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Required Reading: Decorating With Plants By Satoshi Kawamoto
It would be churlish to resist the playful charm of Satoshi Kawamoto, so we have fallen for him hook, line, and sinker. In his book Decorating with Plants the Tokyo-based floral stylist shows that his...
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Table of Contents: Holiday Prep
The secret to making any holiday season look easy is mindful planning. With make-ahead wreaths, garages transformed into guest quarters, and easy ideas for instant parties, we're here to help (we're...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Nelson Byrd Woltz and a Wild Virginia Meadow
In the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, the owner of a property with 22 acres of open grazing land had a strong conservation ethic. She asked Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW)...
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DIY on a Budget: A Silvery Holiday Wreath for $20
When I set out to make a wreath that could hold its own over the changing seasons and multiple holidays that we’ll see in the coming two months, my first thought was to forage. I imagined twists of...
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Shopper's Diary: Spirit of the Bees with Caledonia's Raw-Honey Liquor
It all began on the Vermont-Quebec border, with a 12-year-old boy and his first hive. Decades later with Caledonia Spirits, Todd Hardie's work is still tied to the land and to bees. The culmination of...
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Garden Visit: Tower Hill Botanic Garden
As a garden enthusiast and writer who covers all things green, I only learned of this incredible resource a few months ago. I'm happily telling everyone I know that it's well worth the one-hour drive...
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Steal This Look: A Backyard Tree Fort
Everybody needs a clubhouse. May we suggest a tree fort? In Toronto, artist Walter Askew designed one on stilts that we'd love to have in the backyard. Here's how to recreate the look: (N.B.: Wondering...
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10 Easy Pieces: Freestanding Wood Stoves
Not your grandmother's wood stove. A new generation of wood stoves offers fuel efficiency, high combustion temperatures, and lower emissions to be environmentally responsible, powerful heaters for your...
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Required Reading: Gardens of the Garden State
Those of us with ties to New Jersey (full disclosure: yes, I live in Brooklyn, but I was born in NJ and some recent sleuthing on Ancestry has revealed forebears who apparently arrived before the place...
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Recipe Roundup: 5 Favorites to Bring to a Holiday Potluck Party
We spent the year simmering. In a good way. We've been in the kitchen, adding to our repertoire of quick and easy, no-fail dishes, perfect to bring the next time you're invited to a holiday party....
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Backyard Rehab: 10 Garages Gone Glam
It's a shame that cars get so much real estate. If you're lucky enough to have a garage, we're all in favor of putting the machine on the street—or getting rid of it altogether—in the interest of...
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DIY: Sage Smudge Sticks
Incense can be cloying and scented candles can cause allergic reactions in dinner guests (this happened!), but an herbal smudge stick? It's just the thing to clear the air. We spotted this DIY sage...
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Remodelista Holiday Market in LA 2014
West Coasters, mark your calendars: we're heading to Los Angeles in December for our annual Remodelista Holiday Market at Big Daddy's Antiques on December 6. This year, we are thrilled to announce a...
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Thanksgiving on a Budget: 7 Tips for Tabletop Decor from Stylist Beth Kirby
Yes, it's about the food. We know that. We've been to a Thanksgiving or two. But, really? We like decorating the table. OK, make that love. This year, we're starting early. We asked one of our favorite...
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Hardscaping 101: Outdoor Entry Lighting
In any landscape lighting plan, the entry light shines the brightest, literally. The front door is the focal point of a house—it is how a home introduces itself to the neighborhood—and it needs the...
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Behind the Scenes: Annie's Cranberry Farm on Cape Cod
I expected all cranberry bogs to look alike, and in my mind, I saw the Ocean Spray commercials; rugged farmers standing waist deep in a cranberry bog surrounded by floating red berries as far as the...
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7 Boozy Holiday Recipes, Blogger Edition
How am I going to top last year's Thanksgiving (wherein I was proclaimed the queen of sides, and made this, this, and this)? I think I may have the answer: homemade booze-infused garnishes and tipples...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Salvaged Shed in a Napa Garden
Cara Davies remembers the day the city inspector came to take a final look at her garden before signing off on the building permit: "He came around the corner and he was quite surprised—and he said,...
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Garden-to-Table Recipe: The Temptation of Farmhouse Apple Cake
There is archaeological evidence to show that humans have been eating apples since 6,500 BC. It makes sense. They’re sweet, crunchy, juicy and, as every woman since Eve well knows, quite tantalizing....
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Required Reading: The Gardener's Garden
Is this the garden book to end all garden books? Conceived on a vast scale, the new 470-page The Gardener's Garden published by Phaidon Editors has been put together by an international panel of...
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