[Interior] Landscape Paving 101: Bluestone Basics
07/13/2015 22:12
Bluestone is a common name for many different stone types around the world. In the United States, bluestone refers to a type of sandstone quarried on the East Coast with a predominantly blue to blue-...
07/13/2015 21:12
Helen and Johnse Howard’s 1928 Craftsman in Berkeley, California, was in pretty bad shape when they bought it in 2014. It needed major seismic repairs, foundation work and new plumbing. To offset the...
[Interior] Great Design Plant: Jeffersonia Diphylla
07/13/2015 20:12
Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) was one of the first plants I bought when I began seriously using native plants in my home landscaping. I wanted something tolerant of dry shade, and that’s what it sa...
07/13/2015 03:12
Sitting in south Park Slope, the expanding frontier of gentrified Brooklyn, New York, this three-story townhouse was something of a mess. But it afforded the young family of four who bought it the ab...
07/13/2015 02:12
Our gardens may seem a long way from the well-tended acres surrounding Italian villas and French palaces, but we can take many features directly from them to create our own gardens of formal grandeur...