Your bathrooms can look like 1996. Your carpeting might need to be 86ed, replaced with hardwood. But if all you do is take the time to remodel your kitchen from top to bottom; it’s likely an investment you’ll never regret.

Some employers have been hesitant give up control of their charges but seeing a need for work/life balance, finally began to give in, offering “work from home Friday.” Nothing, however, prepared them for 100% remote work caused by the pandemic. What about productivity? Tech support? Connectivity? Teamwork and meetings?

When people say nothing will ever be the same after 2020, they may be right. With the pandemic changing how we live in and enjoy our homes, it's entirely possible we will continue to make them serve us as never before.

You either don't think about it much, or it serves as an annoyance: two-factor authentication on your smart devices. You know — that thing where anytime you sign in to something from a location not recognized, you get all kinds of warnings and have to enter passcodes sent to you by email -- hoops to jump through.