We are fortunate to live in an area of the country where we can garden almost yearlong. Our winters are typically mild, though we can have a jagged snowfall or ice storm. While our friends…
Hello, winter and the holiday season. Many Great Lakes gardeners are nearly too busy this past month with vacation tasks to spend time gardening. But the winter garden offers inspiration for holiday decorating, as well…
As the autumn days become shorter and the weather becoming less appealing for gardening, so it’s easy to put thoughts about your backyard on hold and focus on warm, cozy winter days inside. But do…
Pachysandra is a low-maintenance, evergreen ground cover that spreads quickly. Its leaves are a lighter shade of green than many evergreens, and it blooms with sweet, vibrant white blossoms in early spring. It is deer…
Once hardly habitable, this historical Rotterdam, Netherlands, home now boasts a modern interior with its original bones. Architects Fabiana Toni and Rocco Reukema purchased it as part of an initiative to rescue historical buildings. “For…
Solid-surface countertops are the stuff of George Jetson, where high-tech plastics can be heating sculpted into any envisioned shape. These contemporary surfaces take on many appearances, such as rock, nevertheless shed the openings of their…
While ordinary window coverings can work for just about any window style or size, unique remedies can be the most attractive. Designs that creatively use everyday materials in unexpected manners can make a massive impact…
In the event the Northwest has not seen sunny skies and dry summer weather nonetheless, we will in August. This is the month once the ground begins to bake, and it’s easy to become concerned…
Welcome to an experiment in living from the Northern California forest. Its owners, a household with two kids, see it as an initial step toward living full-time in a house which produces all its energy….
Despite the arrival of digital magazine content, good conservative paper variations are still around, and at my house they pile up quicker than I care to admit. Having spent years as a magazine editor, I…