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I love the crocodile pillow in the child's room.

We switched from a Dualit to a Rowlett and are very pleased with it. We've got the Espirit Brunch model, and switched mainly because we found one cheap at the market and liked the styling. It als...

from Top 10: Toasters on July 31, 2007 06:41PM

I've grown Camomile between slabs and although it looks great when the weather is mild or warm it looks scrappy in winter and high summer. I'd go with mother-of-thyme, it's a really low growing cr...

I don't think finding the perfect chair is going to be the solution for this room. I would put the chairs on hold and rethink the rug. I would go for something larger and with a bit of pattern o...

from Good Questions: Got Chairs For Me? on July 23, 2007 04:49PM

I would keep the dresser as it is but definitely repaint the walls. For me the cool blue is fighting with the warm tones of the wood. I recommend Cooking Apple Green from Farrow and Ball. It is a...

I agree with Marco and Josie, with this ban AT risks losing its critical edge. I have enjoyed (although often disagreed with) Mr Green's tongue-in-cheek, provocative comments and because he is som...

from AT on: Commenters and Banning on July 17, 2007 07:26PM

I've been trying to grow artichokes for a couple of years but every time the plants get to about a foot in diameter something nibbles all the stalks off leaving the leaves scattered around the pot....

from PlantTherapy: The Showdown on June 30, 2007 06:09PM

Wow, who would have thought rubbish was such a hot topic. I just want to add how much I love my very cheap roll-top bin from addis. Here in the UK brabantia seem to have (a very expensive) strang...

Mark Wigley takes the white wall discussion to a whole other level in 'White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture' critiquing the white wall itself as a kind of suppressiv...

from ColorTherapy: A High Modernist Debate on June 12, 2007 05:53PM

I think the word Gotham Tomato was thinking of is pebbledashing, but I can think of another less polite one! Telly are you sure you want to live with this finish? I'm all for exposed a...

I've tried various methods to get rid of moths and the pheromone traps seem to work far better than moth balls. They use a lure that smells of the female moth to trap the males onto a sticky card....