Life & Living

How can owners or tenants showcase their house or apartment with flower pots and plants? The livingathome.de portal provides some tips. For example, different flower pots can be covered with jute sacks to create a more uniform look. In addition, small indoor greenhouses, aquariums with plants or plants in jars hanging from the ceiling or hanging baskets...

In old age or with a physical impairment, a barrier-free home can become important so that residents can lead an independent life. This is according to an article on the n-tv.de portal. The bathroom in particular is the focus of adaptations, as personal hygiene is of central importance. Residents receive support for barrier-free conversion...

The growing number of dementia patients in Germany also requires special adaptations to architecture. Nele Tramp, an architecture graduate from the Institute of Design and Building Theory at the Technical University of Braunschweig, addressed this topic in her master's thesis "Dementia Village Hulsberg" and was awarded the Architects' Award for Hospital Construction and Healthcare...

Proper watering and the use of drought-resistant grass varieties are key to maintaining gardens in rising temperatures. The portal "schoener-wohnen.de" points this out. Garden owners do not have to put up with a yellow-brown lawn, but can maintain a green lawn even at temperatures above 30 degrees with suitable measures. Through high...

Transforming old furniture into new pieces of jewelry is a trend that is also good for the environment. According to the blog "Comfort Works", upcycling can involve giving furniture a fresh coat of paint, giving it a new upholstery or replacing certain parts. For those with a knack for craftsmanship, it can even mean taking old furniture completely apart and...

A sustainable garden is not a Herculean task. According to the "brigitte.de" portal, there are simple strategies that garden lovers can use to design their personal green oasis in an environmentally conscious way. One of these strategies is to use water consciously. Instead of wasting expensively purified tap water, the use of rainwater from a rain barrel can be a sustainable way of...

According to the "schoener-wohnen.de" portal, ground cover plants are an effective and natural solution against weeds in the garden. Ground cover plants are characterized by their dense, flat growth. Their growth enables them to push back weeds. In many cases, ground cover plants can be a preferable choice to conventional weed control methods, as they also protect the soil from...

For many employees, working from home has become an integral part of everyday working life. The challenge often lies in creating a quiet and ergonomic workplace within their own four walls. The German kitchen industry offers numerous solutions for creating a home office in the kitchen, for example. Special tall units, for example, are illuminated,...

Philippe Dahlmann, garden consultant for the German Home Owners' Association (VWE), explains how to prune topiaries, prune tomatoes and scarify lawns in various short YouTube videos. Interested parties can also find information on other topics relating to species protection, climate protection and the sustainable use of resources such as rainwater. The VWE is a...

A study commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency has shown that temperatures above 26 degrees Celsius could increase the time spent in living rooms by more than half and in offices by around a quarter. This would have a negative impact on comfort and health. It is therefore increasingly important to protect buildings from overheating. As the number of hot days and tropical nights...