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Posts tagged “personal health”

Put Safety First: 14 Universal Design Tips
This Old House

Most of us take it for granted that we can reach the sinks in our kitchen and bathrooms, get through doorways, and climb in and out of bathtubs in our homes, but for those who are disabled and/or elde...

AT on... Being Sick

I'm sick, and it stinks. I'm really trying not to fall into the whole pity party scenario and I'm also trying not to just collapse back into bed because, well, posts must be written. But here's the ...

The Ladybird Bath and Vanity Unit

As bathroom month comes to a close and we think ahead to Smallest, Coolest, here's a bathroom idea that maximizes a small space by combining the sink and the tub....

Classic Health-o-Meter Analog Bathroom Scale

Most mornings we go through the same routine: we step on our digital scale, grab something heavy and step on again, then weigh ourselves a third time. The reason? The scale gives a different readin...

Stocking the Medicine Cabinet

We have a sad, sad, tiny, minimal amount of storage space in our little bathroom. Our medicine cabinet is more of a make-up, toothpaste, deodorant cabinet and our emergency goods get stashed in the ...

Blogging Marie Claire Maison: Bathroom Inspiration

These pictures in the February/March issue of Marie Claire made us want to pack it all up and bathe for three days straight....

Soap Bank by Designodoubt

If homemade soap-on-a-rope isn't your thing, the folks over at Treehugger turned us on to this nifty little invention for reusing your miniscule soap slivers....

Earthquake Table by D'Esposito & Gaillard

The fact that this table is apparently "earthquake and bombardment proof" is only a fraction of what makes it a go-to piece of furniture for one of the worlds unnerving natural occurrences, if the c...

Emergency Preparedness Kits

Shake, rattle, and roll. You knew this post was coming today, didn't you? Our 5.6 quake was another wake-up call. Although we were here during the '89 quake and the later El Nino flooding, we have n...

Curing the Medicine Cabinet

This month we're going to be curing our bathroom, and we're starting with the medicine cabinet. The Fed finally got around to issuing guidelines on how to dispose of prescription drugs just about tw...