Home is where the heart is.
I’m a firm believer in multitasking possessions, especially in regards to items that are shown in my property. Here is a range of products that bridge the gap between form and function. A number of these pieces are really artful, despite their utilitarian nature, and many others are simply lovely decorative items that are going…
Red is a color a lot of people love but are reluctant to use. It’s a daring, eye-catching hue which makes a room appear exciting, but a lot of red can overwhelm a room. If you want to provide red a try, consider a few of those fresh, contemporary strategies to add only a dose…
Achoo! Pollen season has hit us early this year, thanks in part to the Winter That Wasn’t. Even though you’ll hear me grumble as I move through still another box of Kleenex or hose down my car for the umpteenth day in a row, I secretly adore the sneezy stuff for one reason: its own…
Paul and Jackie Sterchele relocated to Flemington, New Jersey, from Cincinnati, Ohio, also fell in love with the secluded location of the 1980s center-hall colonial. While the house had a great deal of work, with its dark, cramped layout and no flow from room to room, Paul and Jackie were charmed with their soon-to-be neighbor’s…
Most herbs don’t require deep dirt to be productive. They can even grow well in containers on balconies, patios and sunny kitchen windowsills. Depending on type, herbs that do well in shallow dirt require no more than 3 to 12 inches of soil for rooting. Outdoors in the ground , they might stretch their roots…
Do not be deceived by other trees using “date palm” in their common names. The only tree that grows dates is the real date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). This palm is regarded as native to North Africa, but grows around the world in dry, warm, frost-free regions in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9…
If you enjoy container gardening but do not have a sunny spot, you can still have colorful blossoms in flower boxes by picking plants that prefer shade. Your choices include tall plants with impressive flowers, bushy specimens that fill space well, trailing plants that cascade over a planter’s border and brief, mat-forming bloomers. Mix and…
New wax makes your vinyl floor shine, but old wax accumulates dirt and makes the floor look prettier. That is why you should clean old wax frequently — and the more frequently you do it, the easier the job. Ammonia is an effective wax remover, particularly when mixed with light detergent. Wax Removing Solution Ammonia…
A love of classic tools and mechanics inspired the homeowner to base his kitchen entire material palette on one object. “At our initial meeting for the undertaking, he showed me that a 1920s General Electric voltmeter and stated, ‘This is what I want the room to feel as though,’” says designer Amy Sklar. Kitchen at…
The wispy beauty of this palo blanco shrub exerts its capacity to handle the tough growing requirements of the desert, including regions with heat. The attractive foliage of this desert native, along with its distinctive white trunk and peeling bark, leaves the palo blanco a prized addition to the ancestral landscape. The title palo blanco…