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...
View ArticleGarden 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...
View ArticleSteal This Look: A Backyard Tree Fort
Everybody needs a clubhouse. May we suggest a tree fort? In Toronto, artist William Askew designed one on stilts that we'd love to have in the backyard. Here's how to recreate the look: (N.B.:...
View Article10 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...
View ArticleRequired 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...
View ArticleRecipe 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....
View ArticleBackyard 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...
View ArticleDIY: 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...
View ArticleRemodelista 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...
View ArticleThanksgiving 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...
View ArticleHardscaping 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...
View ArticleBehind 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...
View Article7 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...
View ArticleOutbuilding 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,...
View ArticleGarden-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....
View ArticleRequired 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...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: In Full Chef Mode
Allow Julie and the Remodelista team to make this Thanksgiving your best one with genius tips, including folding chairs that are actually nice in quality, a holiday edition of essential cooking...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Autumn Grows
Take a look at what's on our radar this week: Above: Three recipes and a Northern California road trip. Photograph by Seth Smoot. There is a wrong way and a right way to open a Pomegranate. Above:...
View ArticleThanksgiving, Canadian-Style at Le Marché St. George
For Thanksgiving tabletop inspiration every year, we spy on our friends at Le Marché St. George, a cafe and market in Vancouver. (Canadians are ahead of us; their harvest holiday falls on the second...
View ArticleTable of Contents: London Calling
If there's a city that shares our obsession with gardens, it's London, where outdoor design runs the gamut from punk to Mayfair ladies. So as the Remodelista editors take London by storm, with a...
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