11 Ways to Keep Houseplants Happy in Winter
Whether your potted plants live indoors year round or have sought temporary shelter from freezing temperatures, they may be looking a little sad these days. Are you doing something wrong? Or have they...
View ArticleSteal This Look: An Industrial Chic Parisian Courtyard
In an old printing factory in the center of Paris, garden designer Jacques Leseur created a secret courtyard garden where feathery plants soften a dark industrial backdrop. Here's how to recreate the...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Garden Watering Cans
A traditional long-necked metal watering can with a sprinkler head to gently shower plants is the first thing you should buy for a first garden. Get a good one, and it will last a lifetime. Here are 10...
View Article11 Landscape Design Mistakes to Avoid in 2015
Winter is the season of hope: for the most beautiful spring garden ever. And you can have that. You also can lay the most charming front path in the history of hardscaping projects. And create the most...
View ArticleFlu Prevention: DIY Elderberry Syrup
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? Make that honey. For flu prevention, here's a natural remedy that actually works. I've been making elderberry syrup every fall for the past few years,...
View ArticleHouse Doctor: Woven Bamboo Plant Baskets
A new outfit in February perks up anybody. That goes double for houseplants. If your little potted friends are looking droopy, pop them (pots and all) into a basket. We especially like what these...
View ArticleDesigner Visit: At Home in Jurassic Park, in North London
Tom Stuart-Smith likes high drama. (He did not become England's garden designer of the moment by accident, after all.) This explains the giant tree ferns. "You almost expect a triceratops or an...
View ArticleHardscaping 101: Design Guide for Edible Gardens
There's a reason more than half of all gardeners plan to grow edibles this year. Food you grow tastes better, is healthier for you, and fills you with a quiet feeling of pioneer satisfaction. Actually,...
View ArticleSteep Ravine Cabins: Million Dollar Views for $100 a Night
When friends invited my husband and me to join them for a weekend at Steep Ravine cabins, we had no idea what to expect. What we knew: the ten cabins are an hour north of San Francisco, it's really...
View ArticleInto the Wild: A 191-Square-Foot Cabin in the Pacific Northwest
A tiny 191-square-foot cabin with one room and an outdoor shower is Seattle-based architect Tom Kundig's ode to the wild woods of the Pacific Northwest. On a site previously occupied by another cabin,...
View ArticleBohemian Grove: 11 Free Spirit Facades with Factory Windows
Steel factory windows and doors frame the views in some of our favorite gardens. New or salvaged, their industrial style mingles well with both modern and traditional architecture to add free-spirit...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: The Humble Abode
This week, the Remodelista editors just said no—to giant, exploding, oversized houses. Taking matters into their own hands, they're thinking small with compact kitchens, simple marble tables, and a...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Season of Love
Here's a look at a few things we loved this week. Above: Outdoor furniture by Ilse Crawford for Ikea. And for instant gratification, the spring collection. 5 am wakeup call with a Melbourne florist....
View Article9 Garden Ideas to Steal from England's Tom Stuart-Smith
Tom Stuart-Smith is the giant of British landscape design. These days, he is too big for Chelsea (it helped him find his voice, he says, while winning three Best in Show medals). We visit his private...
View ArticleTable of Contents: The French Connection
As Valentine's Day approaches, this week we'll have a list of the best online sources for flowers. We'll also be peeking at private Parisian gardens, and spotting spring's most romantic garden trends...
View ArticlePrivate Paris: 9 Secret Gardens in the City of Love
On any fashionable street in Paris you can catch a glimpse of greenery through iron filigree gates. Here's a closer look at nine of the private garden courtyards and apartment terraces hidden behind...
View Article11 Best Sources for Online Flowers for Valentine's Day
Nothing is more romantic than giving flowers you grow yourself. But a close second is Valentine's Day flowers that someone nearby grew. Thanks to the Slow Flowers movement, it's becoming easier to find...
View ArticleGarden Visit: The French Laundry in California's Napa Valley
Although "the best restaurant in the world" is closed for a remodel, The French Laundry's edible garden still will be working hard to supply chef Thomas Keller's pop-up restaurant (named Ad Lib) at the...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Red Café Chairs
Make a romantic gesture in the garden. Here are 10 of our favorite red café chairs (suitable for use outdoors and in): Above: A small, folding choice for a balcony, Ikea's Malaro Chair has a steel...
View ArticleThe Best $50 Valentine's Roses You Can Order Online
The Bouqs Company, a new online floral delivery company based in Venice Beach, California may be the way of the future. We can only hope, as it's pretty slim pickings when it comes to finding quality...
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