Fun With Lawn
Home & Garden May 10, 2012

What A Small Patch Of Lawn Can Do For You

A small patch of the green stuff may be just the sort of versatile ingredient your garden needs.

Sunlight on two sides of a room
Home & Garden May 7, 2012

The Must-Have Book For Home Renovators

Thinking about renovating? A Pattern Language is the definitive renovator’s “bible.”

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Miniature Roses
D.I.Y., Home & Garden April 25, 2012

Use Outdoor Plants For Indoor Arrangements

Cut flowers from the garden or corner store are a fine if conventional way to bring summer indoors, but bedding plants, plentiful everywhere just now, make equally attractive and more novel arrangements.

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Barbara Barry Bedding
Home & Garden April 11, 2012

Bed Making 101: Fold “Hotel Corners” Right

Contemporary bed making requires a skill practiced by the military and hospital and hotel staff. Here’s how to do it right the right way.   DO IT RIGHT | The wedding cake bed—you know, the ultrafeminine one (pictured here) with a frothy meringue of duvet, pleated bed skirt and rows of European shams racked up against the headboard—may not be passé, but it is not what’s currently hot in bedding. What’s in fashion in bedding right now is a tailored, masculine effect, characterized by lean, clean lines and multiple layers of fitted sheets and flat covers drawn in tight to

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Pink Lemonade blueberry
Home & Garden April 10, 2012

Why You Need To Grow Blueberries Right Now

Blueberry shrubs are easy to grow, attractive year round—and, of course, produce delicious berries. Here’s where to buy them for less.

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Orchid - iStock
Home & Garden April 5, 2012

Forget The Lily: Give Orchids This Easter

The long-lasting Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium orchids, in myriad colours, are gaining ground on the traditional Easter lily.

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BedPillows - Luxor Linens
Home & Garden April 3, 2012

How To Keep Bed Pillows Sweet & Fluffy

Most of us are fastidious about changing bed linens, but pillows often fall by the wayside. Here’s how to keep them sweet and fluffy.

Art stands 2- C. Hussey
D.I.Y., Home & Garden March 27, 2012

Easy Make Stands For Your Little Art Works

Designer Brendan Power explains how to make these classic tabletop art supports for small images from simple blocks of wood.

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The Grove, David Hicks - Ron Rule
Home & Garden March 23, 2012

How To Make A Spectacular Pot Garden

How the late, great British designer Sir David Hicks used Plain Jane planter boxes to create a spectacular pot garden at his home in England.

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Woman With Coloured Washcloth-iStock
Home & Garden February 15, 2012

All Washed Up: White Washcloths Are Over!

Forget about the colour of your parachute. We ask, what colour is your washcloth? If it isn’t black, it’s wack!

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