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Design Sleuth: Iman Deco Black Chair
Spotted on Remodelista's Designer Visit: Scott Lewis Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, the Hoop Chair by Iman Deco. The line is created by French designer Michele Nexer, who previously worked...
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How to Crowd Source a Garden: Throw a Party, Serve Brunch, and Hand Out Shovels
The first time Jen Catto saw the brownstone that would become her home in Brooklyn's Crown Heights historic district, the "back garden" consisted of 6-foot-high weeds surrounded by a prison yard chain...
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Drink Up: PVC-Free Garden Hoses
Your seemingly innocuous garden hose may be brewing up a dangerous cocktail. Before taking another drink, consider investing in a chemical-free, drinking-water-safe option. A vast majority of garden...
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5 Delicious Ways to Eat Flowers
As many of our favorite flowers blossom, we're planning to incorporate the edible varieties into our menus. Here are five (actually, make that six) of our favorite recipes to add a bit of color and...
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A Tote Worthy Garden Bag
I was in Los Angeles recently and swung by Apolis (my latest source for a good white T-shirt) and spotted these Garden Bags. The bags are a collaboration between Apolis and lifestyle magazine Kinfolk...
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10 Mysteries to Investigate Further
This was a week that raised more questions than it answered around here: why was it so windy every afternoon? How can we stop the mysterious mildew that's attacking flowers on the East Coast? And...
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A Garden of Eden in the Desert
When you are a one-man survival experiment—living off the grid with no plumbing, paved roads, or electricity on land you bought for $13,000 in the West Texas desert—you spend a lot of time trying to...
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DIY: Weeds You Can Eat
I’m not supposed to love feral fennel, but I can't help it. Sure, it's a weed. But with feathery fronds and bright clusters of flowers, fennel fills the air with a scent of anise. Grilled fennel bulbs...
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Closet Cleanout: The Only 10 Pieces of Clothing You Need
I have only good memories of walk-in closets, except for the time I was rummaging around in the back of one—and suddenly came across a high-top sneaker with two kittens sitting in it. It was a charming...
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Frugal Flowers: How to Make Supermarket Ranunculus Look Like a Million Bucks
Multi-layered and gravity-defying atop delightfully bendy stems, ranunculus is one of my favorite cut flowers. Early spring is the right time of year to snag bunches as they begin to appear in flower...
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Stage a Garage Intervention with Stylish Shelving
The last time you drove into your garage, were you required to open the car door a gingerly crack and to slither through it to avoid banging into bikes, and long-forgotten lacrosse sticks, and camping...
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Hanging Window Box from Ikea
Spotted on Ikea, a hanging window box with a slim profile. Suspend a planter in mid-air across a window to give fresh herbs the sunniest spot in the kitchen: Above: A white Grundtal Container is made...
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An Insider's Favorite: The Bliss of Visiting Rousham in the Cotswolds
The sound of peacocks crowing in the English countryside is a sign that a parallel world exists nearby. Those who keep peacocks have no regard for the sleep quality of their neighbors, or better still,...
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Steal This Look: Your Dream Garden Shed
Get your garden tools in order. With little more than a new coat of paint and many, many Shaker pegs, you can create a dream garden shed. Above: We were recently inspired by this easy DIY project,...
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10 Easy Pieces: Round Wood Outdoor Dining Tables
There's something particularly accommodating about a round outdoor table; it's forgiving if you need to pull up one more chair at the last minute. Our ten favorites below are designed to seat four...
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Stylish Outdoor Entertaining with Compostable Paper Plates
A while back, we admired the Wasara line of sculptural disposable paper goods designed by Tokyo-based Shinichiro Ogata. Since then, the line has received a Good Design Award from the Chicago Museum of...
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The Secret Ingredient to Make Windows Shine Bright Like a Diamond
When it comes to cleaning my home, I like to take as natural an approach as possible. In my ideal world, the process of making my own cleaning products would always look more like whipping up something...
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The English Gardener: Just a Little Off the Sides, Please
To clip or not to clip, to edge or not to edge? It's more engaging if you can accommodate both, but make sure that it looks as though it has been done on purpose. Photographs by Kendra Wilson. Above:...
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10 Easy Pieces: Garden Clogs and Ankle Boots
Given the choice, I'd go barefoot all summer long. It doesn't matter if it's sand between my toes or fresh garden mud, I like the feeling of my bare feet planted directly on the earth. When I was...
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Join Me for a DIY Workshop at Anthropologie
A bouquet of cut flowers is lovely, but how long does it last? Instead make a Living Bouquet for your mom that will last all year. Think of it as the grownup version of your kindergarten hand print....
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