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Garden Visit: Sezincote in Gloucestershire
Facing squarely to the east, Sezincote is like a fabulous dream. Though it inspired the Prince Regent in 1807 to build the highly decorated Brighton Pavilion, Sezincote is rather restrained and...
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Steal This Look: A Fragrant Palace Balcony in India
Built on the banks of the Kushavati River in the southern Indian state of Goa, the 18th century architecture of the Palácio de Deão exhibits an unusual mix of Indo-Portuguese influences. We spotted...
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Required Reading: The House Gardener by Isabelle Palmer
Isabelle Palmer, aka The Balcony Gardener, is always up for a challenge. Determined to bring greenery to the smallest urban spaces, she has just come inside from the balcony and turned her attention to...
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The Sheltering Sky: A Vacation House in Khopoli
Located in Khopoli, in Maharashtra, India (a region that fluctuates between extreme dry heat and monsoon season), a weekend house is perched on the edge of a rocky basalt cliff, with views of the hills...
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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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10 Easy Pieces: Bronze Garden Planters
Add an earthy and elegant note to your garden with a bronze-finished planter. Here are ten to consider: (N.B: Solid bronze planters are available, but they are weighty in both pounds and price. Our...
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The Evia Heated Lounge by Galanter & Jones
If you're like most people, you use lawn furniture about as often as your bathing suit: only if the weather is appropriately warm and most often while on a tropical vacation. During winter months—and...
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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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Hardscaping 101: Limestone Pavers
When the poet W. H. Auden tried to imagine paradise, he wrote, "What I see is a limestone landscape." Us too. Or at least a limestone terrace: As a building material, limestone is both universal and...
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Palette & Paints: India-Inspired Paint Colors
When we think of India, we think of color. We imagine the nearly-neon pigments of the springtime festival Holi, and remember Diana Vreeland's declaration that "pink is the navy blue of India." (For...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Tree Cocoon
My 14-month-old nephew has a deep and abiding affection for a chubby little volume you might be familiar with. It features a certain ravenous caterpillar and his transformative cocoon and after reading...
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Hotel Visit: Shakti 360° Leti
Imagine a hotel in such a remote region of India's Himalayan foothills that prospective guests must take an overnight train from Delhi, then drive on hairpin mountain turns for eight hours, and hike...
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Trending on Remodelista: Passage to India
As we dove headlong into the world of Indian gardens, the editors at Remodelista rounded up a must-read guide to everything design-related. We're busy packing our bags and making sure our passports are...
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Current Obsessions: Living Simply
We sang the praises of Indian gardens and landscapes —and the week flew by. Meredith inspired us with colors from India, Dalilah showed us one way to dye with turmeric, and Michelle rounded up 10...
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A River Runs Through It: Brio Architects in India
Located in Alibag, Maharashtra, a coastal town across the harbor from Mumbai, the House on a Stream is a weekend refuge for a busy Mumbai-based couple. Set on a one-acre plot with its own microclimate...
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Table of Contents: Less Is More
Why did I not realize for so long that less truly is more? Instead I spent whole decades of my life bent on accumulation and dedicated to the premise that more is more. The simple, pared down aesthetic...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Bernard Trainor's Most Beautiful Swimming Pool
Monterey, California-based landscape architect Bernard Trainor once quoted one of his design influences, the Australian architect Glenn Murcutt, in an interview for Garden Design magazine: "I see...
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Field Guide: Lettuce
Lettuce, Lactuca sativa: "The Garden Gem" One of our oldest cultivated foods, lettuce and its wild cousins have served humans for thousands of years as medicine, religious symbol, narcotic, virility...
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Everyday Flowers with Los Angeles Floral Artist Lili Cuzor
The basic philosophy of Los Angeles floral artist Lili Cuzor is that bringing bits of nature inside isn’t an indulgence, it's a necessity. And from Lili's perspective, loose, natural arrangements at...
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Steal This Look: An Open-Air Concrete Bath
Over the weekend, Julie showed us a Mumbai-area house perched on a stream; the owners cross a bridge to reach the master bedroom and bath. We instantly fell for the minimal concrete bath that lives...
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