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With fall on its way, I think all homes should have cozy reading corners ready to curl up in (if you ask me!). I hope you enjoy the inspiration rooms we found for today’s Sunday Strolls & Scrolls post! I love them…
Replacing your garden plants with drought-tolerant perennials is the smart choice for a low-maintenance garden that conserves water. For any hot hot summers, this can be a real lifesaver for your garden, energy, and water bill! Here are a few of my…
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Do you see something these dining rooms have in common, besides having a table and chairs (and looking oh so cozy)? They all have chandeliers with shades! I didn’t notice at first…but now that I see it, I understand why I love…
Printing cards using garden leaves and flowers is a simple and personal way to send a sentiment to someone special. Make hammered flowers within minutes, creating beautiful prints straight from your garden for the people in your life you want to give…
Never does an indoor/outdoor, totally washable rug make more sense than high summer, with sandy towels, tracked-in dirt from the garden, and inevitable drips of watermelon and peach in the kitchen. Enter Pappelina’s new Archipelago collection, fully washable and highly resilient,…
One of the main insights I walked away with after co-authoring Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home: A Sourcebook for Stylish, Eco-Conscious Living is that, more times than not, the answer to undoing some of the damage brought on by climate change is to…
Did someone say free garden plants?! You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to fill up your garden or house full of plants. There are many great resources out there to connect with fellow gardeners and source free plants to create…
The Egyptian walking onion may just be getting more steps than I do! These prolific members of the allium family are one of those wacky, wild, and wonderfully weird vegetables that are so fun to grow. Here’s how to grow Egyptian walking…
Think of garden pollinators, and myriad bees instantly spring to mind. But recent studies have found that night pollinators are actually more efficient than day flying insects. This year researchers from the University of Sussex reported that moths are vital insects for…
Have you ever come home from a holiday to find that your plants are suffering from extreme thirst? Or even worse, have you come home to find the plants dead? Here’s how to water plants while away using some pretty cool plant…