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Design Sleuth: Ben Wolff Black Clay Pots
We featured these succulents in black pots in a recent House Call: Herne Hill in London on Remodelista. For a similar look, consider high-fire black stoneware garden containers from Connecticut potter...
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Steal This Look: An Airy Outdoor Shower
When you build a backyard shower next door to a 25-story apartment building in downtown Toronto, questions are going to arise. Like, how can it possibly feel private? Cue the huge maple trees. They...
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10 Easy Pieces: Gardening Hats
Summer hats in my house when I was growing up weren't so much fashion accessories as they were obligations. I can't say that I always wore my wide-brimmed panama without complaint, but I have my mom to...
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I'm Heading to Paris: Where Should I Go?
We're thrilled to bring you the first installment of our Travels with an Editor series—starting with my upcoming trip to Paris. Along with my posts on house tours and designer Q and A's on Remodelista,...
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DIY: Make a Natural Fabric Dye From Wisteria
Google the phrase “Wisteria Dye” and you will get a lot of images of things like tee shirts and yarn and ribbon in gorgeous pinky-lavender colors…like the colors of wisteria flowers. However, when...
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5 Favorites: Colorful Garden Walls
Adding color to a garden wall creates a strong focus for the space. You can mix colorant into stucco or add a coat of paint to an existing wall; here are five of our favorite colorful garden walls:...
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10 Easy Pieces: Folding Camp-Style Chairs
I remember packing for family camping trips with a pair of '60s-era camp chairs in tow—they were just as comfortable, functional, and durable as the modern plastic-coated options. Better looking too....
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The Foodie Bugle: A Brash Upstart is Already a Must-Read
Some people say, and some people do. When Silvana de Soissons says that she is planning a shop, you know it will happen. She already writes, teaches cookery, organizes lecture events in inspiring...
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5 Quick Fixes: Outdoor Lanterns
Candlelight was the first—and for centuries, only—truly reliable source of flattering illumination at outdoor dinner parties. No more. Here are five up-to-date lanterns, all of which use...
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A Garden Lovely Enough to Inspire Art
When Frances Palmer walks out the door of her barn and potter's studio in Weston, Connecticut, the first thing she sees is her garden, 50 feet in diameter, fenced against the deer—with great...
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DIY: Train a Wisteria Vine Not to Eat the House
I always walk past my wisteria briskly—show no fear—and sometimes when I talk to it, I say, "You are a plant. I am the human. I am in charge." But neither the wisteria nor I really believed that was...
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Stylish Storage: A Powder Coated Tool Rack
Spotted via Williams-Sonoma Agrarian, a steel tool rack capable of holding 33 pounds. That's a lot of trowel: Above: A Steel Tool Rack powder coated in hunter green is suitable for a potting shed or...
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DIY: A Mint Julep for Derby Day That's All About the Mint
Six years ago—long before Brooklyn or blogging—I found myself sitting in a meeting in a tiny regional historical society in North Carolina discussing Derby Day. I nodded my head cheerfully and said...
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The English Gardener: One of the Finest Examples of a Walled Garden in the Land
This may take a while as I need to write everything out by hand," says Monty, co-owner of The Walled Nursery in Kent. The "cash machine" isn't working. It would be odd if it did. Standing in the old...
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Design Sleuth: Potted Olive Tree
Move over, potted citrus trees. Lacy-leafed olive trees are less finicky indoors and, arguably, more elegant. Don't you agree? We spotted this particularly stalwart example of an olive tree trained as...
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Joshua Tree National Park: Not Your Mother's Arboretum
We spotted them first from the car as we drove into Joshua Tree National Park, the unique plants for which the park is named. They looked like giants got up in green rumba shirts frozen in some strange...
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Derby Day Recipe: Take One Julep Cup, Add Mint And...A Peony
In case you haven't already become acquainted, julep cups are those sturdy-looking sterling silver or pewter vessels used to mix icy, sugary juleps to enjoy on warm summer evenings. If you're a...
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Mystery Revealed: How to Grow Things in Perfectly Straight Rows
Mark out straight lines on paths and garden beds with two pegs and a piece of twine: Above: A Pegit by Nutscene, which consists of two beech pegs and twine (natural color, not green), is $30 from...
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Killer Kudzu: 5 Ways to Defeat the Vine That's Eating the Eastern Seaboard
With nicknames like "the vine that ate the south," kudzu is a force to be reckoned with. Introduced to the United States in 1876 at an exposition in Philadelphia as an ornamental plant, and later...
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10 Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Just when the weather starts to feel like a party, Cinco de Mayo gives us an urgent reason to throw one: Above: Photograph via Amy Merrick. In fact, it might be warm enough to throw the season's...
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