How to Protect Your Home When You’re on Vacation

How to Protect Your Home When You’re on Vacation

Home ownership can be a nightmare factory that intensifies when you’re away on a nice, “relaxing” vacation. On the one hand, there’s the fear of visits from petty thieves, robbers, vandals, and other boogeymen. On the other hand, there’s the paranoia over hidden leaks, crossed wires, and frozen pipes, not to mention weather-borne havoc wrought…

35 Small-Kitchen Organizers That Make the Most of Tight Quarters

35 Small-Kitchen Organizers That Make the Most of Tight Quarters

Shelf risers for spices Michael Sullivan/NYT Wirecutter Top pick This three-tiered expandable shelf stories spices so they’re well organized and easy to reach. The Container Store’s Expand-A-Shelf is the best option we’ve found for keeping spices consolidated and easy to access. The plastic shelf expands from 14 to 27 inches, so it will fit the…

If You’ve Turned Your Home Into an Airbnb, You Need Smart Devices

If You’ve Turned Your Home Into an Airbnb, You Need Smart Devices

For anyone who’s thought of taking a try at running an Airbnb, smart devices are practically non-negotiable. With a modest investment in the right collection of gadgets, you can monitor your property in real time in a number of useful, potentially life-saving ways that otherwise would be impossible or too onerous to keep up with….