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Outbuilding of the Week: Back Alley House by Tim Cuppett Architects

In the historic Texas neighborhood of Old West Austin, clients asked architect Tim Cuppett to add sleeping quarters to a one-bedroom house (circa 1908). To avoid disfiguring the vintage facade with an...

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10 Favorite Tulips to Plant This Fall

Tulips require planning. I missed last year's bulb planting, but this fall I'm willing and ready. Here are ten favorites I'm planting this October. Which is your favorite? Above: The 'Black Parrot' is...

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Trending on Remodelista: Color Stories

Whose afraid of a little color? Not Julie, it turns out. See her suggestions for incorporating a dash of vampire red into your life. Green, blue, yellow and pink are also top of the list on Remodelista...

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Current Obsessions: Holidays Ahead

Read on to see what we loved this week:  Above: We have our eye on a Boxwood Garland from West Elm.  Here's a combination we haven't seen: apple and geranium arrangement.  Above: 'Tis the season for...

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Top 5 in Garden News: RHS Will Plant a Fifth Garden and the World's Driest...

This week in the world of gardening, the UK celebrates heritage apples, the Royal Horticultural Society will create a fifth garden, and the world's driest desert has turned pink. World's Driest Place...

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Table of Contents: The New Landscape

What's ahead for next year? We're looking at the new landscape, and we like what we see. Join us this week: Monday Above: A new kind of kitchen garden: elegant and unruly at the same time. Join us for...

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Landscape Architect Visit: A Refined Kitchen Garden by Richard Miers

I'm fond of kitchen gardens because they delight both sides of my brain. Wild and unruly and just a little bit scraggly, they also tend to be places where rambling plants get wrangled into order. When...

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DIY: A Winter White Holiday Bough

In floral design, I love the challenge of working with new and unexpected materials. So when I spotted some cotton branches at my local Whole Foods, I was immediately intrigued. Their fluffy, white...

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11 Ways to Add Curb Appeal for Under $100

Too many people ignore curb appeal until it's time to move. Then they spruce up the place for the next residents. How does this make sense? Every time you come home, the sight of your front door should...

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10 Easy Pieces: Freestanding Wood Stoves

A new generation of wood stoves offers fuel efficiency, high combustion temperatures, and lower emissions to be environmentally responsible, powerful heaters for your home. You can eschew burn bans,...

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Steal This Look: A Grand Mudroom in Virginia

When we recently toured this Virginia farmhouse (see Architect Visit: A New Farmhouse for a 100-Year-Old Barn), we were entranced by its gracious proportions and views, and came upon the happy...

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Garden Envy: 10 Dramatic Drainage Ideas to Steal

Gravel doesn't sound like a glamorous hardscaping material. It's cheap, ubiquitous, and really, well, gravelly. But take a closer look, and you'll realize that the seemingly mundane material is a...

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DIY: A Dried Fruit Garland

If you want a bit of insight into how I turned out the way I did, consider the year that my mother declared that we'd have an "18th century Christmas." While our friends asked Santa for American Girl...

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10 Easy Pieces: Black Wharf Lights

You don't have to live in a lighthouse or regularly battle stormy weather on dark nights to appreciate wharf-inspired outdoor fixtures. Here are 10 dock lights in our favorite pitch-dark...

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A Gas Station Transformed: Gallerist Juerg Judin at Home in Berlin

Every abandoned building fascinates Berlin gallerist Juerg Judin. Today online magazine Freunde von Freunden publishes an exclusive interview (and garden visit) with Judin, who rescued a dilapidated...

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Gardenista Giveaway: Waxed Amaryllis Bulbs for the Holidays

Dipped in colorful wax, an amaryllis bulb from Holland needs no further attention. Set one gently on a table and prepare to be delighted; it will send up a firecracker display of flowers to last...

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Hardscaping 101: Pathway Lighting

The summer months have slid away and with them the ability to ignore spotty pathway lighting. Getting around the garden, and even to the front door, can be challenging when days get shorter and...

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DIY: Root Succulents from Leaves

If they don't get enough sun, succulents sulk. That's why indoor succulents get leggy. The fix? Snip off a stem, strip the leaves from your houseplant, and root each leaf in soil. We spotted this...

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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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Curb Appeal: A Custom Mailbox with Style to Spare

An attractive and hard-wearing mailbox is weirdly hard to find. We admire this appealing streamlined mailbox with address plaque from Austin-based Bold Manufacturing. Bold Manufacturing focuses on...

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