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Avid gardeners and those in the landscape industry talk about soil a lot. Clay, sand, topsoil, mulch, amendments, compost — we throw around these terms regularly because the ground is so essential to what we do. For anyone who claims to have a “black thumb,” I would like to let you in on… , The…
Having an air conditioner is a near-must in climates where months-long heat waves are a summer norm. (We’re fanning our faces with you, Houston and Atlanta!) And with that comes an equally scorching energy bill. Even in regions with gentler climates, homeowners can still experience enough hot days… , 6 Ways to Cool Off Without…
You probably wouldn’t guess it, but turn-of-the-century rural farmhouses have a lot in common design-wise with big-city industrial buildings from the same era. Both types of structures were born out of a need for function at a minimum cost, and both have simple forms and were made from raw materials,… , Bathroom Workbook: 10 Elements…
I drool over cottage kitchens, but then, my husband does most of the cooking. (I cooked for the first 25 years, so it seemed only fair that he cook for the next 25.) Naturally, his response to cottage kitchens is distinctly different from mine. Where I drool, he spits. So how can a cottage… ,…
Douglas Pierson and Youn Hee Choi had a growing family and nowhere to go. Pierson, an architect and principal at (fer) Studio, and Choi, an imagineer at Disney, loved their small house in Los Angeles Venice Beach neighborhood, but with two kids, it just didnt… , Houzz Tour: A New Home in an Old Backyard…
We have always been taught to plant in groups of odd numbers, threes and fives and so on, and to create natural-looking drifts that ebb and flow into one another. But what if we choose not to? What if were stricter in the ways we plant, using even-numbered groupings, creating straight edges and geometric… ,…
Theres a uniquely creative spirit about so many of the projects I cover in Portland, Oregon, that Ive often wondered what they are putting in the water in that city. Its the clients around here, says Anne De Wolf, a principal at Arciform,… , Kitchen of the Week: Victorian Style the Nonconformist Way (8 photos),…
When interior designer Beverley Harper saw some online photographs of a Woodside, California, home, she warned her real estate agent that she didnt want to buy a Sheetrock palace. But when Harper visited the house in… , My Houzz: Casual, Organic Elegance in California (20 photos), http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/25418674/list/My-Houzz–Casual–Organic-Elegance-in-California/, http://www.houzz.com/getGalleries/featured/out-rss, Houzz, http://www.houzz.com/res/1884/pic/logo.gif?v=1884, Tips de Diseño, 1, tips-de-diseno…
A neat, chic entryway gives visitors a positive first impression and makes coming home a pleasure. But between the daily influx of mail and a households worth of coats, shoes and bags, this space is often one of the most challenging to keep clean and clutter free. Give your entryway… , 7-Day Plan: Get a…
When retirement beckoned, a Los Angeles couple decided to ditch the sprawling, traditional house where they had raised their four children for something smaller and decidedly more modern. Their find was a 1950s house designed by noted Los Angeles modernist A. Quincy Jones, and renovated and expanded… , Houzz Tour: Retiring to a Midcentury Modern…