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11 Garden Ideas to Steal from the Coast of Maine
The rocky coast of Maine is known for being a little weather-worn, with Down East charm: old gray Adirondack chairs, hardy plantings that can stand the salt air, and outdoor showers for washing off the...
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The Summer Living Room: 15 Airy Screened-In Porches
Screened-in porches are making a comeback, a trend we applaud. After years of dwindling popularity, porches are back on young homebuyers’ lists of “Most Wanted” features, according to the National...
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Gardening 101: Cleome
Cleome, Cleome hassleriana: “Spider Flower” Long ago, back in the time of flower power and hippie counterculture, I grew my hair long and lived for a while in a shabby fifth-floor walk-up that had few...
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Landscaping 101: How to Kill Poison Ivy
Poison ivy was making enemies as early as the 17th century. Upon discovering it in the New World, Captain John Smith noted in 1623, “The poysoned weed is much in shape like our English Ivy, but being...
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Trending on Remodelista: Dining Al Fresco, 3 Ways
You won’t mind the mosquito bites when the outdoor dining setup is this good. Here are three ideas from Remodelista: Above: A biergarten table and bench set is a chic classic for a casual patio, and...
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Palette & Paints: 8 Colorful Exterior Stains
We’ve already polled the members of the Gardenista Architect/Designer Directory to find the best in Exterior Paint colors to help you make one of the toughest household design decisions when the time...
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A Garden Grows in Quarantine: ‘Cultivated Wildness’ in a Landscape Architect...
Like many city dwellers with second homes, Roderick Wyllie and James Lord decamped for theirs, in Napa Valley, when the first “shelter in place” orders hit the Bay Area. The two are partners in life...
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High/Low: Wire Chair by Russell Woodard
For years designer Russell Woodard’s midcentury mesh wire chairs were out of production, the province of in-the-know collectors who would pick them up at yard sales and vintage shops. (An original...
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Gardening 101: Corydalis
Corydalis, Corydalis: “Bird in a Bush” Shaped like the head of a crested lark (according to the ancient Greeks), corydalis flowers have a flitting, temporary look. They come and go all summer but the...
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10 Ideas to Steal from Baja California Gardens
Of the two things plants need most—sun and water—Baja California, the narrow Mexican peninsula stretching 760 miles south from California’s southern border, has no shortage of the first. Water is...
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Trending on Remodelista: Storage Ideas for Every Room in the House
If your home is anything like ours, it’s being used and abused far more than pre-pandemic times. Time to make like it’s January and declutter and organize once more. May these storage ideas from...
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Gardening 101: How to Prune Roses
Mrs. Hart was my next-door neighbor on Long Island. She was what we called “an original owner,” having moved into her brand-new house in a brand-new subdivision in the post-war exuberance of the 1940s....
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Hardscaping 101: Brick Patios
We learned this young: When the third little pig chose brick, he knew what he was doing. As a building material, brick has stood the test of time. It’s hardworking, aesthetically versatile, easily...
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Private Property: 13 Inspired Garage Conversions
I’ve been noticing quite a few garage renovations on my daily get-me-away-from-my-kids-before-I-implode walks. Makes sense. As remote learning and working continue to be the norm for many families,...
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Gardening 101: Hardy Begonia
Hardy Begonia, Begonia grandis: “Sun Shunner” A hardy begonia that could survive northeast winters is something I never dreamed existed until a few years ago when, wanting a crash course in gardening...
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After the Hurricane: The Resurrection of a Wild Garden in Maine
Built on Maine’s Mount Desert Island in 1916, three years before Acadia was established as the oldest national park east of the Mississippi, a privately owned Swiss-style chalet and its teahouse sat...
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Trending on Remodelista: New Classics, Furniture Edition
Remodelista shared some great new resources for beautifully made furniture that will last a lifetime. Here’s a sampling: Above: A trio of oak works by Summer Studio, a new-to-us workshop in LA making...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Compost
Does composting have a dark side? Let’s just say I’ve made a few mistakes. There was the time, for instance, when my husband and I decided to mix the materials in the compost bin to speed up the...
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Gardening 101: Western Sword Ferns
Western Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum Western sword fern is the sort of classic fern you are most likely to spot on a shady wooded trail, showing off its root muscles as it clings to rocky slopes or...
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A DIY Boardwalk at an Off-the-Grid Cabin (That Only Took One Afternoon)
Lately I’ve been hankering for a woodsy, off-the-grid, no-screens-allowed place to escape to—no text messages, no email, no Netflix, just a paperback and someplace to float. Which has me revisiting the...
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