56 episodes

Discuss all things home and garden related including design, bad design, furniture, home decor, decorating, storage and more.

Home Stratosphere Rachel Presser

    • Leisure

Discuss all things home and garden related including design, bad design, furniture, home decor, decorating, storage and more.

    Would You Live In an Apartment That Used to Be a Mall?

    Would You Live In an Apartment That Used to Be a Mall?

    As malls continue to die out and get repurposed if not demolished, one of those purposes is now housing. One of the oldest malls in America, the Providence Arcade in Rhode Island, was transformed into 48 micro-apartments.
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    • 11 min
    The U-Shaped Kitchen's Government-Funded Evolution

    The U-Shaped Kitchen's Government-Funded Evolution

    Once upon a time, the Department of Agriculture was actually very concerned about how people used the space they inhabited. Here’s the role that this obscure bureau played in the U-shaped kitchen and how it got implemented in homes built after the postwar housing boom.

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    • 13 min
    Clean Your Air Conditioner Filters For Crying Out Loud

    Clean Your Air Conditioner Filters For Crying Out Loud

    Air conditioners and COVID-19 don't make a good mix. But when you know that this pandemic just isn’t going away any time soon, it's important to consider how AC filters play a big role in respiratory health. We spoke with Dave Indursky at Encon, to get his advice on keeping air conditioner filters and systems clean!

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    • 17 min
    Quarantine Baking Part 2: There’s No F$%*ing Flour and Yeast, Now What?

    Quarantine Baking Part 2: There’s No F$%*ing Flour and Yeast, Now What?

    As epidemiologists tell us to stay indoors to help “flatten the curve,” it’s incredibly difficult to find bread at almost any store. But if you also can’t find flour, yeast, and other components at your grocery store or online, it's time to get creative.

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    • 12 min
    How Will Urban Planning and Home Design Change in the Aftermath of COVID-19?

    How Will Urban Planning and Home Design Change in the Aftermath of COVID-19?

    There’s much speculation about how the world will be different when the worst of the pandemic is over. But in terms of housing, how we use our homes, and how urban planning affects our lives? Coming at you from the eye of the storm in New York, I’m going to call upon my observations about the real estate world (the short version: it’s a hot mess right now!) and how urban planners who’ve lived through COVID-19 will plot communities in the future alongside home builders.

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    • 10 min
    Adjusting to Working at Home Under COVID-19

    Adjusting to Working at Home Under COVID-19

    Here are some tips on how you can adapt to telework or work at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and not go completely bonkers.

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    • 11 min

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