-bound people, too. Co-living is not a new idea, but one that has evolved over many years to include several different ideas and […]

IKEA has revealed its innovative Rognan robotic furniture, designed to minimize the compromises of small space living. Developed in collaboration with Ori, a Boston-based furniture start-up that grew out of a collaboration between MIT Media Lab students and designer Yves Behar and first caught our attention in 2016, the robotic furniture is set to first roll-out in Hong Kong and […]

Imagine being able to harvest fresh veggies precisely when you need them without leaving the house. That’s the promise of indoor gardens like the OGarden Smart and the Cell One. Now IGWorks is making a bid for your living space with a vertical hydroponics garden called the iHarvest that can simultaneously grow up to 30 fruits and vegetables. Currently raising […]

More and more phones and devices are able to be charged wirelessly these days, but that usually still requires a pad for each that takes up a power plug. Now, a Spanish start-up called Proton New Energy Future has unveiled Ebörd, a smart table that has a wireless charger built into the entire surface, allowing it to charge multiple devices […]

Although many people have fought to get smartphone videographers to shoot everything in landscape mode (horizontally), it appears that the battle has been lost. The proof? Samsung has unveiled a QLED TV designed for Millennials, that has a vertical screen. Possibly the same model that the company teased back in 2013, the new TV is known as the Sero, which […]