John Whipple - By Any Design ltd. Hi Rilgen. I just built my house and and we have no HRV. All my fans exhaust directly outside.

Personally I feel our homes are being made to tight and I find with some homes the air in a house is stale. This is my choice of course and many have opposing views.

I have no forced air in my home and use old fashion radiators.

I've seen what these duct lines look like in 5, 10, 20 years and it's nasty. In my home we use mini HEpa Filters, windows and fans to move air around.

We went two years with only 2 0f 21 rads hooked up. My home is well insulated and leaks air exactly where I want it to.

If you look at my work you might reconsider letting me build your home. We are really good at what we do! JW

brigand Nobody mentioned this one.

Preheat the bathroom. Set your thermostat to turn on the heat 15 minutes before you take a shower.

Set your thermostat to warm up the room before you shower. Steam likes nothing more than a cold surface to condense on, look at a cold window. Warmer walls condense less moisture.

I notice coastal people, like in Vancouver, keep there houses colder than say prairie people (like me sometimes). Their bathrooms, given a shower of the same time absolutely soak their walls.

My warmer preheated Calgary bathroom is much dryer, fan or no fan. Of course the relative humidity is higher on the coast, but that can be offset by warming the air too. Warmer air holds more water, then you suck that water laden air our with your fan rather than it condensing on the cooler walls and floors. Let the heat go down 20 minutes after you have used your shower, when the fan goes off, and your bathroom is dry. That works in my NL house.

Peter Medvin So much better than Harry Potter! If you're short of even a nook, or if your nook space also needs to be used for other things, another great way to hide away your guest bed is Zoom-Room, the electronic, remote controlled, retractable Murphy Bed. The bed is tucked away in a cabinet, but because it snakes up behind instead of folding down, you can use the front for a flat screen TV or bookshelves. No one knows there's a bed in there! Check it out at www.Zoom-Room.com.

Debie Wilson http://bredacomponents.com/shop/hiddenbed-with-top-hutch-and-2-side-hutches.html

My son ordered and put together one of these for his office/guest room. He got the black one and it looks amazing! At least we know that we will always have a place to sleep when we come for visits with the grandson.

Annye Castonguay Cut flowers in the bedroom might seem like a good idea but they are deadly to relationships. Rather, try to have a flower bed on the ledge of your window or potted flowers outside your patio doors/ French doors.

nanaanne wow! so many great ideas. Thanks!