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DIY: Natural Turmeric-Dyed Tablecloth
Native to Southern India and identifiable by its show-stopping yellow, turmeric has been a staple in cooking and medicine for thousands of years. The spice, a member of the ginger family and a key...
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Ode to Southern California: New Botanical Fabrics from Lake August
LA-based designer Alexis Hartman of Lake August calls her newest collection of botanical print fabrics "an ode to Southern California"—and to her mother and grandmother's gardens in particular. "Much...
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Architect Visit: An Indestructible Cabin on Stilts by Olson Kundig
No leaking roofs, broken windows, or flooded basements here: this is a cabin for people who don't like surprises. Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects designed a "virtually indestructible" cabin in...
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Hardscaping 101: Tips to Clean and Care for Metal Furniture
With spring in swing, we're liberating our outdoor furniture from storage—and noticing that it could use extra care and cleaning to get in shape for the season. This month we'll have tips for taking...
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Shopper's Alert: Pre-Season Sale at West Elm
Spotted at West Elm: a pre-season sale on outdoor furniture, planters, pillows, and accessories, with prices marked down from 15 to 20 percent. (We're putting a few versatile pieces from the collection...
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The Book of Life: A Library and Garden by the Sea
For a bookworm client, Paris-based architect Antonin Ziegler built a freestanding library annex to a country house in Senneville-sur-Fécamp on the northern coast of France. Sited on a cliff above the...
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Curb Appeal: 9 Quick Facade Fixes with Painted House Numbers
There was a time when houses had names but no numbers—we're going back to the 1600s—which was good for local color but bad for tax collectors trying to keep track of who owed how much. Nowadays most...
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Trending on Remodelista: The Great Closet Cleanout
Nothing says spring like a shelf of beautifully folded sweaters. Julie and the Remodelista team spent the week cleaning out closets and organizing their lives—and discovered some surprising tips to...
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Current Obsessions: Signs of Spring
Here's a look at what we loved this week: Above: A room with a view. What's your water footprint? The lowdown on Roundup. Above: The French Laundry's new garden. On our wish list: Wearable planters....
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from India
What did Indian gardens look like before the invaders arrived? The Mughals imposed their 16th century Persian constraints—they were all for walls and the fussy geometry of symmetry—and then came the...
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Table of Contents: Spring Projects
Michelle spent the weekend painting her wicker sofa (again) and Julie has been putting upholstered outdoor lounge furniture to the test. We've rounded up 17 favorite springtime DIYs that our editors...
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House Call: Sara Story at Home in the Texas Hill Country
The Scenario: On a Texas mesa with panoramic views, native vegetation and mature trees, the daughter of an oilman wanted a family compound to remind her of the hill country summers of her childhood. "I...
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Industrial Style Outdoor Lighting from a French Lantern Maker
French lighting company Roger Pradier has been manufacturing high-quality outdoor fixtures since 1910 when founder Edouard-Jean Pradier launched with a line of wrought iron lanterns to supply railway...
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DIY: A Painted Garden Bed on Wheels
Reclaimed in style: wood sourced from pallets is painted and attached to casters for an instant and inexpensive garden bed. Spotted on the blog of Harvest Textiles, a Melbourne-based screen printing...
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10 Easy Pieces: Best Upholstered Outdoor Sofas
Noticed lately: upholstered couches (plus chaises, sectionals, settees, lounge chairs) that look like living room furniture but are designed to be used outdoors. Here are our top 10 high/low picks,...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Michelle Obama
Tomorrow when Michelle Obama and a corps of photogenic multicultural schoolchildren head out to the White House lawn to plant vegetable seedlings, they'll be kicking off the seventh growing season of a...
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Garden Visit: At Home with Katrin Scharl in Brandenburg, Germany
Katrin Scharl was not a born gardener. In fact she really had little interest until she and her husband, Moritz Bayer, began dabbling in the small plot outside their rented Vienna home. When it came...
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Editors' Picks: 19 Favorite Spring DIYs in Our Own Homes
Spring sunshine gives us the DIY design bug, bad. Here are 19 easy DIY projects our editors swear by—we've done them all at least once, outdoors or in—with step-by-step instructions for each: DIY...
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An (Almost) Instant Vegetable Garden, No Tools Required
Remodelista editor in chief Julie Carlson loves fresh produce, and happened to have an empty spot on the patio just off her kitchen. All she had to do was move a garden bench to create enough space...
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Martha Stewart's Secrets: 9 Best Flowering Clematis Vines
With more than 300 varieties of clematis to choose among, we're happy that Martha Stewart has done the legwork to help refine our wish list. Her favorites—all blue or purple varieties—grow in her...
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