Home Improvement News Fix: Taylor Swift, Real Estate, Healthy Eating, Hammocks

Here’s today’s Home Improvement News Fix. The top stories include the mansion in Taylor Swift's Blank Space video and the benefits of 5 minutes of nature. Also, find out an organizing tip for healthier eating, and DIY hammock stands. 

In Real Estate News

A New York mansion where Taylor Swift filmed part of the Blank Space music video just sold for $8.25 million, according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. 

Built in 1917 for the 5 & dime store retailer Frank Winfield Woolworth, the 16-acre property includes a 32,000-square-foot mansion and a 17,000-square-foot carriage house on Long Island Sound. 

Photo credit: Courtesy of Margaret Trautmann, COMPASS 

In Planet News

If you can only get outside for 5 minutes today, you are in luck. 

As a result of nature exposure, the first 5 minutes elicits the greatest improvements in mood and self-esteem, according to a study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. 

Did you Know? 

If your healthy foods are visible and organized, you are 3 times more likely to eat them? 

There's a study in Frontiers in Psychology that shows how we store food affects whether we eat it. Specifically, we’re three times more likely to reach for healthier foods if they're organized and visible in the fridge. 

Today’s top DIY search on Google is DIY Hammock Stand. And we’d love to see what you make.

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