Tablescapes give a room that finished look, improving your space and making the most of your belongings. Creating tablescapes, that are basically intentional arrangements of items on flat surfaces, is something all decorators listen to, but they can feel mystifying and out of reach to the rest of us. Here we examine what goes into […]
Accessories are so frequently a location for integrating color without having to commit to significant alterations. However, for making an statement, as an option , occasionally white is overlooked in the effort to make effect. Against a dark backdrop, white can be a showstopping color; against a neutral backdrop, it may fade gracefully into the […]
Making one or more of the bathrooms in your home handicapped accessible amounts to a smart investment. In case a family member suffers from limited mobility, the demand for these accommodations is apparent, but an ADA-compliant bathroom is also a sensible choice for any aging homeowner. The expense of construction or remodeling a bathroom to […]
However cautious you are, some thing in the fridge eventually will start to stink, making the interior of the refrigerator smell as well. As soon as you’ve removed the offensive mystery object, then the scent takes a very long time to go away on its own since there’s minimal air flow in a closed refrigerator. […]
If you are planning to grow your own vegetables or already have a vegetable patch, you probably know that tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) make a dependable crop, attracting luscious fruits to the family table. Rumors grow as perennials at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, however they perform nicely as annuals elsewhere. […]
Lawns have been coming under attack as of late — after all they are high-maintenance, chemically dependent thirst mongers, right? Yes and no. Much depends on which kind of grass you choose, and if you opt for the “wrong” kind for your region, you’re in for high water bills, a lot of mowing and an […]
A number of our gardens seem to be compartmentalized, mimicking our own lives. We wake up, go to work, go to lunch, drive home from work, pick up your children, prepare dinner, and watch TV and head to bed, just to repeat the process the following moment. The backyard spaces where we surround ourselves are […]
You will realize this project as a simple window box, however you should not restrict it to just a window. This planter can go in almost any spot where you are able to drive a few screws in, make it a wooden fencing (as shown here), a blank wall or near that window. If your […]
The final month of summer is bittersweet, even though I’m swatting mosquitoes left and right as I weed in my shade garden. With significant rains in the Northeast in June and July, the mosquitoes are especially awful in August. Many homeowners are visiting the harmful effects of storms dirt driveways that are partly washed out, […]
On occasion a garden that’s filled with crops of similar heights, especially those lower than 3 feet, can become drab. Add flair with tall tickseed (Coreopsis tripteris), a long-blooming, heat-loving, butterfly-calling skyscraper. Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens Botanical name: Coreopsis tripterisCommon name: Tall tickseed, tall coreopsisOrigin: Native in areas from the central and southern Great […]