Tropical Style

Cool-Season Vegetables: How to Grow Turnips

Turnips get a bad rap as being bitter, but if you develop them in the right terms and harvest them at the right time, you’ll be amazed at what a fantastic addition they will be for your vegetable repertoire. They’re surprisingly versatile. You can eat the greens as the roots are growing; in fact, a […]

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Decorating Guides

Tortoiseshell Reveals Its Range

Tortoiseshell generally gets lumped in with the preppy trends of the ’80s, like Ray-Ban Wayfarers and prim headbands. However, this timeless material seems surprisingly fresh in today’s interiors. Although true tortoiseshell, which comes from hawksbill turtles, has been prohibited to protect those creatures, fake variations and faux finishes approximate the expression of the actual deal. […]

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Coastal Style

A Seattle Home Reaches for High Sustainability

Intent on following their passions of both green and modern design, Five Dot Design Build chose to create a really sustainable home for a Seattle couple and their son. The city website featured a big lot with remnants of a centuries-old orchard. Project architects Stephanie Ingram and Geoff Piper started with center sustainability measures — […]

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Decorating Guides

City View: Phoenix Style Blooms in the Desert

Spanish colonial revival layout is still a big part of style from Phoenix, Arizona, but layout this is getting more modern, filled with unexpected color and more in tune with the desert scenery. “The hardest misconception that we face as architects in Phoenix is that the desert is a harsh, unfriendly environment which needs to […]

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Coastal Style

How to Really Score in the Flea Market

If you are not a seasoned shopper, flea markets may be difficult places to navigate. But there are a lot of approaches to guarantee you’re getting a good deal while having a fun, relaxing Saturday or Sunday from the procedure. Prepare yourself with these eight tips and you’ll be well on your way to trolling […]

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Porches

A Chic Seat for Every Porch

Whether you are watching the tide roll in and out or watching kids catch lightning bugs, then the porch can be the best location for relaxing and taking in the view. When it comes to really enjoying those fantastic times, however, what is on the porch is nearly as important as what is beyond it. […]

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Coastal Style

Hip, Historic Victorian in Santa Cruz

Interior designer and boutique owner Suna Lock resides within her dream house: the 1870s Victorian Cope House in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, California. It lies only blocks away from Lock’s diverse boutique and design organization, Stripe. “I felt at home the moment I walked into the door,” she states. “I knew that was […]

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Fireplaces

Design 2012: General-Store Style Goes Mainstream

I believe the general-store twist on blending vintage utilitarian finds into your decor is here to remain. Seeing a vintage scale using its rusted edges sitting on a new granite countertop is a perfect example — these vintage pieces tell a story and match shiny new décor to get a style balanced between old and […]

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Decorating Guides

Splatter Patterns Let Loose in Decor

The ’80s have been slipping up on us. Trends like colour blocking and neon hues have reemerged from the archives, and paint-splattered products are back with a vengeance. Back in the day, stylish individualists would set themselves apart from splattering paint all over jeans or coats; today we are seeing with this Pollock-inspired trend on […]

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