My classic bouquet garni includes thyme, rosemary, parsley stalks, a leaf of celery and a bay leaf. Wrapped in surgical gauze in case the rosemary is dry and loses its leaves. I use su...

Some details (coffee table, tape deck, the strange hemispheric thing on the left) scream early 70's to me. Let's say sometime between 1969 and 1973.

Actually, Paris has virtually no on-campus housing. There are a bunch of dorms - most of them for foreign students - in the Cité Universitaire Internationale, but they're away from the colle...

The main arguments to forbid GM corn/maize were that it couldn't be stopped from spreading and that it seemed harmful to lots of insects and assorted critters other than the one it was designed aga...

I'd get rid of the buckles, but otherwise, I like them. And my cat would be in kitty heaven :-)

For the mass-produced poster, why buy aluminum? Get 4 narrow wood slats 2 inches wider than the print. Paint or dye them (with appropriately green products, of course) in the colour of your choice,...

I decorate them with Pebeo Vitrea relief outliner, fill them with homemade hypocras or guignolet, then give them as prezzies :-)

Dylan, I must be weird. I've moved 4 times with my Billy shelves. A couple of them are over 20 years old. Can't seem to be able to get rid of the things :-)

Horse hair (mane and tail) was traditional batting in upholstery. There's also kapok, though it might be deemed too flammable these days. And carded wool was used in mattresses, so it should work i...