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Small Space DIY: A Perfect Shoe Rack for a Narrow Entryway
At what point do two adults realize they need to stop dreaming of the perfect shoe rack (and stop tripping over strewn shoes)? After searching for months, my boyfriend, Roman, and I knew exactly what...
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Garden Envy: 10 Dramatic Drainage Ideas to Steal
Gravel doesn't sound like a glamorous hardscaping material. It's cheap, ubiquitous, and really, well, gravelly. But take a closer look, and you'll realize that the seemingly mundane material is a...
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High/Low: A Midcentury Coat Stand and a $35 Ikea Lookalike
As we've been organizing mudrooms and training family members to hang up jackets this week, our thoughts naturally turn to stylish coat stands. Two we covet at opposite ends of the price spectrum are...
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Hardscaping 101: Pathway Lighting
The summer months have slid away and with them the ability to ignore spotty pathway lighting. Getting around the garden, and even to the front door, can be challenging when days get shorter and...
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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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DIY: A Tiny Fall Garden in a Window Box
I have a serious case of window box envy. The 4-inch-wide window box I call my garden doesn't afford a lot room for plants, not to mention the thrillers, spillers, and fillers that are supposed to be...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Woodshed Transformed, by StudioErrante in Italy
Behind a house in a village in northwestern Italy, designers Sarah Becchio and Paolo Borghino of StudioErrante Architetture discovered a tiny, ramshackle shed with a useful purpose and a long history....
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Garden-to-Table Recipe: Spicy Spinach from 66 Square Feet
I used to grow vegetables in all-day sun. Then we moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and shade happened. On our new terrace in Harlem I had no idea, exactly, how much light we would have, come the...
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Weekend Getaway: A New England Road Trip for Peak Fall Foliage
This is the peak weekend to see colorful fall foliage in New England. Here's a 50-mile loop for a weekend road trip, winding through quaint New Hampshire towns and along crimson country roads, to...
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Trending on Remodelista: The DIY Bathroom
While we’ve been enforcing strict bans on strewn shoes in the mudroom, the editors over at Remodelista have spent the week making over the bath for calming soaks. They've found DIY Bath fixtures,...
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Current Obsessions: Real Estate Envy
We're taking up a collection to buy Reneé Zellweger's Connecticut farmhouse (comes with party barn), and we only need $1.6 million. Everybody send in a dollar: Above: Photograph courtesy of The Neo...
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Air Plants 101: How to ID a Tillandsia
No two air plants look identical. And most varieties aren't labeled at the plant store. So how do you tell them apart? It's a tougher job than you might think. These aerophytes, which are native to...
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Weekend Forager: Are Those Mushrooms Edible?
Handing out life and death in equal measure, the fungi family is a fascinating one. So an invitation to forage for mushrooms in Sussex is accepted with alacrity, especially after noting the words...
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Table of Contents: Orange is the New Black
Perhaps because nothing rhymes with orange, but everything manages to clash with it, we wax poetic when describing the intense autumnal hue. Recast as coral, apricot, tangerine, persimmon, and fall's...
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Designer Visit: Arne Maynard at Home in Wales
Garden designer Arne Maynard, based in London and Wales, has been a longtime favorite of mine. Having grown up in the Dorset countryside, he knows his plants. That knowledge married with an architect's...
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13 Ways to Add Curb Appeal with Pumpkins
It's easy to create instant curb appeal in autumn, when half the work is done for you by nature. Your front door is already looking good, framed by fall foliage, colorful leaves on the stoop, and a low...
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Field Guide: Pumpkins
Pumpkin, Cucurbita: "The Horseman's Head" From Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Harry Potter to Cinderella's coach, a squash somehow has managed to carve out a permanent place for itself...
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Garden Visit: At Home with Vanity Fair Art Director Julie Weiss in Manhattan
After more than 10 years of living with a shared rooftop garden in lower Manhattan, Vanity Fair art director Julie Weiss is letting the plants win. "I love the wild, overgrown feel," Weiss says. "It's...
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Curb Appeal: 8 Best Orange Paints for a Front Door
Orange is not my favorite color. I think that's because it tends to scream for attention. That said, there are times when orange is a good paint color to use. Putting it on a front door is good, for...
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Steal This Look: Style on a Budget, a Picnic on a Bed of Leaves
We stumbled upon this lovely autumn moment in our research. A leafy trail and moss-covered trees lead to an enchanting picnic spread, and nary a rowdy tailgater in sight. Other than scouting a...
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