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Trending on Remodelista: All Hallows’ Eve
This week the Remodelista editors went to the dark side. Here are five favorite design ideas they found: Bewitched Brooms Above: In their so-called “Soot House,” Anthony Esteves and Julie O’Rourke...
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Object of Desire: A Towering Open-Fire Grill, for Cooking Like an Eccentric...
A few years ago I called Francis Mallmann, the eccentric Argentinian chef who lives on an island in remote Patagonia, from my office in New York. The interview was supposed to be about pasta—a chorizo...
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Current Obsessions: The Garden at Night
How to use every part of your pumpkin, a dark DIY bouquet, and eight other things to know about this weekend. Take note: Above: Look no further for Halloween curb appeal: see 15 Ideas to Steal from...
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Magic in Mallorca: A Gracious Old-World Garden for a Petite Palazzo
In case you are wondering, the weather on Mallorca can be quite pleasant in October. In November too. Enjoy it vicariously with a visit to the sunny gardens of a 300-year-old palazzo in Felanitx, which...
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Object of Desire: Cone Topiary Frame
To be filed under clever design ideas: a galvanized-wire topiary frame with hinged panels to make it easy to train a shrub to grow into a cone shape: Above: Manufactured by UK-based Burgon & Ball,...
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Perfect Parisian Balcony Gardens: 7 Favorites from the Gardenista Archives
We have the 19th-century Parisian urban planner Georges-Eugène Haussmann to thank for our ideas about how a Parisian balcony should look:a graceful filigree railing set against a facade of cut...
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10 Easy Pieces: Sage Green Outdoor Chairs for the Parisian Garden
I’m known for being color-averse, particularly when it comes to things in and around my home. It’s all white linens and black steel lights and concrete patio furniture. Then I traveled through France...
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5 Favorites: French Flower Buckets
There’s a reason you cannot walk past a florist’s shop in Paris without tripping over a metal flower bucket or two. The galvanized pails are weather-resistant and available in a variety of shapes...
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Gardening 101: Basket Grass
Basket Grass, Lomandra: “Your Best Mate” I’m not much for tough guys; I prefer the sensitive artist type—except when it comes to perennial grasses. I admit to liking leafy ones that can hold their own,...
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Your First Garden: What You Need to Know Before You Plant a Tree or Shrub
We have a beautiful dogwood in our front yard. Like the other few plants on our property that are actually thriving, this tree was here long before we arrived—and long before I started gardening (or...
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Americans in Paris: A Very Private Garden on Rue du Bac
A small newspaper ad caught the eye of art dealer Judith Pillsbury 45 years ago while she was hunting for an apartment in Paris. Truthfully? It would have gotten anyone’s attention. The ad in Le Monde...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Steal from France for the Holidays
This week the Remodelista headed to France to celebrate all things À La Française. Here are five design ideas they brought back just in time for the holiday entertaining season: Brass Light Switches...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wellington Boots
Earlier this week, Meghan Markle elevated muck boots to an art form, wearing a rubber pair to muck around New Zealand stylishly. (Read on to see the pair she picked.) Of course gardeners have long...
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Current Obsessions: French Sense
Recalling a Parisian garden that reflects the sky, and TK other things on our minds this weekend. Have a look: Above: At the end of our À La Française issue, we’re revisiting one of our...
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No Place Like ‘Hytte’: A Tiny Cabin in the Norwegian Woods
Hytte is the Norwegian word for cabin, and more than a quarter of all Norwegians own at least one of these rustic getaway homes, notes Oslo-based based architects Mork-Ulnes Architects, who recently...
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Object of Desire: Pendant Lights from Spruitje in Norway
Amsterdam-based designer Jonael van der Sloot describes his terrarium pendant lights as tiny “sustainable worlds.” The collection from Spruitje (which means “little sprout” in Dutch) combines plants...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Houseplants
How complicated could it be to keep a houseplant alive? (This is the question you ask yourself in the plant shop when you buy your first succulent, cactus, fern, or fiddle-leaf fig tree.) Why didn’t...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wire Mesh Doormats
A soft coconut fiber door mat isn’t for everyone. For something more indestructible, effective against muddy boots, and vintage-looking, turn to the wire mesh or industrial metal doormat. Here are our...
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Tool Porn: A Look Inside Sheila’s Garden Shed
Gardeners tend to have strong opinions about their tools, maybe because their favorites develop personalities after a season or two of use. Personally? I could pick out my own pair of Felco pruners in...
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Gardening 101: Boston Ivy
Boston Ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata: “Gentle Tendrils” The first thing to know about Boston ivy is that it is not Virginia creeper. Don’t confuse its lobed, glossy leaves which end in three points...
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