Apartment Therapy

My “Anti-Cozy” Trick Is the Only Way I Survive Being Stuck Inside the House All Winter

Turn on overhead lights for a bit before dimming lighting, or swap in cooler bulbs. Play with color — a string of color-changing LEDs tucked behind a shelf, a lamp with a vibrant shade, a ...

Why Your Basement is Making the Rest of Your House Colder—and What You Can Do About It

Collect all insulation in a contractor-grade bag, seal it, and properly dispose of it according to your local trash collection regulations. Using a shop vac, vacuum any remaining dust and debris from ...

I Burp My House Almost Every Night, and It Only Takes Five Minutes. Here’s Why You Should Too.

The act of lüften or house burping involves opening windows and doors in your home to let fresh air in. Here's why this has a ...

How I use my phones hidden sensors to fix things around my house

From leveling shelves to reducing eye strain, these clever tricks will make you see your device in a whole new light ...
Today

What Is House Burping? Why Some Homeowners Are Letting in Air — Even in Winter

There’s a hot new home trend that's far from getting the cold shoulder. As a deep freeze envelops a good chunk of the country, “house burping,” in which people open the windows of their homes to let ...
Slate

I Came Home Early From a Destination Wedding. What I Found In My House Could Tear My Family Apart.

Slate Plus members get more How to Do It each week. How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My husband and I ...
The New York Times

She Spent a Night in the Anne Frank House. And Met Ghosts.

Lola Lafon’s book “When You Listen to This Song” is a hit in its native France. Now in English, it explores identity, loss and memory in wholly new ways. By Sadie Stein When a book editor invited the ...
CNN

More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over ‘toxic environment’

Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington ...
The New York Times

There Are Children in My House Who Don’t Speak English. Help!

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit. By Philip Galanes My husband’s relatives are ...
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What first ladies are forbidden from doing in the White House

The office of the U.S. presidency, and by extension the title of first lady, are typically associated with power. Indeed, both the president and the president's spouse have an incredible amount of ...
Variety

‘House Guest’ Creator Scott Evans on How an At-Home Talk Show Evolved Into Something Profound: ‘What We’re Doing is Industry Shifting’

“What’s up, neighbors?” are Scott Evans‘ famous first words to over 200,000 of his YouTube subscribers that he welcomes into his home every other Friday on his digital talk show, “House Guest.” From ...