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Curb Appeal: 15 Ideas to Steal from Brooklyn for Halloween
This summer brought near-perfect gardening weather to New York City: one sunny day after another, not too hot, and just enough rain to keep everything well watered (for those who don’t always have time...
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Steal This Look: The Dark Side of New England
None of us live in houses linked to the 17th-century Salem witch trials—and really, who would want to? Still, we're somehow drawn to the eerie beauty of the last-standing Salem Witch House, wicked back...
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Black Beauties: 10 Film Noir Flowers for a Glamorous Garden
I like to punctuate a garden bed with velvety darkness. Nothing cuts the sweetness of all those frothy whites and blues faster than a black flower. This year I turned part of my front yard into a new...
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Shopper's Diary: High Mowing Organic Seeds
It all started with just 28 seed varieties and a commitment to re-building healthy food systems. Today, after an exhaustive 2-year process, High Mowing Organic Seeds, located in Wolcott, Vermont, is...
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Grey Gardens: The Resurrection of Ben Bradlee's Grand Estate
Thirty-five years ago, journalists Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee bought Grey Gardens, a wreck of an East Hampton estate made famous by a 1975 documentary film about the strange and sad decline of its...
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Bouquet of the Week: Celebrating Decay for Halloween
A wild grapevine withering on the side of a road in upstate New York inspired me to celebrate decay in this week's Halloween arrangement. I decided to use the wild leafless grapevine as a skeleton to...
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DIY: Rolling Boot Tray for a Mini Mudroom
Even if you're lucky enough to have a designated mudroom, a pair of wet and muddy boots can quickly make the space live up to its name in a not-so-good way. Here's a solution for the mud-averse: a...
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A Study in Scarlet: Foraging on Cape Cod
This time of year, Cape Cod is especially glorious. The warm golden sunshine contrasts with air as crisp and clear as water, and the tension between summer and fall is palpable. Poison ivy...
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The Alnwick Garden in England: Pick Your Poison
Featured in the first two Harry Potter movies, home to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, and utterly deadly: Welcome to the Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle. The Alnwick Garden was designed by...
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Hardscaping 101: Slate Roofing Tiles
Slate is making a comeback. A roofing material that has topped castles and cottages since the 13th century, slate was pushed aside in recent decades by cheaper and easier-to-install asphalt shingles....
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Garden Visit: At Home in Brooklyn Heights with Artists Maria Robledo and...
How do you design a garden for two artists who have a highly attuned sense of the visual? When I met photographer Maria Robledo and artist Holton Rower, about six years ago, they were about to move...
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The Remodelista Market Comes to London
Last year we took our West Coast Market concept to NYC; this year we're thrilled to be heading overseas for our very first international Remodelista Market in London, held in conjunction with The New...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Bohemian Surf Shack in Topanga Canyon
“It all began when we were invited to see our friends’ cabin in Topanga Canyon,” says Mason St. Peter, of how he discovered the Southern California artists' enclave imbued with decades of mystical...
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Garden-to-Table: Fall Fennel Recipes from 66 Square Feet
For years there have been fennel plants on my small terraces, first in Brooklyn, and now in Harlem. I planted them initially not for food, but to reach up and sideways without using too much real...
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Required Reading: Cultivating Garden Style
Astro-physicist turned garden designer Rochelle Greayer takes a scientific approach in her new book, Cultivating Garden Style. Greayer, the founder of garden blog Studio G, has created a systematic and...
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Trending on Remodelista: Dark Shadows
This week, Julie and her Remodelista team dabble in the dark arts: tombstones as year-round decor, funerary urns for Belgian minimalists, and a home that's fit for the Addam's family. Enter only if you...
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Current Obsessions: Peak Season
Take a look at what's on our radar this week: Above: A dinner party in honor of FEED Projects. Photograph courtesy of Lonny. Track the best time to peep leaves in your area with this fall foliage...
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Step-by-Step: A Halloween Party for Grownups
I love Halloween and all its kitsch (but not at my house). So this year I decided to throw a grownup dinner party—with a touch of black, of course—and a foraged floral arrangement. Most of the...
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Garden-to-Table Recipe: Butternut Squash Lasagne
We're delighted to feature a winning recipe from our first-ever reader recipe contest: a squash lasagne adapted from Epicurious by Martha Buckwalter-Davis, who lives in Ireland. It's "about the most...
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Garden Visit: At Home with Rosie Bose of Glendon Hall
In a more relaxed age, it was possible to buy a tired old manor in Northamptonshire and divide it among friends. If one of them happened to be an architect, all the better. Glendon Hall was acquired...
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