16 Creative Paint Color Names We've Not Seen — Yet
Dog Ear, Going to the Chapel, Baby’s Bottom and Dangerous Robot. No, these are not pictures, cocktails or books — they’re actual names of colors of paint to your home. (See the last two here and here.) Intelligent and at times odd names may or may not explain colors best, but they’re always fun. Thus […]
30 Favorite New Year's Resolutions from the
New Year’s resolutions have a tendency to repeat themselves annually: Be healthy, declutter, save money and so forth. This year we requested ers to consider specific ways they could bring their resolutions home. Though a few of you stuck into practicalities (organizing the linen closet and tearing down background), others concentrated on more emotional aspects […]
Expand Your Growing Season
My grandma had a cold frame. It was a long rectangular box angled to catch the sun with a sliding glass shirt, situated along the south facing wall of the garage. At the time I didn’t understand what it was, but now I have assembled one of my own, just outside my kitchen, made of […]
6 Branches and Berries to Spruce Up Holiday Decor
When business comes and I want to create some atmosphere using a table structure, I eschew the offers in the local supermarkets and opt to swing through my own gardens, snipping branches, gathering what I need to make an artful centerpiece that takes minutes to prepare. Woody trees and shrubs with interesting bark or even […]
Tour the Best for a Desert Spanish Colonial
Prepare to go into a luxurious Spanish colonial home built with every detail beautifully executed. “We had a budget where we can use the best of all on this house,” says interior designer Josie Fratantoni. But “I love to reveal to customers of all budgets, to ensure they may be motivated and show me exactly […]
A Jersey Shore Beach House Breaks Free
Not many people could have imagined any expectation with this dank and obsolete bungalow beyond tearing it down, but the homeowner and her interior designer, Sheila Rich, could. “My customer has a great eye for simplicity in style and managed to see the potential in this aged midcentury beach bungalow,” says Rich. Her customer had […]
Top 5 Trees for Fall Color in California
Such as the myths that everybody in Silicon Valley is an entrepreneur and every server in Los Angeles is an actor, people say that California has no seasons — and no fall foliage. But look about in fall. A number of great garden trees which dependably brighten areas and public spaces using colorful fall leaves […]
The Way to Pick Tile for a Steam Shower
Steam is significantly more invasive than plain water, thus a steam shower requires more care to build than the average shower. There’s far more to the equation than simply including a steam generator and control pad. Building a steam shower calls for a new and complete system — from the drain to the ceilings to […]