Please, please, don't do this. Seek the help of a professional art conservator to clean your paintings. Do not ever rub the surface of a painting with anything, especially not food.

I recommend taking the armoire to a furniture conservator, if you really want to make sure that the insects don't return. Ask if they have anoxic treatments for that particular insect. Anoxia is ju...

You should seek the help of a professional art conservator who will recommend mounting or display options that will support the weight of the rolled scroll and still leave the original piece in it'...

Surly bikes are great, but can be just as expensive as this one.

I know CB2 calls it reclaimed iron, but I am pretty sure they mean steel.

I agree that I wouldn’t count on using this bike for extensive commutes or rides. I am not sure about it being "fun," as suggested, though it definitely is "bright." The chain will bre...

Why not just re-use an old bicycle? Reduce the amount of manufacturing that has to be done. Reduce the fuel wasted in shipping new bikes and new parts from Asia.

You can save money and be car-free by owning a bike that costs about a tenth of that price, with the appropriate racks, pannier bags, LED lights and fenders. A cheap bike will be just as enjoyable ...

These posts just fetishize bikes - hanging bikes on the wall, framed, or printed. Bike are for riding. All this staring at bikes as art is just silly.

The carrots in that picture are enormous, and would have taken a lot of patience to grow. I would be a little upset if someone watching my garden for the weekend dug up all my carrots.

Royal blue or dark blue. Then if you wanted to bring in some pink or red colors, you could do it with landscaping. You could get rid of the concrete walkway and steps to make it feel less tradition...

Just one book is on the table: The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles by Jan Heinne and Jean Pierre Pradere. We also have three bookcases filled with all our books in our living room.

We just bought the Black and Decker weed eater with the rechargeable batteries. It's great. It lasts long enough to do our yard's edging and places the mower can't go. Best of all, it doesn't smell...

What material was used to make that siding?

There are two aspects of why picture lamps cause irreversible damage to artworks: heat and ultraviolet light. Be aware than many halogen bulbs can get very hot, just like any traditional lightbulb....

Even if folks in North Carolina do call Chapel Hill "the butter in the grits," it's really Carrboro that is an awesome little town. The reason for that is precisely places like Johnny's. Carrboro a...

I have to agree with fraise on this one, since I live near a university. It's best to let the police handle certain complaints like noise or setting things on fire, since a large crowd of dr...

I have been encouraging my boyfriend to borrow and use other people's things rather than buying our own. This month it included expensive specialty tools used at the bike co-op or an extension ladd...

Maybe it's worth investing in a vintage picnic basket that has places to secure all the dishes and silverware so that they don't get broken. I had a nice little suitcase-sized box that had everythi...

Durham, North Carolina's Tour d'Coops is happening this weekend. I just saw one friend's chicks and they made me wish I had the time and energy to build a giant chicken coop and have some myself.