What could be more convenient than a laundry chute in the bathroom? Some quaint features from yesteryear’s homes are being revived, tha...

Now that's a porch you could spend summer nights on— (Rayne Mansion, New Orleans. Thomas Sully, architect. 1890) When I was a kid,...

The hell I can't... For years I argued with health-nut friends about eating butter versus margarine.  I always insisted that if I wa...

Wall-to-wall carpet advertisement dating from 1955 (note Ford Thunderbird at background). Mid-century designers considered "wall-to...

I’ve always been amazed at the way archaeologists can date an ancient site based on, say, the remains of a fossilized bratwurst.   If you...

Few people are inclined to fret about aesthetics when their roof is leaking all over the kitchen table. So, in their haste to get roof probl...

Many years ago, a client of mine sent me to see a film called Memoirs Of An Invisible Man . “The movie was lousy,” he said, “but I really li...