{"id":4487,"date":"2012-10-20T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:15:55","slug":"insiders-scoop-decor-desires-and-high-tech-haunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/insiders-scoop-decor-desires-and-high-tech-haunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider&#8217;s Scoop: Decor Desires and High-Tech Haunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past week has been full of interesting news in home organization, storage and fun!<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most interesting this week in the news was the Huffington Post&#8217;s piece on a Canadian Newspaper Article that \u201cidentifies a connection between women and men with poor self-esteem and an unhealthy need to have a beautiful and perfectly styled home.\u201d\u00a0 <a title=\"The Huffington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/michelle-manetti\/home-decor-obsession-self-image_b_1970504.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Home Decor Obsession May Mean Self-Image Problems<\/span> <\/em><\/a>makes me particularly curious- rather than investing in beautiful d\u00e9cor for my home, should I be investing in therapy? I can\u2019t be sure that I agree with this, yet. But we\u2019ll see if it leads to more research on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about gardening lately. If you&#8217;ve already experienced the season\u2019s first frost, then you can&#8217;t deny the challenges that come along with these cold temps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4494\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4494\" class=\"wp-image-4494 size-medium\" title=\"Moving Insider\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/High-Tech-haunt-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"decor\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/High-Tech-haunt-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/High-Tech-haunt.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tips for the DIY Haunted House. Photo: Christopher Brielmaier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As temperatures drop, many people are getting ready to travel to a warmer climate for the winter. This very informative article from Garage Living: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garageliving.com\/blog\/winter-car-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.garageliving.com<\/a>\u00a0lays out all of the preparation you should take care of before <a title=\"decor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Storage\/?utm_campaign=UhaulSM&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=Storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storing<\/a> your car for an extended period. Among the most important steps is inflating your tires adequately and checking your fluids. Also, be sure to invest in a high-quality car cover.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween is certainly in the air. This week, Wired.com shared their guide to the ultimate tech DIY haunted house. Master haunt creator,\u00a0Timothy Haskell, shares some of his expert insider tips and how you can use the tricks of the trade in your own haunted house this year. One of the most important things to remember, &#8220;&#8221;not everything is about a big pop scare. You want to make people feel uncomfortable and grossed out.&#8221; And with that, count me in!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Post:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"decor\" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/2012\/12\/26\/how-to-store-your-holiday-decor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Store Your Holiday D\u00e9cor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past week has been full of interesting news in home organization, storage and fun! Perhaps most interesting this week in the news was the Huffington Post&#8217;s piece on a Canadian Newspaper Article that \u201cidentifies a connection between women and men with poor self-esteem and an unhealthy need to have a beautiful and perfectly styled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":4494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[343,342,314,2168,235,344],"class_list":["post-4487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insiders-scoop","tag-diy-haunted-house","tag-gardening-for-cold-climates","tag-home-decor","tag-insiders-scoop","tag-moving-insider","tag-timothy-haskell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58123,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4487\/revisions\/58123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}