There aren’t a lot of garden designers who people know by name. There are even fewer who people who don’t garden know by name. Arne Maynard is one of them. Thanks to articles in Vogue,… [Continue Reading]
Archives for February 2014
A little of this, a bit of that
This week I find myself in one of those places where I have a lot of things have finished but nothing really to show for it. And that’s how you end up with blog post… [Continue Reading]
Smooth operator
I am basking in the glow of a finished hallway, folks. After a weekend of painting and a few finishing touches, the hallway is looking so much better. It was a weekend of many projects… [Continue Reading]
Feature Friday: A gorgeous potager
Boy, do I have gardening on the brain lately. March is such a cruel month because everything tells us it should be spring but for so many of us it is still very much winter…. [Continue Reading]
How to skim coat a lumpy wall
If you’ve been following the progress of removing the wall texture in our small hallway, you’ve probably figure out by now that the remaining texture in the house (in the downstairs bathroom and the den)… [Continue Reading]
An unfortunate case of the munchies in my yard
The world outside my door appears to be frozen. Certainly nothing is growing, but I didn’t expect things to be shrinking. Sadly, there are a lot of things shrinking in my yard. The deer are… [Continue Reading]
Oops, I broke that? Aw, shucks. :)
First off, thanks for all the thoughtful comments on the ugly bathroom post. You guys all had great ideas for further improvements in there on the cheap and I’ll definitely be putting some of them… [Continue Reading]