A small table next to the bed is necessary today to hold a lamp, cellphone, clock and perhaps a book, eyeglasses and tissues. But in past centuries the table might have held a candlestick with a ...

Indoor plumbing with a flushing toilet was not commonplace until the 20th century, even though the first flushing toilet was patented in 1775. Queen Elizabeth I and other members of royalty had a type ...

We were going to just take her to the dump, but our neighbor, who has been a regular reader of your column since 1980, recalls you once wrote about a place in England or Humnoke that re-purposes old ...

Q: How do I dispose an old commode when I install a new one other than hauling it to the landfill myself? A: I spoke to Maegan Prejean, executive director Angelina Beautiful/Clean, and she said, ...