Since our building has decided to start enforcing a “no real Christmas tree” policy, I’ve been forced to break with the habit of a lifetime and get myself a fake tree. I’m used to spending about $50 on a nice tree so I was surprised to find that if you …

My entire kitchen is made up of General Electric appliances. I got them all at the same time to outfit a new apartment in Canada and feel I made a big mistake in doing so. The general quality of the appliances seems to change in accordance with how difficult the …

Having a small vacuum in an apartment is very useful. Particularly if its cordless one. I suspect many of us have yelled in frustration as you drag around one with a cord. Finding that it’s banging into door frames and getting underfoot.

The Dyson V8 is perfect for me and probably …

I have a kitchen full of General Electric Appliances. This hs nothing to do with brand loyalty. I just didn’t know any better when I was outfitting my first apartment.

Unlike the vast majority of those appliances, however, the oven isn’t complete trash. It’s still not very good but at …

I’ve had this dishwasher for 3 years now. Most of the appliance I bought when I arrived in Canada were GE ones but I wasn’t familiar with the brand and hadn’t heard anything negative about them before.

What I started to find, after a short period, was that most of the …

While wandering the Shareway Mall in Toronto one day I spied a new store. I wasn’t familiar with the brand but I was with my fiancee and we usually end up looking at kitchen equipment if we are in the mall. I’m the chef in the house so mostly it’s …

I bought this appliance about 3 years ago from best buy and it’s been a nightmare from start to finish. I moved into an apartment that had an inbuilt space for a combination fridge and freezer. It had to be very specific in its dimensions, in this case, 59cm x …

We spend a lot of our life between sheets, even if unconscious a lot of the time, so it’s a good idea to have bedding which makes you feel comfortable and rested. A recent bedroom refurbishment gave me the opportunity to upgrade my sheets and I moved up from …

We all know what a kettle is: a receptacle to boil water. It has a flat base to sit on a heat source, a handle to hold it, a lid to stop the water boiling away and a spout for pouring. And that’s it, really. So how …

My family goes through a lot of laundry so we go through a lot of laundry soap. Because I have children we are pretty hard on clothes and I rely on the laundry soaps I use to get out stains. I also do not have a lot …