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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Perfect Christmas Tree
This year I realized that I have one shot— and one shot only—at buying the right Christmas tree. First of all, they are expensive, and second, they take up a lot of space. You simply can't go to the...
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DIY: Simple Advent Wreaths Made from Foraged Flora
Every year I admire the simple warmth of my clever friend's advent wreath; so much so that this year I was inspired to make my own. Of course, being an avid forager, I had to experiment. Above: To make...
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Playing With Fire: Clip-on Candle Holders
For a child who grumbled at the idea of an 18th century Christmas, I spent much of my childhood bemoaning the fact that I hadn't been born a century or two earlier. Malcontent? Not really. Just a...
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DIY: A Holiday Fire Escape
While we can't compete with the mind-altering light displays found in Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, we decided to lend our own bit of holiday cheer to the East Village with a lighted fire escape....
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DIY Video: Easy Holiday Garland
Love the look of holiday greenery indoors, but looking to go beyond the usual evergreen decor? Make your own easy and inexpensive garland using whatever foliage you'd like: forage it outdoors, collect...
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DIY: Eco-Friendly Fire Starters
Over the past week, I've slowly revealed my love of fire (here, here, and here in case you're curious). I thought it would be best to let out the secret slowly. I wouldn't call myself a pyromaniac...
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DIY: Wrapping Paper Made by Your Kids
There are some really gorgeous wrapping papers out there. But I'd rather save them for crafts than watch them be mindlessly ripped off the gifts on Christmas morning—especially when the nicer ones cost...
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Gardenista Giveaway: The World's Sharpest Shovel (and Everything You Need to...
When he was still a boy, my grandfather built a car from parts, and it ran. This was in 1928, and the start of his lifelong love of tools. He could make pretty much anything you needed—a wooden...
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The Perfect Hostess Gift: Pencils from Social Goods
Looking for an original stocking stuffer? Hostess gift? Or do you, like me, like to keep a few extra gifts around just in case? To fit all these bills this holiday season, I'm stocking up on these...
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Garden Visit: The Glow of Anglesey Abbey
For impact, a few winter trees and shrubs are the equivalent of a double border in summer. Winter gardens require more imagination than effort. A glowing group of stems, slowly stripped of leaves,...
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A Beautiful Mess: Effortless String Lights
There is no such thing as an ugly string of lights. Open the box, unfurl (or not), and let them drape themselves for once. Why should you do all the work? Above: Â A 20-foot length of Starry String...
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Baby, It's Cold Outside: Gifts for the Winter Gardener
Even those who seem impervious to the elements can use a little pampering. Here's our roundup of gifts to help protect, prepare, and insulate the all-weather gardener in your life.  Above: Anything...
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Tiny Trees: Window Boxes to Last All Winter
Sometimes I think it's really the hot cider that I like most at Christmas tree farms. But there's also the chance of thin gingerbread cookies being offered from inside a woodshed with an electric...
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Jewels by JAR, Inspired by the Garden
Joel A. Rosenthal, or JAR as he is known, has built a reputation over the the last 35 years in Paris as one of the world's most exclusive and innovative living jewelers. From now through March 9, the...
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Holiday Aphrodisiac: Why Mistletoe is Welcome at Parties
Mistletoe has a pagan mystique which has made it unwelcome in churches but popular at parties. Long considered an aphrodisiac (though the berries are toxic), the kissing bunch pre-dates by millennia...
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DIY: Snowballs for the Christmas Tree
Maybe your family's favorite holiday ritual involves grandma's fruitcake, or wacky stocking stuffers, or football on the lawn (what are you, Kennedys?). At my house, we make ornaments: every year since...
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The Perks of Being a Pale Blue Wallpaper
For months I anguished over how to pick the perfect wallpaper for a small guest bathroom with no windows. And guess what? I finally found it (well, actually, my friend Stephanie found it—she finds...
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DIY Patio Planter: Frosty Winter Whites
As someone who always seems to feel colder than everyone else, I'll never complain about sunny skies and daytime temps that are reliably in the high 50s. But with our relatively warm, snowless Bay Area...
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DIY: Botanical Wallpaper to Greet Holiday Guests
Gardenista's editor in chief Michelle has been obsessing over botanical wallpaper and trying to Pick the Perfect Wallpaper for a guest bathroom since March. (She even asked readers to weigh in on some...
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A Very Chartreuse Christmas in a Tiny Apartment
Holiday decorations take some some tweaking, especially when you're hankering for a change. This year, I started off by going big. I decided that I wasn't going to be wimp out and make a small wall...
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