Regular readers of the blog may not be surprised by the fact that a door mat could have a better sense of humour than me But I was! This ‘Hi. I’m Mat.’ Doormat is very funny … or at least some people think it is. It comes from High Cotton, whose website tag is ‘Fun and Original Works of Creative, Humourous Brilliance … To Satisfy The Easily Amused’!!!   A-ha, perhaps I am not so un-funny after all, just a bit more discerning in my humour. ‘Mmmm, overtones of sarcasm, full on the palate, aged approximately not at all, and with a slightly bitter aftertaste’!! Outside...

Did Nancy Reagan ever tell you that drugs are bad, mmmkay? Or di Mr Mackey from South Park ever tell you to ‘Just Say No!’  ? If you have never been exhorted to stay away from mind-altering (and might we add, illegal!) substances like the demon weed, or every hippy’s favourite brain-expander (then rapid collapser…) acid, you will certainly wish that before you have escaped from this room, red-faced, wild-eyed and panting! It should be obvious why we at Architectural Classics have fallen in love with it though… No, not for its pseudo-psychotropic effects! Simply because it...

We love drooling over unusual houses here at Architectural Classics. We’d probably do it much more often, but we keep shorting out keyboards and having to replace them. The boss gets a bit piddled when you are working on a laptop … anyway! Here’s an old house with a difference - a crucial one! It is made entirely out of old doors! Well, just about entirely. The roof is not made out of old doors - although that would have been a superb idea, they could have had skylights all through the house, at no extra cost! Make it a screen door and you’d be all set. We are not sure if all...

Have you ever wished to really annoy everyone that came to your door, especially those that you know and like well enough to let them inside your home? Sure, who hasn’t?! Well, the Defendius Door Chain is just the product! I am sure this door chain is a reversed-sort of model that is supposed to be installed on the outside of the door, rather than the inside. Door chains are only supposed to hold the door at a certain point, so that people can’t push inside, if they are used as a security device. The Defendius doesn’t change that at all - it only takes longer to get it to the...