WHOOSH Screen Shine : Best screen cleaner evah?

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

Finding the best screen cleaner is top of the list for us parents, since our gadgets are so irresistible to our kids. Despite having tested, reviewed, and recommended screen cleaners right here on this very website, I always seem to have enough fingerprints on my...

The Swash System: Saving you a fortune in dry cleaning. And new sweaters.

by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home

This week, I got a look at at the amazing Swash system, a machine is being billed as the only in-home clothing care system that works in just ten minutes. It’s not quite a personal dry cleaning machine; it doesn’t actually clean anything. But it does steam...

Withings Home monitoring system: Piquing our geek

by Jeana | Babies, Life and Home

There’s no doubt that we are entering the era of the connected home. Products like the Belkin WeMo, WiFi slow cooker and Apple’s rollout of HomeKit just scratch the surface of the influx of technology we expect in the coming year to help with running your...

Heat Seek NYC: Help turn up the heat this winter

by Julie | Life and Home

While it may still be pleasant and warm — I’m currently wearing flip flops here in Denver myself — winter will soon be on its way. Too many NYC residents live in buildings with inadequate heat, but Heat Seek NYC aims to help change that, thanks to...

MakeSpace gives new meaning to cloud storage

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

While we’ve seen apps to itemize and inventory your belongings, here’s a first: The MakeSpace service is blending digital cataloging of your precious stuff with actual real-life storage. It’s been taking NYC by storm, and I imagine it will be...

Guardian Angel Safety Outlet: the must-have outlet for parents. (Yes, there is such a thing).

by Jeana | Life and Home

With my third baby who has been on the move for a few months, I re-realized how vigilant we have to be when it comes to babyproofing. She is into everything, including electrical outlets (ack!), which is why I’m so glad I discovered the Guardian Angel Safety...

The Sense sleep monitoring system: It knows when you’ve been sleeping. It knows when someone’s snoring keeps you awake.

by Julie | Life and Home

As every parent would probably agree, sleep is essential but often elusive. So when we heard that the Sense sleep monitoring system had totally blown its Kickstarter goal out of the water, we weren’t surprised. But we were super curious to learn more. Sense uses...

Cool light bulbs get even cooler with the Nanoleaf Bloom

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

Last year we discovered the Nanoleaf LED light bulb which, besides looking super cool, actually is. It’s a safer alternative to CF bulbs, projecting light 360-degrees like a traditional incandescent while saving money and energy. The one drawback, as I noted,...

How IKEA is using Instagram in a very cool way. As in, no selfies.

by Nicole Blades | Social Media

What happens when 14 young designers put their heads together to figure out how to promote IKEA’s newest furniture collection? The highly-innovative IKEA PS 2014, that’s what. It’s the first fully-functional, interlinked web site on Instagram. Yes,...

Duux: The ultimate air purifier for a baby’s room

by Kate Etue | Babies, Life and Home

I invested in an air purifier years ago–a big, huge machine that was noisy and ugly, but sure did work to remove the dust and pollen from the air that makes us so sneezy around here. It never made it to our current home, so  I, for one, am pretty excited about...