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This is the most ornate lock I have ever seen. Apparently it took the maker Frank Koralewsky 7 years to complete.(1904 – 1911) The lock illustrates part of the tale of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. If you are…
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I have previously talked about ‘Strong Patterns’ on carpets before but this one is even worse. Did they get the idea for the design from copying supermarket bar codes? Just looking at it starts to give me a headache! ….
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This photo was taken in the house designed, built, and lived in, by world famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.It’s the back stairs. . . and yes that round black thing overhanging the stairs, with the warning notice, is the back…
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If you are planning to mount a widescreen TV on the wall make sure that you are fixing it to the studs. Make a mistake and you could find it n the floor like this! Thanks to the engineeringandcrafts facebook…
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Last week I was in Venice, and went along to the 2017 Biennale. a festival of the ‘Best International Art’. I thought I would show you some of the exhibits that you replicate in your Living Room for just a…
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I’m in Italy for a couple of weeks so I thought you would like this photo I took in Venice No it’s not photoshopped, it’s a sculpture as part of the 2017 Biennale. It is titled ‘Support’ by Italian artist…
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That’s the entire house!   It is another of those Japanese Houses. The house is in Hyogo, Japan. The design brief was enough space to park a large four-wheel drive car, and not to be bothered by neighbor’s gaze The…
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How would you like this view from your front door? Yes that is a bus shelter placed right on the fence line. This particular work of ‘Genius is in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, UK. Might be convenient for the bus stop ….
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Here is a photograph, from my ‘seat’, of a toilet door with no lock, on a recent shopping trip. So what’s so unusual about a broken toilet door you may wonder? . . . . after all they aren’t that…
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I hope you like this video of a ‘Walking House’, complete with ‘Roof Garden’. Apparently the ‘House’ was built to explore the concept of nomadic living. I can’t help thinking it would have been easier to buy a campervan!  …
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