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Hike of the Week: A Snowy Day in Colorado Gold Rush Country
I am not the outdoorsy type. That’s why my friend Callie used phrases like “fur-lined” and “rustic-chic” when, a few weeks ago, she pitched a three-day getaway to her family’s remote cabin in...
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Design Sleuth: The Patch Man of Saint-Moritz
Choosing to ski at the end of winter instead of dreaming of warmer places is a way of celebrating the season. These ski patches, sewn on to hot water bottles and woolen hats, have a similar effect....
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10 Ways to Survive Stormy Weather
With our friends on the East Coast burrowed in during what could be the biggest blizzard of the past century, a weekend of tea drinking and reading lies ahead. Keep company with a few of our favorites...
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A Chef's Secret Roof Garden: The Fairmont Hotel
Honeybees welcome. On the roof at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, Chef J.W. Foster has four hives and an edible garden, growing citrus trees and classic Mediterranean herbs in dozens of raised beds...
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Snow Days: Brooklyn After a Blizzard
We had started to wonder if we were going to have another nearly snowless winter here in New York City by the time a major snow storm arrived this weekend. After a rather unpromising icy rain on...
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Winter Viburnum: Pretty in Pink
Instead of roses, this Valentine's Day consider giving your sweetheart a fragrant, pink bloom that will continue to warm her (or his) heart for years to come: a winter-blooming viburnum. Commonly...
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Domestic Dispatches: The Death of the Shower Curtain
"There is no way in hell you are taking away my shower curtain," said my husband, a very modest man. I tried to calm him. "The only person a shower curtain ever helped was Norman Bates," I said. We...
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A Scandal in New England (Pink Paint Is Involved)
The summer of 2011, I painted my deck chairs pink. And so? My bold move was not as scandalous as the plot line of Herman Raucher’s coming-of-age film, "The Summer of '42" (in which a recently widowed...
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The "Un-Pink" Bouquet
Here's an antidote to the red and pinks that dominate St. Valentine's day: the Roezl, an all-green bouquet from The Sill in New York. For a profile on The Sill, see our earlier post, "Houseplant...
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Endangered Roses: Are Any Hiding in Your Garden?
The obsession that keeps Harald Enders awake at night is this: What if there's a rose lurking in your garden—or more likely, your grandmother's garden—that is the last living example of a rare...
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10 Easy Pieces: Simple Glass Vases Under $30
With spring just around the corner, you'll be arranging more flowers at home —tall, blooming branches and bunches of short hyacinth alike— so you'll need to stock up on simple vases (plus, did we...
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Still Life With Plants: A Stylist at Home in Stockholm
Spotted and admired via Residence Magazine, a simple way to add color to a black and white backdrop. In stylist Lotta Agaton's home in Stockholm, house plants add an element of green—and a shot of the...
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Go Anywhere Glamorous Deck Chair
As I sit with snow piled as high as my window sills, it is clear to me that when the folks at Glas Italia decided to name their latest seat a "deck chair," they did not have the New England climate in...
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Tulip Magnolia Branches: Just Add Water
A seasonal treat, the first tulip magnolias we've spotted in bloom (via Terrain, which is shipping branches while supplies— and flowers—last): Above: A bunch of Tulip Magnolia Branches from 3 to 4...
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World's Most Beautiful Flower Shop?
Located on Værndamsvej, a street that dissects Copenhagen from Frederiksberg, Martin Reinicke's Blomsterskuret (meaning "flower shed" in Danish) is overflowing with starter plants, topiaries, and...
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The English Gardener: "Let's Get #britishflowers Trending"
Remember the avenue of trees at the royal wedding a couple of years ago? They looked informal and cheerful while still adding to the theater of the occasion. The father of the groom of course was...
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A Secret Garden: Fanciful Topiary in the Berkshires
To everyone in town, an old Greek Revival was known mainly for being inhabited by the Eldridge sisters, a pair of spinsters who had moved back home in 1918. Not nice spinsters either—kind of mean....
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DIY Love Potion: Medicine Vials as Wall Vases
For me, Valentine's Day comes at the moment I need it most. By February, wooly socks and furry blankets have begun to lose their magic. Even if warmer days are weeks away, I appreciate the promise...
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5 Favorites: Leafy Wallpaper Patterns
Admired lately: leafy wallpaper patterns, which add a verdant feel to an interior (especially welcome during the long winter months). Here are five favorites: Above: Marthe Armitage's papers, printed...
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Bouquets for the Bath: Toss in a Tussie-Mussie
Spotted in the bath at Babylonstoren, an herbaceous tussie-mussie bouquet in a glass vase. What is a tussie-mussie, you ask? The tussie-mussie is the modern posy, an heir to the 16th century nosegay...
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