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Garden Visit: At Home with Rosie Bose of Glendon Hall
In a more relaxed age, it was possible to buy a tired old manor in Northamptonshire and divide it among friends. If one of them happened to be an architect, all the better. Glendon Hall was acquired...
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Expert Advice: 10 Tips for Baking on the Wild Side with Claire Ptak of Violet...
A gluten-free cookbook is not one I would buy. Nor is one on vegan baking, alternative sugars, foraged ingredients, or whole-grain pastry. Why? Because putting time and money into a recipe—and eating...
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Garden Visit: At Home with Designer Julie Weiss in Manhattan
After more than 10 years of living with a shared rooftop garden in lower Manhattan, designer Julie Weiss decided to let the plants win. "I love the wild, overgrown feel," says Weiss, who was Vanity...
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Gardening 101: How to Plant a Bulb
October is the month to plant spring-blooming bulbs. Which end goes up and how deep should you plant a tulip? In our Gardening 101 series, we explain the basics: Photography by John Merkl for...
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Shisito Cocktail: October in a Glass
By late October my potted shiso plants are several feet tall. Their ruffled green and purple leaves are sprinkled with flower spikes. As the nights grow longer, I begin to eat the leaves faster,...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Back Alley House by Tim Cuppett Architects
In the historic Texas neighborhood of Old West Austin, clients asked architect Tim Cuppett to add sleeping quarters to a one-bedroom house (circa 1908). To avoid disfiguring the vintage facade with an...
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10 Favorite Tulips to Plant This Fall
Tulips require planning. I missed last year's bulb planting, but this fall I'm willing and ready. Here are ten favorites I'm planting this October. Which is your favorite? Above: The 'Black Parrot' is...
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Trending on Remodelista: Color Stories
Whose afraid of a little color? Not Julie, it turns out. See her suggestions for incorporating a dash of vampire red into your life. Green, blue, yellow and pink are also top of the list on Remodelista...
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Current Obsessions: Holidays Ahead
Read on to see what we loved this week: Above: We have our eye on a Boxwood Garland from West Elm. Here's a combination we haven't seen: apple and geranium arrangement. Above: 'Tis the season for...
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Top 5 in Garden News: RHS Will Plant a Fifth Garden and the World's Driest...
This week in the world of gardening, the UK celebrates heritage apples, the Royal Horticultural Society will create a fifth garden, and the world's driest desert has turned pink. World's Driest Place...
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Table of Contents: The New Landscape
What's ahead for next year? We're looking at the new landscape, and we like what we see. Join us this week: Monday Above: A new kind of kitchen garden: elegant and unruly at the same time. Join us for...
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Landscape Architect Visit: A Refined Kitchen Garden by Richard Miers
I'm fond of kitchen gardens because they delight both sides of my brain. Wild and unruly and just a little bit scraggly, they also tend to be places where rambling plants get wrangled into order. When...
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DIY: A Winter White Holiday Bough
In floral design, I love the challenge of working with new and unexpected materials. So when I spotted some cotton branches at my local Whole Foods, I was immediately intrigued. Their fluffy, white...
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11 Ways to Add Curb Appeal for Under $100
Too many people ignore curb appeal until it's time to move. Then they spruce up the place for the next residents. How does this make sense? Every time you come home, the sight of your front door should...
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10 Easy Pieces: Freestanding Wood Stoves
A new generation of wood stoves offers fuel efficiency, high combustion temperatures, and lower emissions to be environmentally responsible, powerful heaters for your home. You can eschew burn bans,...
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Steal This Look: A Grand Mudroom in Virginia
When we recently toured this Virginia farmhouse (see Architect Visit: A New Farmhouse for a 100-Year-Old Barn), we were entranced by its gracious proportions and views, and came upon the happy...
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Garden Envy: 10 Dramatic Drainage Ideas to Steal
Gravel doesn't sound like a glamorous hardscaping material. It's cheap, ubiquitous, and really, well, gravelly. But take a closer look, and you'll realize that the seemingly mundane material is a...
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DIY: A Dried Fruit Garland
If you want a bit of insight into how I turned out the way I did, consider the year that my mother declared that we'd have an "18th century Christmas." While our friends asked Santa for American Girl...
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10 Easy Pieces: Black Wharf Lights
You don't have to live in a lighthouse or regularly battle stormy weather on dark nights to appreciate wharf-inspired outdoor fixtures. Here are 10 dock lights in our favorite pitch-dark...
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A Gas Station Transformed: Gallerist Juerg Judin at Home in Berlin
Every abandoned building fascinates Berlin gallerist Juerg Judin. Today online magazine Freunde von Freunden publishes an exclusive interview (and garden visit) with Judin, who rescued a dilapidated...
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