Trending on Remodelista: What’s Your Kitchen Style?
With Thanksgiving just a week away, Remodelista editors decided to hone in on the the heart of the home: the kitchen. Here, the kitchens of five very different personalities. Which one would you want?...
View ArticleGarden Designer Visit: At Home with Emily Erlam in Norfolk
When garden designer Emily Erlam and her family moved a few years ago from London to East Anglia—where she had grown up a few miles from the sea—they found an unusual home, in what might...
View ArticleFast, Cheap & Easy: 10 Budget DIY Decor Ideas for the Thanksgiving Table
So busy prepping and cooking for Thanksgiving that you forgot about the centerpiece? Not to worry: Below, 10 easy and inexpensive decor ideas from our archives for the fancy-free, charm-filled...
View ArticleThe Grateful Gardener: 10 Things to Be Thankful for in 2019
With endless good and bad events happening this year—we’re talking a real mixed bag of triumphs, trials and tribulations—at least our gardens gift us with so much to be grateful for: water-colored fall...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: How to Be a Great Host (and Guest) this Holiday Season
How to ace the whole hosting a festive gathering thing this season? Less stress, more prep. Shop less, buy better. Here are tips from Remodelista’s editors: 1. How to Set the Table Properly Above: We...
View Article11 Ways to Keep Houseplants Happy this Winter
Whether your potted plants live indoors year round or have sought temporary shelter from freezing temperatures, they may be looking a little sad these days. Are you doing something wrong? Or have they...
View Article10 Things to Know Before You Go to the Christmas Tree Farm
For the past few years on Thanksgiving weekend, my husband and I, with our two kids in tow, have driven 45 minutes to a Christmas tree farm so that we can cut down our very own tree. The experience is...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays: 10 Genius Hacks for Festive Curb Appeal
‘Tis not the season to repaint the front door or replace the fence. But a well-placed garland over an entryway or the golden glow from a candle in the window can add instant curb appeal (and make...
View ArticleDIY: A Dried Fruit Garland for the Holidays
For 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 dolls, Adidas...
View ArticleWinter Is Coming: How to Keep an Indoor Citrus Tree Happy
Your potted citrus tree does not want to come inside for the winter. I know this because I overheard it talking to its little houseplant friends out on your patio just now. “I don’t like it in there,”...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Cold Outside, Hygge Inside
By now most regions of the US have experienced some form of wintry weather, most of it unpleasant. The upside? An excuse to hunker down indoors and really work on our hygge skills. Below, some tips...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2019: 10 Sure-fire Hits for the Green Thumb in Your Life
Winter is usually a tough time for gardeners who feel more at home outdoors than in. This holiday season, cheer them up with gifts that will remind them that soon enough, it’ll be time once more to...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Decay: 10 Perennials to Add Structure to a Winter Garden
As gardens fade and the days darken, it’s tempting to forget about what’s going on outdoors until early spring when everything jolts back into life. But this is a missed opportunity. Careful plant...
View ArticleNew & Noteworthy: The First Ever Eco-Friendly Faux Flowers, from Bloomist
Like most people who grew up in the ’80s, I have a bias against fake flowers. I don’t think I ever saw one that wasn’t dusty and depressing—until now. I recently received an email from Bloomist, an...
View ArticleA Gothic Garden Visit, Courtesy of the Mitfords
With a name like Batsford, the gothic pile situated near the town of Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire promises much and does not disappoint. Batsford has an arboretum, and a tantalizing pedigree,...
View ArticleGardening 101: Monstera
Monstera, Monstera Deliciosa: “Swiss Cheese Plant” We’ve noticed a trend: From Mother-in-Law’s Tongue to Spikenard to Monstera (aka “Swiss Cheese Plant”), houseplants don’t have the most appealing...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: The Best Gifts for Every Person on Your List
Here at Gardenista, Remodelista, and The Organized Home, we have all been trying to make do with what we have already and to buy fewer things. This time of year, of course, as holiday gift-giving ramps...
View ArticlePoinsettias: Rethinking a Christmas Cliché
The poinsettia revolution was a long time coming. But worth waiting for. It’s been nearly 200 years since Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. diplomat to Mexico, shipped Euphorbia pulcherrima back to...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2019: Presents for the Obsessive Plant Parent
This year, there’s no shortage of cool presents for the obsessive plant parents among us. The hard part was whittling our list to these eight standouts. Below, fail-proof gifts for those who just can’t...
View ArticleGet Twiggy with It: 7 Favorite Shrubs with Winter Blooms and Berries
With their delicate blossoms and brilliantly colored berries, the twigs of winter deserve applause. Branches look like floral arrangements in the garden (and can also be brought indoors). On a recent...
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