How smart is your home? If you haven’t already installed your first smart home product, you could soon be the last home on the block to do so. Nearly 30 million smart home products will be sold in 2019, according to the Consumer Technology Association. That’s a 23 percent increase from last year, signaling a potential tipping point for the industry.

Ever wonder how some people manage to keep their homes spotless? There’s a secret to it. The secret? Small daily habits. Habits that only take a few minutes, but compound for a huge, refreshing effect.

We have begun the final countdown to Christmas. With less than a week left to go, we’re, finalizing gifts, putting the finishing touches on decor, and gathering the ingredients for Santa’s cookies. With Christmas coming up so soon, the New Year on the horizon, and with the holiday season lasting a deceivingly short amount of time, we like to go all out with our decorating, to make the season feel as full as possible.

The first day of fall was this past Saturday, September 22. And with this change of seasons comes a change in both what we wear and how we decorate our homes. This fall, we are seeing the strengthening of existing trends as well as some shifting and new trends emerging. Here, we turn to design experts for their thoughts and advice on these trends: