Curtain style ideas

Mix panels of plain and pictorial fabric for a window that's a real work of art A fabric with a pretty pattern is a great way to dress u...

General Interior Design Tips

If you just bought a new house and will start decorating , keep the walls simple and majority of the walls plain especially if you are the t...

The perfect gift for Dad: An emergency preparedness kit

Father’s Day is just around the corner on Sunday, June 15. So what are you going to give dear old dad this year? Not a boring tie, surely. H...

More Masai

I left out one of the juicier tidbits from the last post because it was getting long. Investigators Kang-Jey Ho et al . wanted an explanati...

Masai and Atherosclerosis

I've been digging deeper into the health of the Masai lately. A commenter on Chris's blog pointed me to a 1972 paper showing that...

Destination Moon

Onto the fastnesses of the Isle of Thanet in Kent, after attempting to con fisherfolk and old salts into taking the Unmitigated Circus out t...

Back to School

School Prints Ltd was set up by Brenda Rawnsley just after the Second World War, with the aim of bringing the idea of art out from the galle...

Fifty Not Out

In the fifties and early sixties, books like these slim volumes published by Country Life, (this one in 1958), were the souvenir purchase f...

Get Ready Mailbag

Welcome to another installment of the Get Ready Mailbag, when we take time to answer questions sent our way by readers like you. Got a quest...

Hormesis

Why are we so soft today? Why is it that our ancestors were able to perform feats like killing bears and wooly mammoths in snow-swept grass...

Unexpected Alphabets No 1

Some time ago I produced a little volume in my English Heritage Pocket Books series called Letters from England . Now stacked up in your rem...

Nature's Laws

Last night I was watching a little video clip of the Jack LaLanne show. LaLanne was an advocate of strength training and whole foods nutri...

French Consoles

Curved Empire Desk & Bookcase Desk: 94" wide x 25" deep x 29 1/2" tall Bookcase: 136" wide x 46" deep x 105...

Don’t let a tick make you sick

Hiking. Gardening. Exploring nature. While enjoying the great outdoors this summer, savor the sunshine and s'mores, but be sure to guard...

Eagle Creek

Last weekend, I went on a 3-day backpacking trip with some friends. We endured rain, snow, difficult river crossings and a vicious mouse at...

Vaccines

I am a label reader. Whenever I'm thinking about buying food in a box, which is rare, I typically read the whole label to look for sini...

Metal Display Shelves

Sturdy and Stylish, Great Shelves That'll Last Metal display shelves combine style and grace with strength and durability. It used to b...

Exercise Didn't Keep Us From Getting Fat

One of the surprising things I noticed when I was poring over data from the NHANES survey (US CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination ...

Railway Echo No 8

My blog has been neglected for a few days because I have been locked away in the library wing at Ashley Towers trying to find a definitive a...

Perf Boxes

Designer: Eric Pfieffer Flexible storage made nice! Stack two to four rotating boxes "Perf"ectly. A permanent item at the SFMoMA a...

Ideas for shelving 2011

Designer: Plushpod The Float wall shelves are wall mounted shelves with no visible hardware or brackets. They are thick and substantial and ...

Domino Shelving Units

Designer: Plushpod The Domino shelving units are functional, stacking, and modular shelves that stand alone or can stack at varied heights a...

Conceal Bookshelf

Designer: Miron Lior for Umbra Hey dude, are your books floating? No, it is just a unique and attractive wall display called the Conceal Boo...