While deficiencies in minerals and vitamins can make you feel sluggish, lack of sleep and not exercising enough are also common causes. (Getty Images) You already know a lack of iron can drag you down. But experts say numerous vitamin and mineral deficiencies can contribute to fatigue.
Using natural items can add to rustic home decor as well; using pine cones or raw pieces of driftwood as accents in a room can give it a more natural feel. Perhaps the most common type of rustic home decor is unfinished log furniture. Tables, chairs, bed frames, and other pieces can be made from logs that are not cut to angles or planes, but are instead left raw and, in some cases, with bark remaining on the wood.
Arts and Crafts style furnishings became popular in the United States between 1910 and 1925. The focus was simple in form, without extraneous decoration, often showing the way pieces and materials were put together. Architecturally speaking, Arts and Crafts covers Craftsman style, work by Frank Lloyd-Wright as well as the bungalow style popularized by Greene and Greene. Truth in Materials was very important to Arts and Crafts designers, who often used local materials. Design by Thomas A. Conway.