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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Refresh a Room
Inspired by springtime, the Remodelista editors threw open the windows and doors this week. Here are five of their favorite ways to refresh the interior design of a home: Checkerboard Floors Above:...
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The 18 Best Zero-Waste Picnic Essentials
One of my resolutions for this year has been to tip the balance in terms of our household waste and accumulation of single-use containers. Last year, our ratio looked something like this: 60-percent...
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Current Obsessions: Into May
From rambling old gardens outside Paris to the cure for tulip droop, here are 9 things we’re noting this weekend. Above: Over on Remodelista: take a tour of a Scandinavian-German designer’s country...
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Lilac Love: A Guide to Spring’s Best-Loved Flowering Shrub
Almost as American as apple pie, lilacs were first cultivated in this country by the founding fathers–both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington made entries in their journals about their preferred...
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Landscaping Ideas: 10 Ways to Save Money During a Garden Remodel
Whether it’s a new patio or a complete garden overhaul, any landscaping project can quickly outgrow its budget unless you plan ahead. I speak from experience. In the six years since I moved into my...
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Landscaping Ideas: 10 Luxuries Worth the Splurge
A landscaping project can get expensive fast. But many landscaping elements that feel costly up front can save money in the long run. A good rule of thumb, whether designing an outdoor space from...
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10 Easy Pieces: Garage Storage Cabinet Systems
Recently, we posted our favorite storage shelves for the garage. They’re great—especially when paired with the right boxes and bins—but if you lack the discipline for open shelving, another option is...
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Sleekness in Seattle: Modern Garden, Midcentury House
While they were house hunting in Seattle, Bob and Michele Conrad met builder Todd Lozier and he told them about a project he was working on, a 1966 house designed by modernist architect Ralph Anderson...
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Object of Desire: Hand-Crafted Porcelain House Numbers from Germany
One downside of living in a big apartment building, as I do, is that most efforts at curb appeal are irrelevant: I can’t affix a charming house number to my door, and there would be no passersby to see...
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Before and After: A Charred Wood Cottage, on a $45K Budget
On the coast of Brittany, architects Lucie Niney and Thibault Marca of Paris-based NeM Architectes discovered “a vacation home frozen in time.” The challenge was to add a bedroom without sacrificing...
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Gardening 101: Peony
Peony; Paeonia: “The Mistress” Peonies can be shrubs or they can be trees, and one of the only sad things about living in a warm climate is it’s difficult to grow either. Perennial peony likes a nice...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Ways to Brighten Up a Room
If your home doesn’t get a ton of natural light, there are ways to fake it. Here are some bright ideas gleaned from Remodelista stories this week: 1. Naked Windows Above: We love a good window...
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Current Obsessions: Spring Things
On our radar: 13 new and noteworthy things, indoors and out. Above: Time for dinners in the garden. Photograph by Chikae Howland, from Expert Advice: How to Set a Table the French Way and How to...
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Landscaping Ideas: A DIY Flagstone Terrace for $500
Carmella Rayone is the can-do sort who, faced with the high cost of soapstone, comes up with a convincing DIY look-alike for her family’s kitchen counter: See A Low-Cost Cabin Kitchen for a Family of...
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Affordable Modern Plant Stands from Raleigh, North Carolina
We recently received word of a new furniture design company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Launched last year, Flitch Furniture—which, according to its website, is named after “the cut of lumber...
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Mother’s Day: Her Favorite Flowers Delivered to the Door
Mother’s Day is five days away. Consider this a public service announcement. What are your mother’s favorite flowers? Peonies? Tulips? Roses? Gardenias? (Really, you should know.) If you don’t,...
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10 Easy Pieces: Privacy Screens
Want to create a divider or to extend the height of a short garden wall? Privacy screens do all that without blocking the light. Here are 10 favorite screens, made of slatted wood and metal, poly...
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Dirty Secrets: 9 Ways to Improve Garden Soil
I’m a soil scientist and a former faculty instructor for Oregon State University’s Extension program, where I’ve taught and consulted with farmers and gardeners. My own half-acre garden in southern...
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Object of Desire: A New Canvas Wall Organizer from the Floral Society
I’ve always loved the Floral Society’s tall, sturdy canvas wall organizer (see it here: The Floral Society: Great-Looking Garden Gear and Kits from a New York Florist), but I struggled with finding...
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Your First Garden: 5 Reasons to Pull Up a Plant
This spring marks our fifth anniversary in our house. That means I now have five years of gardening under my belt—five years of planting, watering, weeding, and worrying about the state of our yard....
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