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The New American Gothic: 11 Modern Farmhouses with Curb Appeal
The farmhouse is a staple of American architecture with its roots planted firmly in the country’s agrarian past. Although today far fewer of us actually live on farms, the architectural details of the...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Postcard Views in Texas Hill Country, by Studio...
The Scenario: On a Texas mesa with panoramic views, native vegetation and mature trees, the daughter of an oilman wanted a family compound to remind her of the hill country summers of her childhood. “I...
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Gardening 101: Coleus
Coleus: Plectranthus scutellarioides Is coleus a plant you have to learn to love? Garden trends ebb and flow—and bright, dramatically colored foliage can be an acquired taste. I used to dismiss these...
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Are Eggplants the New Gourds? David Stark Design’s Homage to the Purple Fruit
Like the rest of you, we love a good gourd come fall. But if you’re looking to switch things up this year, may we suggest the eggplant? Yes, it has a rather crude meaning in the emoji world, but get...
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Trending on Remodelista: The Arrival of Fall
Our colleagues at Remodelista celebrated the start of autumn this week with cozy homes that invite us to pull up a chair and stay a while. Above: A much coveted feature for fall—the handsome old...
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Brooklyn Oasis: A City Roof Garden, Before and After
A never-ending real estate dilemma is whether it is better to rent or to buy. For one lucky Brooklyn tenant, renting is clearly the way to go. Her apartment is on the top floor of an elegant, newly...
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Your First Garden: What You Need to Know About Cutting Back Perennials in the...
The notion of putting a garden to bed really resonates me. I’m not someone who has sleep issues, but the quality of my slumber is hugely affected by whether I’ve adequately prepared for bedtime. On the...
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Gardening 101: Stonecrops
Stonecrops, Sedum: “Surprise Succulents” Say the word “succulent” to a lot of people and instantly they respond fearfully with worries about spiky, thorny, desert plants. Well, shy away no more. I...
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Tales from Truro: An Untamed Landscape Channels Thoreau’s Cape Cod
“We reached the seemingly retreating boundary of the plain, and entered what had appeared at a distance an upland marsh, but proved to be dry sand covered with Beach-grass, the Bearberry, Bayberry,...
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Hardscaping 101: Hedges
Those of us with tiny urban gardens don’t have many opportunities to ponder how to mark the boundaries of our properties…in most cases a trip to the local home improvement super store for a basic...
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Trending on Remodelista: Decorative Touches, Kitchen Edition
When we think “decorating,” the kitchen doesn’t usually come top of mind. This week, Remodelista reminds us that the workhorse room deserves some aesthetic attention, too. Below, some ideas for...
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Salvias: Late-Season Saviors in the Garden
Long-blooming salvias are saviors in the autumn garden. So when Gravetye Manor’s head gardener Tom Coward met me in a pair of shorts in October, I might have twigged to the semi-tropical splendor in...
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Your First Garden: What You Need to Know About Raking Leaves
I don’t know why the volume of autumn leaves that fell onto our yard that first fall in our new home was such a surprise. We had moved to a town called Maplewood, after all—not to mention what had...
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Color Theory: 10 Perfect Plant Combinations for Autumn
“I don’t do frilly,” says curator Diane Schaub. We are standing under the shade of an old magnolia in the English garden, one of three smaller gardens within Central Park’s six-acre Conservatory Garden...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wire Harvest Baskets
It might interest you to know that U.S. Patent No. 286,952 was granted in 1883 to one William J. Moore of Weatherford, Texas for a new and improved wire harvest basket, the manufacture of which...
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Rehab Diaries: Rescuing a 100-Year-Old Garden
Joel and Diane Schatz have photos (circa 1927) of their Mill Valley, California, house that show a garden party in progress under a great canopy of wisteria, with guests in party hats posed against a...
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Trending on Remodelista: Decorating with a Little ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’
Remodelista armchair-traveled to France this week for a dose of je ne sais quoi flair—and we couldn’t be more pleased with the ideas. Go askew. Above: The key to a chic French-inspired room? Nothing...
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Zinnias: Rethinking a Farm Stand Flower
Why do flowers go in and out of fashion? In the 18th century, German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn received a shipment of Asteraceae seeds from Mexico that locally had been considered an ugly weed. In...
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Gardening 101: Common Fig
Common fig, Ficus carica The next plant I plan to buy for myself (and not for a garden client) will definitely be a fig tree. I usually harvest figs from my clients’ trees, and any fruit that goes...
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10 Easy Pieces: Modern Wood-Burning Fire Pits and Bowls
Back in spring, prepping for the pandemic meant stocking up on toilet paper. This fall? Make sure you order a fire pit in order to extend outdoor entertaining season. Below, our recommendations for...
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