My mom always has placemats on her kitchen table, and when I was younger, I loved noticing the different designs she pulled ...

As well as making sure we don’t slip when we get out of the bath or shower (or flood the bathroom floor), the best bath mats provide a treat for our feet, which happen to be among the most ...

Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Read more here. Whether woven with rattan or ramie, accentuated by scallops or stripes, or plain and simple, place mats do much more than just protect your table against heat, cold, and food ...

The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...