Every day we search for ways to make our homes more beautiful, more functional, healthy, sustainable, enjoyable. House Method is here to help you find what you’re looking for, whether that’s the latest stats on the real estate market, methods for making a healthy home, interior design ideas, or a pro to help keep your home in good working order. After all, your home is yours, so the method of making it is up to you.
We’re homeowners, renters, researchers, journalists, parents, environmentalists, preservationists, organizers, green thumbs, velvet sofa enthusiasts—and we’re very particular about our homes.
If we’re not the expert on a topic, we call someone who is, so our readers always get the best advice.
We help more that 5.7 million readers create a better home and a better life, we spend more than $500,000 each year testing great products for your home, and we conduct an average of six product tests every day.
It’s our mission to make purchasing easier, so you can focus on living.
Our research specialists test and review household products and services and analyze consumer reviews to find the best products to make your home simpler, more efficient, and enjoyable. And we test it all, from invisible fences, to vacuum cleaners, Honda generators, trampolines, and more. If you can use it in your home, we’ve probably got a team on it.
The House Method Reviews team doesn’t accept free products from brands, instead they shop all day with the company credit card. They buy the best products on the market and put them to the test. It’s a pretty sweet gig.
We’ve built a state-of-the-art studio right here in our office. If we can’t test it in the studio, we simply take it outside. This ensures that our tests are controlled and repeatable so you get verified, unbiased, and honest recommendations.
Our consumer analysts also dig into hundreds, sometimes thousands, of consumer reviews to understand how users are experiencing the products in their everyday lives and how well they hold up over time. We spend 10.5 hours on average per review. This includes choosing the best products and testing them in our studio, tapping into verified customer reviews, and conducting research on manufacturers and service providers.
We have affiliate relationships with some of the brands we review. If you buy one of the products mentioned on our site, House Method may receive a commission at no cost to you, the reader, which is how we fund our research and bring you better reviews and comparisons.
Our editorial teams don’t know the nature of our affiliate relationships. By keeping our business teams and our editorial teams separate, we ensure that our recommendations are based on the results of our tests, not the size of the commissions we get.
Managing Director
Molly is an historic preservation enthusiast and a former northern urbanite who is now very happy on her front porch in the South. Molly works closely with some of the biggest and best brands in the home services space—from home warranty providers to home glass repair specialists, lawn care experts, and bed-in-a-box manufacturers—to understand the product and learn what consumers want and need.
Reviews Editor
Kelsey is the brains behind House Method Reviews. Her love for all-things-home began at an early age. Growing up around construction, she is the daughter of a home builder’s assistant, and her college gig was in real estate. Before she began test-flying high-tech drones and evaluating state-of-the-art fitness equipment for House Method, Kelsey worked at Houzz as a content marketing specialist.
Brand Editor
Emily leads the brand team at House Method, where she partners with influencers, brands, and publishers in the home and garden space to help readers create better homes. She has been a writer, editor, journalist, and educator for more than ten years. You name it, Emily will try it: she’s tiled a kitchen and a bathroom, re-roofed a house, poured a driveway, and painted or stained just about every room or piece of furniture she’s ever met, just to name a few.
Try as we might, we can’t be the experts on everything. That’s when we call in the gurus. Here are a few of the best and brightest in their fields who contribute to House Method.
MD and Founder & Medical Director, Allergy and Asthma Care of New York
Clifford W. Bassett, MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI is the founder and medical director of Allergy and Asthma Care of New York and author of The New Allergy Solution. Dr. Bassett is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine and on the teaching faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College. Designated a Top Doctor by both U.S. News and World Report’s, Castle Connolly, and their annual New York Magazine Best Doctor Issue. Dr. Bassett is featured regularly by national television, radio, and print media outlets including CBS This Morning, Today, Good Morning America, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Sirius XM Radio, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times. Dr. Bassett is an expert on seasonal and indoor allergies, sinusitis, allergic skin disorders, and offers informed integrative and whole-body approach to allergy prevention and management.
Luxury Real Estate Agent, The Corcoran Group
Michelle Griffith is a leading luxury real estate agent for The Corcoran Group. With over $300 million in sales, Michelle is well known for her highly intuitive, organized and results-driven approach which has led her to great success. She has strong relationships with the city’s most renowned developers, investors and industry specialists. Named Corcoran’s 2017 Top Downtown Salesperson of the Year, and consistently ranked in The Real Deal’s List of Top 75 Manhattan Residential Agents. Michelle is a leader in the industry.
Product Manager of Floor Care, Laundry and Cleaning Products, Miele, Inc.
George Tjoumakaris is product manager at premium appliance brand Miele, Inc. Working in product development, George is focused on bringing future generations of the best performing vacuums, laundry systems, and cleaning products to the US market. Prior to joining Miele, George has held product marketing positions in the lighting and medical device industries.
Head Chef and Recipe Developer, HelloFresh
Claudia Sidoti is Head Chef and Recipe Developer at global meal kit leader HelloFresh. At the helm of the test kitchen, Claudia leads a team of seasoned recipe developers to create simple and delicious meals that hundreds of thousands of home cooks across the country can make in 30 minutes or less every night. Prior to joining HelloFresh, Claudia was Test Kitchen Director at Food Network Magazine.
VP Client Executive for Personal Lines, Plexus Groupe
David Miller is an insurance executive specializing in the unique personal insurance needs of high-net-worth individuals and their families. He has an expansive understanding of state-specific insurance laws that may affect those owning out-of-state homes and cars or by parents with children in out-of-state schools. With nearly 30 years of experience in the personal lines insurance industry, Miller is well-versed in the underwriting, market conditions, and politics that can affect the ability to secure coverage in catastrophe-prone areas.
Miller is a Certified Risk Manager and Certified Insurance Counselor. He earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
He lives with his wife and sons (one of whom attends the University of Mississippi) in the suburbs of Chicago and is a vintage car enthusiast.
Design Consultant, California Closets
Katy Milton specializes in custom solutions and design for residential and commercial properties. She works with a wide range of residential interior spaces ranging from small spaces to entire room design. Her expertise for commercial properties include solutions for wineries, dental offices, and she has partnered with Blu Homes. Her design philosophy is to live simply and live beautifully through timeless design. Katy believes life is dynamic and ever changing, and design should reflect that. Katy’s vision goes beyond functionality—she has attention to detail with a focus on harmonious materials, resulting in spaces that reflect a unique blend of sophistication and accessibility.
Katy Milton was born and raised in Southern California and graduated with a degree in business with an emphasis in marketing from Humboldt State University. After graduation, she moved to the San Francisco area and began her career in the software industry. After several years in tech, Katy decided to make her passion for design a career. View Katy’s portfolio on Houzz.
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