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Current Obsessions: Real Estate Envy
Only $5.1 million stands between us and a perfect apartment in the Osborne. Oh, and the fact that Jessica Chastain beat us to the nine-room classic in one of Manhattan's grand old buildings, across the...
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Architects' Roundup: 10 Emerald Green Gardens
Though there's green in nearly every garden, we love it when the color gets a solo show. Here, we gathered ten gardens from members of the Remodelista + Gardenista Architect/Designer Directory...
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Table of Contents: Emerald Isle
Gardens have their drawbacks, Leopold Bloom was thinking as he set off to wander around Dublin in Ulysses. Allow us to respectfully demur. We're confident you'll side with us after spending a week in...
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Garden Visit: At Home with June Blake in Ireland's County Wicklow
Irish plantswoman June Blake used to be a jeweler, so it's perhaps no surprise that her garden, in the words of garden writer Fionnuala Fallon, "is startling in its beauty like the spilt contents of a...
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The Gardenista 100: Teak Dining Tables
Teak is not throwaway furniture. Its natural oils are the secret weapon that protect against weather, pests, and deterioration—and make the hardwood the top choice for durable outdoor furniture. It's...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Ireland
From the point of view of a plant, Ireland is heaven. Humans may as well abandon their instinct for neatness and symmetry; plants grow too well here. Whether tender or hardy, the climate (not too cold,...
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10 Easy Pieces: Garden Benches
As much as I like working in my garden, what I really love is watching others work—squirrels furtively ferrying nuts to hideouts, bees on a tight schedule in the lemon tree, ants with plans. A...
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Seeing Green: Architects Pick the 9 Best Exterior Green Paints
Green is hard. I heard this refrain over and over while interviewing architects and designers about their favorite exterior green paint colors. Olive greens can quickly become yellow drab, and lighter...
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Low-Cost Luxury: 9 Ways to Use Decomposed Granite in a Landscape
Dubbed America's first "Notable Pedestrian" in the 19th century, Edward Payson Weston popularized the activity of walking—and declared after 50 years of criss-crossing the country that the surface that...
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Rehab Story: From Garage to Garden for a Dublin Carriage House
On a quiet mews in Dublin, built-in garages face the street on all the carriage houses. Except for one. TAKA Architects converted a single-family house's parking spots into indoor living space,...
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Garden Basics: World's Best Collapsible Wagon
Some people crave jewelry. I crossed off my wish-list "diamonds" and wrote in "utility cart" after I saw this beautiful, well-made wagon from Belgium. From garden accessories designer Atelier...
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Open House: A Dublin Architect Builds a Home for His Family
To make the backyard feel like an extra room (and make it tempting for his children to play outdoors in all kinds of weather), Irish architect John McLaughlin designed—and built himself—a house for his...
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Pros and Cons: Artificial Grass Versus a Live Lawn
Artificial grass has been gaining ground—and a reputation for being eco-friendly because it doesn't need water, fertilizer, or to be mowed. Plus, the newest generation of artificial grass often looks...
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DIY: Wild Lawn
My brother-in-law's mother, Molly, has a house in Oregon on a cliff overlooking the ocean (if ever there was a place you do not want to wrestle a mower...). She came up with a recipe for a...
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Palette & Paints: 10 Paint Picks for the Perfect Green Shutters
Bold green shutters against a neutral-colored house is a look that has stood the test of time. The combination varies widely, so we sourced ten of our favorites. If you're considering the color combo...
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Facade Fix: 9 Ways to Add Curb Appeal with Corrugated Metal Siding
Nearly 200 years after British civil engineer Henry Robinson Palmer came up with the idea to crease thin sheets of metal to make corrugated metal siding, architects still come up with new ways to use...
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Trending on Remodelista: DIY Weekend Projects
Julie and the Remodelista editors spent the week gearing up for spring with mini-maxi (minimal effort, maximum impact) DIY projects. Here's a few we might try this weekend if it rains: Above: Love your...
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Current Obsessions: Spring Awakening
The first day of spring went pretty well. (For you too?) Here's how we celebrated: Above: A house without windows on the exterior walls makes up for it with an interior courtyard. Photograph by Masao...
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Ask The Expert: Sarah Raven's 10 Tips for Growing a Kitchen Garden
British gardening and cookery writer Sarah Raven is fortunate in being scientific as well as artistic. She is also a busy person who likes to eat so her kitchen garden is organized in a way that gives...
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Before and After: A Garden Duplex in a Historic Chelsea Townhouse
Remodeling a period townhouse means confronting the past, indoors and out. Layers of history get uncovered—along with awkward floor plans, evidence of earlier ill-advised remodels, and horror-movie...
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