I live in India and most bathrooms until recently ( and in my current home built in the early 90's) have some or the other variation of this. The drain in the floor is great! After a shower, one ju...

I would be scared of kids poking each other's or their own eyes out.

Isn't beer and man-cave and gizmos an American stereotype?...but then Simpson's is American... oh well, looks like if you step out of one stereotype pothole, you fall into another.

I find my fridge accumulates clutter ON it...takeaway menus, coupons, bills, reminders...important to take care of that too.

Hi, I made a documentary on the Earthquake shacks in 2006. Shot in many restored shacks and met people who grew up in them...Yours is truely one of the most beautiful ones. I wish I had known! Cong...

Thanks. We love the laundry tips esp the Jeans. We often get our jeans dirty too so we will get in the shower right away where we will scrub, clean and wash the aforementioned jeans and then get ou...

Thank you AT for the first house tour from India. About time!!! And thanks for not making it a "stereotypical" handicrafts expo!

My guess is that unless these are full of stuff, they will flop around like three sacks...and yeah would get dirty pretty quickly.

thanks modernguy, (the royal)we have been wondering about that too:)

It is considered rude in the middle east and parts of India to sit with the underside of the foot showing (doesn't matter if you are sitting on the floor or with one leg crossed over the other on a...

Aha! Mustard Seed Oil has been a part of Indian cooking, especially that of eastern India for hundreds of years. Traditionally, some vegetables like eggplant and bitter gourd are always cooked in m...

Toss em in the dishwasher.

Ikea has a couple of choices for grill pans that are square-ish and small not that huge and are perfect for dinner for two. I 've used mine on electric stove successfully!

Wilt assorted greens (Chard, spinach, mustard) but leave the stems a bit crunchy Add some raisins( yup!) boiled or canned garbanzo beans sesame oil (to taste or as much as you w...

Asia to most people in the west means Japan, Thailand, Hongkong etc...but please dont forget INDIA. There are many many beautiful homes and apartments here, loads of traditional wisdom regarding s...

Interesting article.It did not have any tips/recipes so I looked the organization up online. Apparently they ask for $5 for a recipe booklet...Commmmeee onnn!!!! If this group is serious about savi...

I like the brickwalls but with all that white it would be nice to see some color (the blue in the kitchen works). Also, maybe its just me but the bench seems a little uncomfortable

I have a few small glass bottles with lids that I use to keep colourful paper clips, staples etc. The transparent ones would be perfect for that...even better perhaps because then getting the paper...