Every family celebrates Halloween differently. Some parents are too busy to prepare a grand party and simply carve out a pumpkin face, put a candle inside and position the scary pumpkin in a window facing the street. However, if your…
In this small painting by Vincent Van Gogh that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago you have a large world that opens up to us. The peasant woman whose face that you do not see tells more than many…
From the moment people began to organise themselves into groups they had to have a place where they could meet and make decisions on matters of common interest. Such places demonstrate the existence of a community life: they were the…
Mice. They’ll eat you out of house and home, or at the very least leave their little offerings (yes, of poop!) so that you can’t eat your food anyway for fear of parasitic infection or worse. They’re cute, but the…
Metal storage cabinets are often heavy and cumbersome, but those old file cabinets can be put to good use. By utilizing them as part of a contemporary design strategy, you can refurbish and transform those old metal cabinets into unique…
Aluminum composite panels are made up of two flat aluminum panels held together with a nonaluminum core that functions as glue. In most cases, the nonaluminum core is made from low-density polyethylene. The panels come in different sizes but the…
The comforting, familiar nature of the Antiques Roadshow has been likened to ‘the feel of a warm bath’. From its beginnings in 1977, the show delved through the possessions of others, with guests telling us stories of the current owners,…
The bedroom is the site of relaxation, romance, and rest. Designed well, the bedroom can inspire couples to feel more romantic and stir their passions. If not, relationships can dwindle down to a friendly, not so romantic, handshake. If bedrooms…
How many of you have ever wanted to have a go at cement rendering a wall at home, or even creating a feature wall? Well my name is Christopher and I have been a solid plasterer now for about 40…
Wallace Nutting sold more hand-colored photographs during America’s 1900-1940 “Golden Age of Hand-Colored Photography” than any other photographer of his time. It is estimated that between 5,000,000-10,000,000 of his pictures decorated the walls of middle class American homes during the…