About Hearth & Habit

Hearth & Habit is a practical guide to running a home without letting it run you.

We write for busy people across the United States and Canada — homeowners, renters, first-apartment folks — who want their living space to work well without turning home care into a hobby. No aspirational makeovers, no $400 organizing hauls. Just clear, well-sourced guidance on the stuff that actually keeps a household going.

Who runs this site

Hearth & Habit is edited by peter.bae, who plans the topics, sets the sourcing rules below, and reviews every guide before and after it goes live. Corrections go through peter.bae as well: if a guide is wrong, it gets fixed and the “Last reviewed” date at the end of the article is updated.

What we cover

Each topic has a start-here page that lists every guide in it:

• Home Maintenance & Repairs — seasonal upkeep, small fixes, and knowing when to call a pro
• Cleaning & Organization — realistic routines and systems that survive real life
• Energy & Utility Savings — cutting your bills with habits and smart upgrades
• Kitchen & Food Habits — meal planning, appliance care, and wasting less food
• Yard & Outdoor Basics — the bare minimum that keeps the outside of your home in shape

Our approach

Every guide follows the same rules: explain the why in plain language, give steps you can actually follow this weekend, and be honest about when a task is worth hiring out. We favor evergreen advice over trends — a good furnace-filter routine matters every single year.

Hearth & Habit uses modern editorial tools, including AI assistance, in researching, drafting, and illustrating its guides. The editor decides what gets covered, checks every figure against the source it cites, and signs off before publication; nothing is published unreviewed.

How we check our facts

Numbers and safety rules come from primary sources, not other blogs: food safety from the USDA and FDA, mold and water from the EPA, energy figures from the U.S. Department of Energy and EIA, fire and electrical safety from NFPA and the CPSC, and lawn and garden timing from university extension services. Articles that rely on those rules link them in a Sources section at the end, and the same figure is used on every page of the site.

Every article ends with its editor byline and, once it has been corrected, a “Last reviewed” date. Spotted something wrong or out of date? Tell us through the contact page and we’ll correct the article.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections, or topic suggestions are always welcome — see our contact page.