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Yesterday's News: Vases Made from Recycled Papers
For Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp, creating handmade peices begins with the material itself. Taking her cue from artisans worldwide who use found matter for making everyday objects, as well as from...
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Field Guide: Fiddle Leaf Fig
Fiddle Leaf Fig, Ficus lyrata: "Fiddler Under the Roof" Fiddle leaf fig plants have little to do with fiddles—or figs, for that matter. Unlike their cousins in the fig, or ficus, family, fiddle leaf...
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Garden Visit: The Red Chair Hudson, NY
The Red Chair in Hudson, New York is an antique shop that transports shoppers to another time and place. The place? A melting pot of Southern France and Scandinavia. The time? A mélange of the 17th,...
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Steal This Look: An Old Tennis Court Turned Kitchen Garden
We're happy to see more fans out there for ceramic artist Frances Palmer, because we love visiting her country garden in Weston, Connecticut (which we wrote about here), and seeing the hand-thrown...
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Bring Outdoor Style Inside: The Rod + Weave Chair by Eric Trine
We recently spotted these woven leather chairs made by Long Beach, California designer, Eric Trine. While their simple, laid-back beach vibe reminds us of spending a day outside lounging, we think they...
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Steal This Look: Bring the Outdoors In with Photographs
Living in New York City, I'm a sucker for anything that adds a little green to my life. Though live plants absolutely do the trick, I also cannot live without the large landscape photographs that adorn...
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Test Drive: Which Cut Flowers Last Longest?
Some flowers were never meant to be cut, withering to nothing as soon as they are plucked. Others, it seems, are oblivious to being severed from their original stem. Want to know which spring flowers...
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10 Easy Pieces: Galvanized Trays
What is better than a hardworking tray that actually looks better as it ages? Galvanized metal trays are rust resistant, strong, and can take on a number of outdoor (and indoor) entertaining roles:...
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Shopper's Diary: The Gardener in Healdsburg
In Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly Golightly visited the jewelry store on bad days. She admired “its quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there." And if Ms. Golightly...
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Hardscaping 101: Green Roofs
In our ideal world, green roofs would be ubiquitous—we're thinking Scandinavia from the time of the Vikings until the late 19th century. And no, it’s not because we are nostalgic for a more picturesque...
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Shopper's Diary: Flowers From Miss Pickering
In the heart of Middle England is Stamford, an outrageously pretty town. Miss Pickering's flower business is just off the High Street, in a low-ceilinged shop, serviced by a single window. It is...
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Brass Ikebana Vases from Bavaria
I love it when a vase does most of the floral designing work for me. Even better when it's a vase that's an objet d'art all on its own. I recently came across a small company called Wsake run by a...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Retro '60s Camper, Outdoor Bathhouse Included
J. Wes Yoder usually refers to the 1962 Shasta camper that sits in his leafy East Nashville backyard as "the camper," but he says that when he's feeling especially Southern, he likes to call it "the...
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Gardenista on Etsy: See Our Top Picks
Our friends at Etsy had a hunch that we've been visiting their gardening marketplace. Maybe it was that Michelle finally found the 1970s style wooden planters she'd been looking for through a seller on...
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Lilac Love: A Guide to Spring's Best-Loved Flower
Almost as American as apple pie, lilacs were first cultivated in this country by the founding fathers—both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington made entries in their journals about their preferred...
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Trending on Remodelista: Working It
In an ideal world, work would be defined by the tasks of pulling weeds and turning garden beds in the great outdoors instead of pushing papers in a stuffy building. Lucky for us, the editors at...
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Current Obsessions: In Full Bloom
A few things we've had on our radar this week: Above: Remodelista's Alexa Hotz, shares her recipe for a spring bouquet with Food52. Photograph by Aya Brackett Marine-like life on land. What's better...
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DIY: Whitewashed Greek Walls
Some summer afternoons the sun beats down so relentlessly that white is the only acceptable color—to wear, to eat (hint: gelato), and to cool off the walls. The Greeks get that right, with whitewashed...
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Field Guide: Rosemary
Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis: "The Brain Teaser" For a plant believed to boost memory, rosemary is hardy enough to be forgotten—that is, until there is a Mediterranean dinner to cook, or any...
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Steal This Look: Greek Bamboo Canopy
If I ever have the opportunity to stay on an island in the middle of the Aegean Sea, rest assured that I'll want that vacation to include ample amounts of lounge time. A shady hammock on a balcony...
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