After a long winter, it’s exciting to look forward to pulling out summer furniture when the weather warms up. But it can be disappointing when you pull out your outdoor items and they’ve been ruined by a rough winter and…

Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. Byron Bay is known for its tropical climate and surf culture, so YSG director…

Spiders can be unwelcome guests in your home, and while they often help control other pests, it’s understandable if you’d rather keep them out of your living spaces. A homemade spider repellent is a simple and natural way to deter…

It’s every traveler’s nightmare: coming home after a trip to find out bed bugs have snuck into your luggage and made themselves a new home in your bed and furniture. While bed bugs can be a serious pest issue, rubbing…

While the summer season is full of delightful moments, like gathering with loved ones, enjoying a barbecue cookout, or relaxing by the pool, it also comes with a major drawback: wasps. During the summertime, wasps are at their most active…

If you live in a region that’s prone to long periods of hot, dry weather, consider adding drought-tolerant trees to your landscape. Even with deep root systems, trees need rainfall to grow and survive—and some trees require more water than…