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10 Easy Pieces: Architects' White Exterior Paint Picks
At the risk of stating the obvious, it's hard to find the best paint color for your house's exterior. White is a classic, but choose the wrong shade and you'll end up with a very expensive mistake. We...
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Architects' Roundup: Our Favorite Outdoor Living Rooms
Here at Gardenista, we're embracing warm weather by venturing outside with a good book and a cool beverage. We've found a handful of outdoor living rooms that are perfect for that, all from the...
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10 Easy Pieces: Cafe-Style Outdoor String Lights
I speak from experience when I say that if one of your jobs as a child was to follow your mother through the backyard, slowly unfurling garlands of glowing bulbs for her to wrap around the trunk of the...
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DIY: Giant Porch Swing
The only thing that stops me from hanging a huge glider in my front porch is the knowledge that I would turn into one of those crazy porch swing addicts who refuses to do anything except nap, read, and...
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DIY: A Fire Escape-Style Garden
Fire escapes are romantic places; just ask Tony and Maria. Add a splash of greenery in the form of potted plants, and an eyesore becomes an urban oasis. But if you live in New York City, remember that...
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Hardscaping 101: Standing Seam Metal Roofs
When we surveyed members of the Remodelista + Gardenista Architect/Designer Directory for their favored roofing material, we were surprised by the answers. Did the recommendations vary? NO. Were we...
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DIY Video: How to Make Leaf Prints
Leaf prints are one of the easiest DIY projects you can do—and appeal to both kids and adults. The final product is brilliant, either as wrapping paper or to cover kids' schoolbooks, and we like to...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Shipping Container Transformed Into the Ultimate...
Sometimes when I'm awake in the middle of the night, I obsess about the zillions of shipping containers in the world. (That is, when I am not obsessing over bills, tomorrow's commute, or why I am not...
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A Secret Garden in the Middle of Regent's Park in London
Usually secrets don't stay secret for very long. That's why I was genuinely worried that my "secret garden" in central London would be gone, ruined, or not secret any more, when I went back after an...
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Herbal Essence: Just Add Water
I'm not good at remembering to drink water. The number of glasses I drink on a daily basis often doesn't move beyond two—never mind the recommended eight. But like most things, if I put some effort...
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Trending on Remodelista: Indoor/Outdoor
Thanks, Remodelista, for spending the week doing what we love best: finding new ways to make the indoors an extension of our outdoor living space. Above: Table settings bring a little outdoors...
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Current Obsessions: Hello, Peonies
Yes, roses, we know you're in bloom. (How could we miss you?) But you're not the only kid on the block this week: Above: You'd think the lines to get into the Brooklyn Botanic Garden would wrap around...
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Garden Visit: The Tuileries at Sunset, with Alice Gao
"One evening in Paris, we walked over to the grounds of the Louvre, hoping to visit the Tuileries Garden at dusk," reports Manhattan-based photographer Alice Gao. "Unfortunately the garden was just...
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Table of Contents: Cool Dads
It's time to celebrate fathers and all they do. And in the garden, they do a lot, especially when it comes to digging. And grilling. And turning the compost. Join us this week as we give dads the...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Jacqueline Morabito on the French Riviera
Received wisdom says: Find your talent and stick to it. You cannot do lots of things well. But what about Jacqueline Morabito, designer of interiors and objects, from jewelry to lighting? Surely she...
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Trend Alert: GROW London, The Contemporary Garden Fair
Why does London have all the luck? A new garden fair is coming to Hampstead Heath this month. Well, at least we get to co-sponsor it. Billed as a contemporary garden fair, GROW London will feature...
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Field Guide: Tomatoes
Tomatoes: "Wolf Peaches" Tomatoes are something like that co-worker who sweetly wears pencil skirts and cardigans, and is all sunshine and timely expense reports. Then she starts telling you about the...
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Garden Visit: A Hanging Orchid Garden in San Isidro, Buenos Aires
The San Isidro neighborhood of Buenos Aires is filled with old stone houses, Neo-Gothic churches, cobblestone streets, and lush greenery. Huge magnolia and jacaranda trees live happily next to tropical...
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Steal This Look: The Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen
I'm a skeptic when it comes to outdoor kitchens. After all, who needs anything more than a grill and a pair of tongs? I'm keeping an open mind, however, after spotting—and swooning over—the ultimate...
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10 Easy Pieces: Etsy's Best Canvas Carry-Alls
Looking for the perfect Father's Day gift? Rugged and timeless, just like Dad, waxed canvas carry-alls are the perfect way to honor the hardworking style of fathers everywhere. Here are our Etsy...
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