No matter how long two individuals have been together or how much they’ve endured in their relationship, few things compare to the challenges they face when it comes to redesigning your home. You might think you understand your spouse inside and out, but strange behavior may occur when you’re making apparently benign design choices. Know […]
Seventeen years ago, Douglas and Kim Nichols sketched out the layout for their dream home on a sheet of paper. Six months afterwards that rough sketch turned into their enchanting traditional-style home just outside Atlanta. Fast forward today, and these empty nesters have handled home improvement projects large and small, from creating a handmade fireplace […]
March is a fantastic time. As you plan your garden this season, think about doing something different. Flex your horticultural muscle and mix veggies together with ornamentals, include a wildlife pond, grow herbs in containers or add a blossom to serve as a host plant for butterflies. Beauty may be had in the most unusual […]
For Morgan and Monica Campbell, it was about the windows. Clerestory windows in the living room, floor-to-ceiling windows in the dining area and extra-wide windows in all three bedrooms generated the airy, expansive atmosphere they were searching for in their very first residence. “The second my husband and I walked in, we knew we were […]
Built in 1910, this lovely Mill Valley, California, residence had a prior life as one of the 2,500 libraries built by businessman Andrew Carnegie. Following a brand new library was developed in the area 50 decades later, this arrangement became a private residence, and years of remodels left little of the first interior. Every time […]
You have seen coyote bush (Baccharis pilularis) dispersing along California beach bluffs and up through coastal canyons. While more often than not it is found instead of designed with, restorationists and urges of native planting replaces this readily overlooked tree as one worth revisiting in the garden. Native to the coastal bluffs and chaparral of […]
If you have been making the same safe decorating choices for as long as you can remember, it could be quite a challenge to break out of this rut. Is your home a reflection of your personality? Does this make you feel inspired and uplifted? Otherwise, that’s surely reason enough to refresh your decor in […]
Here we go! It’s the dawn of a new year, and the sun is already getting greater. If dreams of sugarplums danced on your head recently, today the dreams are of Blazingstar and Indian grass, right? You can order seeds and get them began at the end of January, or dog-ear all the catalogs and […]
Love it or hate it, the winter weather is rolling, and it’s going to stick around for a short time. Strolls are becoming brisk walks, and just those in warm climates are still enjoying afternoon barbecues or nights out on the terrace. Most of us will instead be spending evenings sipping a warm drink of […]
A glowing lantern signifies a place that’s warm and welcoming, and a construction which models itself on a lantern can convey exactly the same characteristics. The following three projects — a cottage, a barn house and a reclaimed barn — give away a powerful presence through exteriors that glow at night. As we look at […]