Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best thing about boot scrapers is that they’re rarely expensive, and you can’t really put a price on your family’s health, ...

Every day millions of New Yorkers walk along the miles of paved sidewalks, likely oblivious to the fact that walking city streets didn’t become a passtime until the mid-18th century in Europe when ...

Prized by antique dealers, revered by history buffs, but an object of puzzlement to many a 21st century pedestrian, the humble boot-scraper is back in the spotlight in its favoured home, Belgium.

A miniature scene is set into a boot scraper outside a front door in Antwerp, Belgium, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Belgian artist Elke Lemmens is transforming disused boot scrapers in the port city of ...

Belgian artist Elke Lemmens lays on the sidewalk as she installs a miniature scene into a boot scraper in Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. ANTWERP, Belgium — Life can feel smaller, even tiny ...

Keep the mud outdoors! You can make this handy boot scraper by welding or bolting together three pieces of angle iron. Gardens and pastures can be messy places to work, especially after a good rain.

Belgian artist Elke Lemmens is using the community-building grant to install at least 50 miniature scenes in the old niches outside homes that families once used to clean off their shoes. ANTWERP: ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Life can feel ...