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Darkness Reigns: Architects’ 8 Favorite Black Exterior Paint Colors
You love black houses; we love black houses. Easy to admire but a bold move to make, not just any shade will do. We’ve asked architect and designer members of our Professional Directory for their...
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Pretty in Pink: An Artist’s Dry Garden in LA’s Topanga Canyon
Charmed by a funky building in LA’s Topanga Canyon that “had always been inhabited by artists,” in 2010 artist Carly Jo Morgan bought a 1920s house with a sprawling hillside garden. At the time, the...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Ways to Go Dark
Remodelista makes a compelling argument this week for going dark in your home—inside and out. The good news is that you can do it ways in big and small: 1. A Black Backsplash Above: You know what’s so...
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November To-Dos: 9 Ways to Winterize Patios (and Other Outdoor Rooms)
Is it cold and gray outside your window, or has November not yet started to afflict you? Winter is coming. Best to get in front of it. Prepare your patio, deck, or backyard now, before you actually...
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Gardening 101: How to Use Fallen Leaves
Everybody knows that the absolute best use for fallen leaves is to rake them into a high, crunchy pile in the middle of the lawn and then jump in. Second best? Use fallen leaves as mulch. Here’s how:...
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Gardening 101: Philodendron
Philodendron: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Philodendron is a genus that offers something for everyone. If you’re looking for an easy-to-care-for houseplant, chances are one of its nearly 500 species...
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5 Favorites: Scandinavian-Style Mailboxes
Of course the postman always rings twice; he’s in love with the mailbox. Above: Bobicompany, makers of Finland’s most popular mailbox, was founded in 1991 by two brothers in Vaasa, a small seaside town...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Germany
Avant-garde ideas are met with less resistance in German gardens, perhaps because plant science is never far behind. Why do drifts of naturalistic perennials work so well in both public and private...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Japanese Design Ideas to Try in Your Own Home
The theme over on on Remodelista this week was “Japanese Autumn,” with post after post on design classics, new and old, from the small country with a mighty design history. Here are five to consider:...
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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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Garden Design: Learning to Plant the Piet Oudolf Way
A personal tour of Hummelo, the Netherlands home and famed garden of designer Piet Oudolf, would be pretty near the top of any keen gardener’s wish list. But this dream becomes a reality—albeit in a...
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Garden Visit: At Home in Rhode Island with Painter Georgia Marsh
If life imitates art, so too does the garden. At least in the case of artist Georgia Marsh’s home in Jamestown, RI. It is clear that Georgia approaches her garden with an artist’s keen sense of space,...
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Hardscaping 101: Cold Frames
You don’t need a grand greenhouse to garden year round. A cold frame–which is essentially a warming hut for seeds and seedlings–can fend off frost to extend your growing season through the iciest...
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Lessons Learned: The Two Fatal Mistakes I Made with My Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
I bought my first fiddle leaf fig tree at Home Depot more than five years ago, when my husband and I moved into our first (and current) house. After years of living in a small, light-challenged...
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Trending on Remodelista: Small Spaces, Big Impact
Lots of inspiration over on Remodelista this week for those who live in square-foot-challenged spaces or just love ingenious design. Above: Architect Ryan Leidner built a flexible-use 535-square-foot...
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Gardening 101: Stipa Grasses
Stipa Grass, Stipa: “Feather Dusters” Feather, needle, and spear. These grasses form the genus Stipa and they’re the ones you can count on to sway in the gentlest breeze. Adding Stipa to the landscape...
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Hardscaping 101: Driveway Paving
When designing a garden for a client, I consider every piece in the puzzle: the homeowner, the location of the house, the architecture, the current landscape, the hardscape—and the driveway. While a...
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10 Easy Pieces: Budget Garage Shelving
Your garage should be as clean and organized as anywhere in the house, but let’s face it: no one wants to shell out serious cash for garage furniture. Enter the good-looking, budget-friendly shelves on...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Annuals
I must confess, at the beginning of my landscaping career I was not a big fan of annuals. In fact, I turned my nose up if clients wanted me to add them into the design. I thought: Those trite, garish,...
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Ask the Expert: How to Make An Orchid Bloom Again
You got a moth orchid as a holiday gift. Or as a birthday present. Maybe it came from your grandmother, who also informed you that the plant’s horticultural name is Phalaenopsis and that there are...
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