Little Steps to Organizing Success

Little Steps to Organizing Success

Even though I’m not a teacher in the conventional sense, I love assigning customers homework — tasks I’m confident they can do without me present — during the organizing process. I do this for a couple reasons, but my primary…

Bowl Over Guests With a DIY Air Plant Terrarium

Bowl Over Guests With a DIY Air Plant Terrarium

Not everyone is born with a green thumb, myself included, but I still love the presence of plant life in my house. Artificial plants are not my design, so I select for dwelling varieties that have simple requirements and low…

Crystal: Brilliant Pick for Rooms

Crystal: Brilliant Pick for Rooms

Crystal is sexy in jewellery this year. Its elegant appearance is dressing up outfits via necklaces, bracelets and earrings, and now it’s time to imagine the identical glamour in your house. Chandeliers give an obvious means to bring crystal inside,…

Porch Life: 12 Ways to Beautify a Porch With Plants

Porch Life: 12 Ways to Beautify a Porch With Plants

We have been chatting about porches for months, but we’ve yet to speak about among the most crucial components on the porch so far: crops. From small pots to big urns, hanging plants into terrariums, foliage and blossoms are porch…

10 Tips for Earth-Friendly Home Renovation

10 Tips for Earth-Friendly Home Renovation

Join us this week as we look at 10 simple ways to incorporate earth-friendly techniques and materials into your renovation. Whether you are simply swapping out your counter tops or backsplash or tackling a whole-house renovation, there’s guaranteed to be…

Gardens Tap Into Rill Water Characteristics

Gardens Tap Into Rill Water Characteristics

Of all of the water features we use in our gardens, the rill perhaps has the most interesting history. The rill is a man-made backyard canal that creates garden ambience through the nice sound of moving water. The earliest style…

Design Inspiration: Tropical Mexico

Design Inspiration: Tropical Mexico

Apologies to anybody who happens to be stuck in the snow at this time, but I am on the beach in Mexico, in a little town just south of Puerto Vallarta. The beauty of the tropics never fails to stun…

Fall for a Water-Wise Fountain

Fall for a Water-Wise Fountain

Water attracts tranquility, balance and motion to an outside space, qualities nearly impossible to replicate with other materials. How can you have the appearance with water conservation in mind? There are a few strategies:Reduce evaporation by minimizing the outside areaSurround…

Get Floored by Creative Use of Tile

Get Floored by Creative Use of Tile

You understand how supposedly we use only 10% of our brains? Well, I think we use only about 10% of tile’s capacity also. I really like staggered subway tile as much as the next woman, but let’s face it: It’s…

Contemporary Farmhouse Vineyard in Minnesota

Contemporary Farmhouse Vineyard in Minnesota

A modern farmhouse may seem like an oxymoron to some people, but also for Bill Costello of Murphy & Co.. Design, the farmhouse feel was appropriate for his client, vintner Billy Smith. Even though the home and land function as…