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Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Design & Construction Week 2025 March 9, 2025 Hi Reader, If you missed the recent Design & Construction Week (DCW) event held in Las Vegas, fear not! We’ve curated a short list of our favorite innovative products from this year’s combined IBS and KBIS tradeshows. The “fear of missing out” pertains to attendees, as well, since there is simply too many interesting exhibitors and products, across too expansive of a convention center, with never sufficient time...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Inspiration from The New American Home 2025 March 3, 2025 Hi Reader, During the media reception for The New American Home (TNAH 2025), held last week in Las Vegas, a journalist asked how the spacious luxury property could be relevant to homeowners in her community where homes are typically one-third the size. Purgula immediately seized on the opportunity to explain that although TNAH 2025 is breathtakingly spacious and beautiful, with all the amenities a...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners How Tradeshows Can Help You Innovate February 22, 2025 Hi Reader, During the first quarter of each year, several prominent industry tradeshows related to the broad “Home Space” (e.g. construction; home & garden products; home improvement services; etc.) are held. CES – the world’s most famous tradeshow – leads off the season in early January, as all aspects of business and life can pertain to “consumer electronics” and “all things digital”. This includes the...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Getting Ready to Play in the Dirt February 15, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s topic is Gardening — "playing in the dirt", as we like to call it — and how it can help you become a healthy, happy & innovative homeowner. With the first day of spring just one month away — Thursday, March 20 — now is a great time to start gathering practical, as well as inspirational ideas, for your garden. To begin the process, we’ve included a simple guide that shares five easy...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners 10 Challenges in the Aftermath of the LA Fires February 10, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s topic is Rebuilding, in light of the aftermath of the recent LA Fires. Living nearby the destruction of the Eaton Fire is a daily reminder of what too many unfortunate homeowners are currently enduring. As we walked the destruction this weekend, we thought about how hopeless many victims are feeling. We’ve met several fire refugees over the last few weeks, many still in...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Our Approach to Lasting Curb Appeal February 1, 2025 Hi Reader, While needing more time to make sense of the perplexing LA Fires and their aftermath, we decided to switch gears for this edition of our newsletter to a lighter topic — Curb Appeal! Though the topic of home aesthetics is always popular with most homeowners and across social media channels, we always aim to include substance behind any “beautification” ideas we might share. It’s not enough to make...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Innovation for the Home from CES 2025 January 25, 2025 Hi Reader, This week we wrap up our coverage of the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025) by providing our curated list of 10 New & Innovative Products for the Home that debuted at the show. Though we enjoy learning about new technological options and creative solutions for the home, we are always cautious before making any major investments or changes involving new concepts. The most important...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners Why Spatial Computing is the Heart of Home Innovation January 18, 2025 Hi Reader, This week’s topic is Spatial Computing. You might be wondering: What’s that and why should I care? With CES 2025 — the world’s largest consumer electronics tradeshow — wrapping up last week in Las Vegas, we dove into the topics discussed and categories of exhibitors to see what, if anything, might be of high interest and relevance to our community of homeowners. Given the...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners How We Prepared for an Emergency Evacuation January 12, 2025 Hi Reader, Sadly, but not surprisingly, this week’s topic is Home Safety. Our latest article shares our recent evacuation experience pertaining to the 2025 LA Fires, as motivation for you to take emergency preparedness seriously and proactively. We are grateful that we are safe and that our home and neighborhood were spared from any significant damage. However, we are deeply saddened by the...

Purgula Innovation for Homeowners The Evolving Capabilities of a Modern Home December 21, 2024 Hi Reader, Creative Ways to Monetize Your Home is the topic of this week’s newsletter. We have often made our readers aware of the stark differences between innovative modern homes of today compared to traditional homes owned by our parents’ and grandparents’ generations. Generational dissimilarities are largely due to the amazing technological advances we continue to experience, as well as "how"...