Will the battle against pet hair ever end?! If there's one pet predicament we all face, it's cleaning up pet hair. How do you know which vacuums will do the best job on carpet and hardwood floors? See my top 10 picks with powerful suction to suck up this hairy situation. See one you love or hate? Be sure to share your opinions or reviews for fellow pet owners! Source: Flickr User Denis Read more

Will the battle against pet hair ever end!? Up next in the spring cleaning series is the perennially popular topic of vacuum cleaners. See my top 10 picks with powerful suction to suck up this hairy situation. See one you love or hate? Share your opinions or reviews on the corresponding slide! Source: Jupiter Images Read more

Are you ready for Black Friday?! There are few things that will get me out of bed at dawn (other than my dog), but I've found one item well worth it. The craveworthy Dyson DC17 Animal is included in Target's Black Friday Deals for $349 (normally $549). Stores open at 5 a.m., so check out five reasons I think this vacuum is well worth that super-early wake-up call. Read more

Hand vacs can be a handy mess buster for pet owners. Reaching the couch, under chair cushions, or even cleaning the doggie bed is difficult with ordinary roller brushes or even some vacuum attachments. Let's soon welcome a new creature in town, the Dirt Devil Gator. Start the slideshow and see how this fights your (pet) hairy disasters. Read more

I recently stumbled across photos of two very different Berlin hotels, whose unifying factor is a level of eccentricity unseen in most places of lodging. The first hotel, the Huettenpalast was created when owners Silke Lorenz and Sarah Vollmer turned a hall that was part of a former vacuum cleaner factory into a hotel space, creating guest rooms from wooden huts and old campers. On the other Read more