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Underground Dining: Pop-Up Sushi in New York City

We enjoyed the reusable floral centerpieces—and the pop-up sushi—vicariously after we spotted a recent underground dining brunch on NYC-based florist Yatoshi Satamoto's Instagram feed: Photographs via...

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Farewell, Friend: 5 Things I Learned About Life from the NY Times Home Section

As the last copy of the final edition of The New York Times Home Section rolls off the presses today, I will lose an old friend. You too? Let's reminisce. There was a time when Thursday was the best...

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Hardscaping 101: Design Guide for a Facade Facelift

A facade facelift can be accomplished with a strategy as simple as new house numbers or as ambitious as a paint job. With spring on the horizon, here's a design guide with our best advice about paint...

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#GardenistaTravels: Global Greenery From Gardenista Readers

To wrap up our week of Instagram Inspiration, we're sharing our readers' favorite gardens around the world. We asked readers to share gardens they've spotted on trips by tagging their Instagram photos...

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Outbuilding of the Week: Rethinking the Pre-Fab Utility Shed

At first glance, we thought that this meticulously detailed and carefully crafted building standing alone on a hill in the landscape might be a bijoux guesthouse or even a small chapel. Imagine our...

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Trending on Remodelista: Instagram Escapes

Tired of seeing the same old thing on Pinterest, the Remodelista editors looked to Instagram for inspiration—and discovered a winter's worth of getaways. Let's travel with them: Above: Are hotel sheets...

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Current Obsessions: Ikea Hacks for Under $50

We're willing to spring forward on Sunday only because it means we can get to Ikea an hour earlier. Goal: Window garden. Budget: $50. Shopping list: Above: Ikea tumbler as plant pot (inspired by these...

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Garden Visit: A Grand Classic from an Earlier Century in Seattle

Jane Hedreen and David Thyer live in Seattle’s Capitol Hill in a grand 1910 house that takes up six city lots and was once occupied by a US senator. Join us on a tour of their atmospheric gardens,...

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Table of Contents: California Cool

This week we're celebrating California gardens (and dissecting a few favorites for ideas to steal). We'll visit Big Sur on a misty morning, create Hollywood glamor with metallic pots, and add romance...

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Architect Visit: The Medieval Mist and Mystery of Big Sur

The mist and mystery of the Big Sur coastline inspires grand gestures (remember social media mogul Sean Parker's over-the-top Game of Thrones wedding where guests reclined on fur pelts in the forest...

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The Gardenista 100: Best Hand Tools

Buy a good hand tool and it will last a lifetime (Exhibit A: Michelle's 25-year-old Felco pruners). For the second installment of our Gardenista 100 guide to the hundred best outdoor and garden...

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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from California

California's great garden designers borrowed nearly every good idea they've had from earlier centuries, and yet have managed in a mere hundred years or so to create an original and instantly...

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10 Easy Pieces: Portable Fire Pits

Cooking outdoors and sitting around a fire with friends are two of life's greatest pleasures. In anticipation of warmer months, we've rounded up 10 of our favorite portable fire pits—to use in the yard...

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New Glamor for Old Hollywood: A Visit to Howard Hughes' Garden

Molten gold planters are fitting for a garden Howard Hughes once owned, don't you think? Garden designer Kathleen Ferguson added glamor and just the right amount of glitz to the Old Hollywood hacienda...

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Leaves of Grass: 9 Ways to Create Curb Appeal with Perennial Grasses

Add romance and hazy color to your life—and create instant curb appeal—by planting perennials grasses in a front yard, alongside a path, or as a mini meadow.  Hardy, drought-tolerant perennials grasses...

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The Gardenista 100: Outdoor Sofas

As you outfit an outdoor room, remember: The most accurate predictor of how much time you'll spend there is comfort. A well-made, comfortably proportioned outdoor sofa is the best way to give an indoor...

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DIY Patio Planter: Dark and Stormy Shades

Here's a hardy mix of dark and moody perennials and grasses that needs little water and makes a dramatic statement at an entryway. Photographs by Meredith Swinehart. Above: This all-foliage combo with...

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Dark Shadows: Pros and Cons of Painting a House Black

Black is a color to take seriously. It adds drama and depth, and if you paint a house black you send a message that you're not afraid to be noticed. But it's a high-maintenance color compared with...

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Gardenista on Flipboard: See Our New Magazines

Do you ever wish you could flip through Gardenista as if it were a glossy paper magazine? We've pulled together some of our favorite stories into curated collections on Flipboard. If you don't have a...

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DIY: Painted House Numbers

House numbers have their own personality—and say something about yours. When we saw this easy DIY painted house numbers project by Jones Design, we immediately started dreaming about fonts. (If you get...

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