Dating back to 280 million years ago, cycads lived in the Mesozoic Era. With a tropical, palm-like look, their stiff leaves and stout trunk add a bold structure and intrigue to a modern or tropical garden. Be aware that all parts of…
Summer officially arrived this week and Remodelista was ready to welcome it. Here are some summery home essentials we spotted on the site.
Linen Bedding
Above: Linen bedding works for all four seasons, but in the summer, we consider them essential.…
Wouldn’t be great if you didn’t have to use pesticides to keep bugs from eating your plants? How awesome would it be if you could just plant plants to take care of some of the most common pests? Guess what? You can!…
“Someone once said that’‘gardening is straddling creativity and labor,’ ” says Janet Mavec of Janet Mavec Jewelry . “I think that’s so accurate. I love the juxtaposition of those two things.” For more than 25 years, Janet and…
Sitting down to drink a freshly-steeped cup of tea can be quite satisfying, especially if you have grown the ingredients in your backyard in a tea garden! Herbal teas are a gentle way to include healing herbs in your everyday routine. …
“We began our search for an upstate home in late 2019 the way everybody does it,” says David Krause: “by scrolling through Realtor and Zillow while bored and dreaming of a country getaway.” The couple’s search yielded an 1830s house in…
“I always wanted a garden,” says ceramist Melissa Goldstein of MG by Hand . (Read more about her work here .) As a child she loved going on nature walks with her dad. Years later, she rallied the fellow tenants…
When you’re first starting out, all the necessary supplies you need for making cold process soap can feel overwhelming. What items do you absolutely need from that recipe? What items are optional? Here are all the soap making supplies I use for…
Say thank you to those bumbling, fuzzy, pollen enthusiasts we love so much…bees! By planting flowers for bees, we can help them get enough food and energy to keep on pollinating our plants. Create a bee garden using these flowers, projects, and…
Photography by John O’Hagan
Text by Elizabeth Czapski
Image from Pantone
It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway into 2023, but one thing that feels as fresh as ever is Pantone’s Color…