Home Improvement Today

Is it 2015 yet? Not from my latest glance at the calendar, but according to Mattel, the Back to the Future hoverboard used by Marty McFly in the second and third installments of the trilogy will be available for shipping this Christmas, with a limited preorder available in March. The official description for the Mattel release - Back [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I love trees. I’ve never actually been caught in the act of hugging any, to be sure. But neither will you ever catch me with a yard without trees. I just couldn’t imagine warming up to a landscape without them. The importance of the vertical element they supply in landscape design [...]

Via Design Mom. I’m definitely more of a wanna-be crafter than the real thing.  The sewing machine on which I once made a cafe curtain and a dress out of old T-shirts is gathering dust, and I’m a bit gun shy about adding any more supplies to my crafting graveyard. But the thing is, I have [...]

The Olympic torch, the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress and an earthquake-proof table are among the designs nominated for the Design of the Year Award 2012. The longlist, which goes on show at the Design Museum in London next month, celebrates the quality and diversity of design work from around the world in seven categories: [...]

The last thing that one might want is their smartphone to run out of charge, when they are out having fun. Unfortunately, most of us encounter this annoying situation no matter how careful we are about charging our cellphones before going out. The latest spare chargeable battery that you could carry with yourself is the [...]

Having a garden that provides year-round interest is easy with some careful planning. For the best results, carefully choose your trees and shrubs so that some flower in early spring, others in late spring/summer, and yet others that flower in the fall or carry their blooms through the winter. This will ensure plenty of activity [...]