The New Outdoor Living Room: 10 Favorite Built-in Sofas for Decks and Patios
We're in the process of gutting our backyard. One of the design elements we're adding is a large deck with a built-in, U-shaped sofa—a spot for the family to lounge and unwind. In addition to the great...
View ArticleVote for the Best Professionally Designed Landscape in the Gardenista...
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 12 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
View Article10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Scandinavia
Consider that in the northernmost parts of Scandinavia the growing season is 60 days long. The rest of the year is basically a prelude to or recovery from winter. This is all you need to know to...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Wheelbarrows
When an artful Sussex trug made of ash wood strips is not big enough for the job, bring in the wheelbarrow. To transport potted plants, debris, gravel, and more, the trusted wheelbarrow is a...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Budget-Conscious Deck in Oslo, Norway
The small terrace of Norwegian blogger Nina Holst is a soft blur of dove gray, designed for instant relaxation and light entertaining. Much of the furniture and accessories are sourced from the...
View ArticleThe New Modernism: 20 Best Minimalist Swimming Pools
In a recent discussion with San Francisco-based landscape architect Scott Lewis, he told us that the biggest shift in pool design, as he has seen it, is tinting plaster to a darker shade of a blue...
View ArticleGo Native: 10 Indigenous Alternatives to Common Invasive Plants
The Pilgrims were not the only foreign settlers to come over on the Mayflower. The first exotic plants also ventured to the New World with these and other early European visitors. Today reports put the...
View ArticleVote for the Best Amateur-Designed Small Garden in the Gardenista Considered...
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 12 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
View ArticleObject Lessons: The Classic Butterfly Chair
Popularly associated with midcentury modernist lounging, the butterfly chair began life as a wood-framed folding chair used during the Crimean and Boer wars and was patented by the British in 1877....
View ArticleSteal This Look: Romantic Outdoor Kitchen in Puglia
Barebones style: we've stumbled upon this utilitarian yet romantic outdoor kitchen in Puglia, a renovation project of Elia Mangia Design Studio. We've sourced the elements to recreate the look: Above:...
View ArticleBefore and After: A One-Month Makeover for Alison Cayne's NYC Backyard
When Alison Cayne moved into her townhouse in New York City’s West Village in 2012, she was happy with all the outdoor space she was getting. She loved the broad terrace on the second floor, just...
View ArticleHardscaping 101: Outdoor Showers
What I look forward to most about our annual summer excursion to the North Carolina shore isn't swimming in the warm ocean, curling up with a book under the umbrella with my toes in the sand, or...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: How to Use Color
Julie and the Remodelista team waded into colorful waters this week, finding new ways to add a dash of red, orange, yellow, or blue (or other Roy G. Biv options) to a room. Paint fan decks in hand,...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Summer Breeze
Take a look at a handful of things we loved this week. Above: A mix of house plants in Martha Stewart and One Kings Lane alum Kelly Lack's San Francisco apartment. Photograph by Julia Robbs. Does...
View ArticleTable of Contents: The Height of Summer
Join us for a week of celebrating summer, with striped rugs for the porch, botanical prints for the wall, and garden tips from designer Charlotte Moss: Above: Our cold frames are propped open this...
View ArticleGarden Visit: A Cook's Garden in Upstate New York
There is something deeply satisfying about eating directly from the garden. The fruit of one’s own labor really does taste sweeter. As my husband, George, and I finish our fifth year of living...
View ArticleVote to Win: Signed Book Giveaway from Designer Extraordinaire David Stark
There are 13 days left to vote in our third annual Gardenista + Remodelista Considered Design Awards contest. You can vote once per day in each of six Gardenista categories and six Remodelista...
View ArticleOn the Market: £17 Million Cotswolds Estate, Vegetable Garden Included
After a lavish six-year remodel, an 18th-century Cotswold estate on 70 picturesque acres is for sale for £17 million (vegetable garden included). Contact Savills to make an offer. Duntisbourne House, a...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Striped Outdoor Rugs
Like the French mariniere shirt, the striped rug is an outdoor living essential. For adding a graphic note to a neutral patio, here are our 10 favorite striped rugs in weather- and fade-resistant...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Charlotte Moss's Garden Inspirations
Charlotte Moss is not like you or me, unless you happen to have spent the last 25 years crafting three acres of formal gardens to complement your country house. In which case, my respect. Moss left...
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