Vote for the Best Edible Garden in the Gardenista Considered Design Awards
Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, now through August 8, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. In the Best Edible Garden category, our five finalists are: Britton...
View ArticleOutbuilding of the Week: A Tiny Open-Air Theater in Norway
About two hours southwest of Oslo, a striking pine pavilion rises beside the recently regenerated Skien River. The building's name, Gjennomsikten, means "see-through" because it almost looks...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: French Market Totes
Last weekend there were strawberries, asparagus, and sunflowers at the farmer's market. While I stuffed my goodies unceremoniously into a backpack, I couldn't help but wish I had a beautiful straw...
View ArticleVote for the Best Amateur Garden in the Gardenista Considered Design Awards
Our judges have chosen the finalists; now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Bastille Day
The Remodelista team have been treating us to a week of Gallic design, including French-inspired spaces whose good looks you'll definitely want to steal. Plus: The ins and outs of French doors and a...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Urban Greenery
Here's a look at what's piquing our interest lately. Above: Jane clued us in to Flower Muse's new two-toned infatuation. Netflix has nothing on Nowness. We're watching (on repeat) the first weekly...
View ArticleGarden Visit: A Parisian Stylist in Provence
At the age of 69, Nicole de Vésian's real adventure started. Retired from a career of designing hats and linens for Hermès, she decamped to Provence to embark on her most ambitious design project: a...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Urban Escape
We're of the opinion that the best time to be in the city is when everyone else has decamped. Rooftop sunsets, twinkly balcony lights, the first ripe container tomatoes—you're ours this week. Hop on...
View ArticleGarden Designer Visit: A Rooftop Meadow, Brooklyn Edition
When she was renovating her townhouse apartment in Cobble Hill, garden designer Julie Farris also wanted a roof garden that could play a big role in her family's life. Farris, the founder of XS Space...
View ArticleVote for the Best Garden Shed or Outbuilding in the Gardenista Considered...
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
View ArticleField Guide: Cilantro
Cilantro, Coriandrum sativum: "Pharaoh's Friend" Cilantro makes another winning argument for home-grown vegetables. This leafy herb, a cross-cultural superstar, fits in a pot on your windowsill,...
View ArticleGarden Visit: Fashion Designer Courtney Klein's Mission District Backyard
"It's kind of a little postage stamp, but coming from New York I think this feels gigantic and amazing," clothing designer Courtney Klein says of the backyard garden in San Francisco that she and her...
View ArticleBelgian Basics with a Fairy Tale Twist
From Antwerp design company Xala, Goldilocks-style household essentials: watering cans that are extra large and extra-small, and a bucket that's just right. They're made of non-toxic HDPE, high-density...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Black and White Deck, Herb Garden Included
We spotted this clever and stylish instant herb garden wall via Bambula. Doesn't green look fabulous against a black and white backdrop? All it takes to recreate the look is some white paint, a few...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Blomsterskuret, the World's Most Beautiful Flower Shop?
Martin Reinicke's Blomsterskuret (meaning "flower shed" in Danish) is overflowing with starter plants, topiaries, and fresh-cut flowers. Reinicke, a floral designer and potter, began Blomsterskuret...
View ArticleGarden Visit: A Family Friendly Vegetable Garden (Chickens Optional)
Some people make it look so easy. On late summer afternoons, blogger Christine Chitnis heads to her community garden plot to tend her vegetables—toddler in tow. "This part of my day is so idyllic," she...
View ArticleDomestic Science: A Magic Fly Repeller
An old-fashioned summer staple in the Napa Valley, where I live, is a plastic bag filled with water and hung from the backdoor of a farmhouse. It took me a while to realize that this not-so-glamorous...
View ArticleBeyond Decking: Trex for Exterior Design
The Trex® decking brand is the world's first composite deck. It is durable, low-maintenance, and high-performance, designed to keep up with your family's needs and keep your weekends hassle-free. And...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Tough Perennials for City Gardens
I remember summers in New York. Whenever any of my entourage managed to score a piece of outdoor real estate, it immediately became a community garden for all of us. We chipped in with the buying,...
View ArticleRadical Urban Gardens from Antwerp
Of course you may install an enormous live tree in your sixth-floor apartment: Police will escort the crane down the street, traffic can be diverted, and neighbors are welcome to gawk at the sidewalk...
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