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Trending on Remodelista: The Great Indoors

No better time than right now to focus on your home. Remodelista has some ideas on what you can do while you’re social-distancing. 1. Welcome in spring. Above: With all the chaos and turmoil in the...

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Hardscaping 101: Raised Garden Beds

Don’t let bad soil stop you from planting an edible garden. The solution? Raised garden beds. An effective and easy solution for less-than-ideal soil conditions, raised beds increase yield and reduce...

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Key West Classic: A Vintage Beach House with Modern Curb Appeal

Welcome to Key West, where a four-foot-high white picket fence is part of the everyday landscape. By law. “In Old Town, our historic architectural review commission has jurisdiction and you have to do...

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Expert Advice: 10 Tips to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring

Waiting for spring can make you as antsy as waiting for Christmas when you were a kid. Will it ever get here? And then it arrives suddenly…and there’s no more luxurious time to scheme or dream. We...

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Landscape Design: 10 Tips for Adding a Fire Pit, from Judy Kameon

Ever since caveman days (to use a technical term), people have gathered around fires for warmth, light, and companionship. Of course, fires and people have changed since then. Most homeowners who build...

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Gardening 101: Creeping Jenny

Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia: “Moneywort” With some plants there is a fine line between friend and foe and lots of ground covers, by their very nature, fall into this category. Useful plants...

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Trending on Remodelista: Country Life

Remodelista editors this week were dreaming of escapes far from the crowds. Here are a few that caught our attention. Above: Interior designer Cassandra Ellis, a Remodelista favorite, shares inspiring...

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10 Landscape Design Tips You Need to Know to Get Started

Are you designing your first garden? Or rehabbing an outdoor space you inherited when you bought a house? Good for you. Gardens make our lives better: they improve air quality, invite us into the sun...

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The Return of Victory Gardens: What to Grow to Start Your Own

Did you know that during both World Wars, the government actually encouraged and educated people on how to garden, from tilling soil and sowing seeds to harvesting and preserving crops, so that they...

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Outdoor Havens: 9 Essentials for Creating a Garden Oasis, from Rejuvenation

The weather is warming up, spring is officially here, and we can still step out into the garden for some much-needed fresh air. For inspiration on how to make the yard a haven during the warmer...

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Your First Garden: 5 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid This Spring

For me, gardening (before I actually had a garden) was all about the outfit. I gave much thought to the accessories I’d wear—a wide-brimmed sun hat, a bandana around my neck, a pair of galoshes,...

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What to Do in the Garden in April

Need some good news? Spring hasn’t been canceled. Gardening is still allowed. And you can get as close to your flower friends as you want to. So when you find a dry, warmish day, grab your cleaned and...

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Everything You Need to Know About Lilies

“Lilies as a group are very difficult,” wrote the late, great gardening writer Henry Mitchell. “What is especially difficult and infuriating about lilies is that they will grow like virtual weeds and...

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Trending on Remodelista: What Color Should You Paint Your Walls?

Stuck home and not happy with the color on your walls? Remodelista has some paint ideas for you this week. Above: Start with Expert Advice: How to Choose Paint Like a Pro, in which Nicole Gibbons, the...

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Everything You Need to Know About Filler Stone for Paths

When laying a path with pavers, you have a choice to fill the gaps with grout, ground cover plants, or filler stones such as gravel or decomposed granite. As a garden designer, I often advocate filler...

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DIY: How to Make Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Surgeons require less equipment than what my three brothers and I routinely spread out on the kitchen table to dye Easter eggs when we were children. Our father was a pharmacist, so we had eyedroppers...

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5 Favorites: Quick Germinating Seeds to Plant Now in Your Vegetable Garden

Listen closely and you can hear birds of all shapes and sizes announcing with glee that spring has sprung. And if you look with wide eyes, you can witness the verdant and vibrant leaves announcing the...

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10 Ideas to Steal from Organic Gardens Around the World

Organic gardening by definition makes everything happier. Instead of growing plants with the help of harsh chemical fertilizers and pesticides, organic gardeners nourish and replenish the soil with...

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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Starting a Vegetable Garden

You’ve finally decided: a vegetable garden is in your future. Congratulations are in order because you could fill a basket with all the benefits of growing your own produce: nutritious food, cost...

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Trending on Remodelista: Hello, Color!

We have nothing against neutrals, but it sure is nice to see a burst of color on Remodelista this week. Here’s what lit up our synapses: Above: Copenhagen gallery owner Tina Seidenfaden Busck rents out...

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