Life & Living

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...

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...

The German parquet industry is facing new challenges, also with regard to international trade. According to the Association of the German Parquet Industry (vdp), the turnover of member companies in Germany rose by 6 percent to 274.4 million euros in 2022, partly due to price increases in the supply chain. However, parquet sales fell by 11.7 percent to 7.7 million...

According to the brigitte.de portal, the childhood dream of having your own starry sky in your room can be extended to an unexpected area - the living room. Modern projectors enable a magical play of light that satisfies the longing for the sky within our own four walls. Projectors are now so advanced that they can project the sky at the touch of a button....

Students on the "Integral Building" Master's degree course at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences are designing an inclusive neighborhood at Wittekindshof in Bad Oeynhausen-Volmerdingsen. The neighborhood is intended to promote the coexistence of people with and without disabilities. The transformation of the site reflects the change in social work, with people with disabilities increasingly living in their own homes.

Trellis fruit offers yield and privacy in one and, according to the "schoener-wohnen.de" portal, also acts as an elegant alternative to traditional walls or hedges. Cultivating trees on scaffolding makes it possible to grow apples, pears, cherries and other types of fruit even in smaller gardens. Shaping fruit trees on wooden or steel scaffolding is a centuries-old technique that...