How to Use Power Strips Safely
Once upon a time, being connected with someone meant keeping in touch by writing letters, attending family reunions, saying hello at the supermarket, or joining the same club. Not that...
Light Up Your Bathroom in Whole New Ways
The right bathroom lighting can add healthy doses of style and functionality, making your morning, nighttime, or anytime routine flow more smoothly. Whether you’re looking for bright task lighting, soothing...
Should You Be Concerned About Flickering Lights?
Flickering lights from faux or real candles can add instant ambience to any room, but flicking light bulbs? Not so much. Here are helpful tips for discerning whether your flickering...
Let There Be Light – All Around Your Property
A manicured lawn, mature plantings, colorful flowers, and a welcoming entry – you’ve finally achieved curb-appeal nirvana. You might even drive by your own home a time or two before...
How to Brighten Up a Space
Size, obstructions, and lack of windows can make a room feel dark, gloomy, and uninviting. To compensate, structural changes are not always an option. So aside from illuminating every corner,...
The Problem with Knob and Tube Wiring
“Knob and tube” wiring certainly isn’t a phrase that casual conversations are made of – and that assumes you’ve ever heard those three words strung together before. But you don’t...
Motion Sensor Night Lights – They Help You Sleep Better
If you have trouble sleeping and just aren’t getting enough of it, you’re in very good company. According to a study by the National Sleep Foundation, 45% of Americans say...
How to Reduce Your Monthly Electrical Bills
Whatever you pay for electricity each month, you probably wouldn’t mind shaving off a few bucks. In fact, you may already be working towards that goal by doing things like...
Warning Signs of Electrical Problems
You know the saying “If these walls could talk”? In essence, it means you’re glad that certain things you say or do aren’t being revealed to anyone else. Like how...
Electrical Safety – Proceed with Caution
Ever wonder how easy it is to take certain things for granted? You want to watch television? You turn it on. Your phone needs recharging? Just plug it in. Need...
Fall Electrical Safety Tips
For the most part, electrical safety tips are the same, no matter what the season. Still, as our daily habits change from one to the next, it’s always a good...
Why You Should Inspect Your Electrical Outlets
Ah, the humble electrical outlet – a true unsung hero of modern times. Something most homeowners don’t spend a lot of time thinking about – and yet you really should....
Bathroom Vanity Lighting Options
Bathroom lighting isn’t just about illumination, as the saying goes. It’s about appearance, brightness, and how it helps or hinders your daily preparations. Simple enough, right? Not so simple –...
How to Reduce Your Electricity Bills
No matter how much – or little – you pay for electricity each month, you probably wouldn’t mind paying less. Yet, sitting in the dark at night or forbidding the...
Do Dimmer Switches Work with LED Lights?
The secret’s been out now for ages: switching from incandescent to LED light bulbs saves energy and saves you money. And yet there’s still some mystery surrounding LED’s. In fact,...