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Trending on Remodelista: The New Basics, Budget Edition
Remodelista editors know the secret to chic on the cheap: basics. Here are five budget classics. 1. Mixing High and Low Above: Gabi Hutchison’s cozy home shows the magic that happens when you expertly...
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Ask the Expert: Design Tips for a Shady Courtyard Garden
For Jack Laver Brister of Tinhouse Home and Garden Antiques, a heavily shaded courtyard that came with the Georgian townhouse he’s renovating in Somerset, England presented a major gardening challenge....
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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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How Many Tomatoes Does It Take to Fill a Canning Jar?
A few months ago, I planted a random vegetable garden, jamming $50 worth of plants into any empty spot I could find. Hoping for a harvest big enough to make a noticeable dent in the grocery bill and...
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The Garden Decoder: What Is ‘Xeriscaping’?
Chances are, if you live in an arid or semi-arid region, you’re already familiar with xeriscaping—even if you haven’t heard of the term. Derived from “xeros,” the Greek word for “dry,” xeriscaping is...
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Hardscaping 101: Decomposed Granite
With a remodel and a garden design project under way, I’ve been researching how to simplify garden maintenance and cut back on water usage. And I keep hearing more and more about the advantages of...
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Trending on Remodelista: The Best of Indoor-Outdoor Living
Who wants to be stuck indoors when the weather’s warm and the sun’s out? Not Remodelista editors. Here are some of the inspired indoor-outdoor living spaces they were admiring this week: Above: A San...
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Gardening 101: Opium Poppy
Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum The notoriety of Papaver somniferum, the “sleep-inducing poppy,” is only partly to do with its outlaw family. Opium poppies are grown for their edible seeds and for...
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What to Do in the Garden in August
August is the month when the garden is gloriously overflowing, when zucchinis and tomatoes are plotting a take-over, and when perennials and annuals are enthusiastically rubbing elbows with their...
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Designer Visit: Sheila Jack’s White Garden in West London
A career in art direction is a useful grounding for anybody wishing to go into garden design. Sheila Jack’s career shift was not so much a break as a continuum of research, editing, and presentation....
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from the Cotswolds
Asked to visualize picture-postcard, rural England, most people would imagine a scene from the Cotswolds. Thanks to a band of limestone that stretches diagonally across England, this sprawling area is...
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Object of Desire: A Folding Canvas Rocking Chair from Japan
To be filed under “modern classics.” From Japan, a folding canvas rocking chair remains as covetable as in 1958, when designer Takashi Nii created it. A permanent resident of the Museum of Modern Art...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Summery Details to Incorporate Into Your Decor
It’s high summer, and Remodelista editors are determined to bring some of that warm-weather magic indoors. Here are some easy, fresh decor ideas to go with that glass of cold lemonade in your hand. 1....
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Gardening 101: Lavender
Lavender; Lavandula: “The Practical Feminist” Alice Walker once wrote that “womanist is to feminist as lavender is to purple.” As the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Walker can be...
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Seaside Gardening: 10 Ideas for Serene Coastal Landscapes
Seaside gardening comes with challenges: salt spray, sandy soil, and wind. But you can overcome them, with hardy plants and clever hardscaping ideas such as wind breaks and weatherproof materials....
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10 Edible Garden Ideas to Steal from Michigan’s Favorite Foodie Farmers
“Last season, this was a bare plot,” says farmer Stephen Lamberti. “There was nothing here.” Thirteen months later, this half acre on Zingerman’s Cornman Farms is a splendorous green patch with a...
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Your First Garden: The Surprising (And Best) Reason to Start Composting
Last week, my husband said to me, “We should start composting.” What I heard instead: “Why aren’t you composting? If you really care about gardening, shouldn’t you compost? Are you lazy? An imposter? A...
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Weed Wisdom: What 10 Common Weeds Are Trying to Tell You
Listen up! Your weeds are trying to tell you something. Like all varieties of plants, individual weeds thrive in particular conditions. Some like it dry, others moist. Some prefer acidic soil, others...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Must-Have Tools for an Organized and Clean Home,...
Summer may be all about relaxing your rules and enjoying the moment, but that doesn’t mean your home doesn’t need attention. Here, 5 housekeeping solutions from our editors at sister sites Remodelista...
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9 Radical Ways to Face Climate Change, with Brooklyn’s Rebecca McMackin
At Brooklyn Bridge Park, horticulturalist Rebecca McMackin had to think fast to repair the damage after Superstorm Sandy churned ashore in New York City in 2012. Floods, saltwater, and waterfront...
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