Having come of age in/around a mall during the late 1990s, I’ve always associated the term “glamour shots” with soft focus, Cinnabons and feather boas. But perhaps not anymore. Because we've been getting lavish with our photos lately — all in the name of capturing the innate...
Time for Round Two of Tussie-Mussie Tuesday! Inspired by the Victorian language of flowers, we’re fixing up sweet and simple bouquets that you can give to the beloved buds in your life. Our last bouquet was all about romance, ranunculus and Mary J. Blige. Today, though...
Ryan and I probably fall a skosh more on the “I” side of the introvert/extrovert scale, but can't say we hang out with many wallflowers. Except when it comes to our bathroom decor. 1. Waterlily wallpaper. Remember those temporary wall decals from last summer? The ones...
I’ve been smearing myself with fragrant oils for a while now, ever since my tween-age years (y'know, back in the aromatherapy heyday of the 1990s), but I’ve never tried making my own infusion until now. The idea to make a skin salve with calendula flowers came...
Around our house, persimmons — so sassy and festive, and with a sweet, naturally spiced flavor — are the fruit we associate most with the holidays. It started a few years ago when a friend gave us a bag of them from her family's tree...
July 2022 update: We're using some new colors and experimenting with a different (and exciting) shape of concrete block plant stands. Check out the latest post. “What is garden art to you?” That was the theme of the night during this week’s #GardenChat, the lively Twitter convo...
You might remember a certain trip we took to the beach last spring, when we brought home a wagon brimming with several varieties of kelp. That afternoon back in June, we combined approximately 10 pounds of rinsed seaweed with water inside a 10-gallon Rubbermaid tote and...
Fall 2013 will forever be known as the season that we descended into sheer pumpk-insanity. This madness began with our haul from Bates’ Nut Farm. Remember the Ghostly Lumina white minis, the long-necked squash, and the obscenely large, incredibly orange Prizewinner? And the turban squash...
Design sorceress/Greco-Roman disco gladiator Kelly Wearstler must have a gland that produces nothing but inspiration. We swim through images of her work all the time, but there’s one object in particular that we saw inside a Wearstler interior that has been stuck in our craw...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you spend most of the year anxiously awaiting a crop from your garden, you will eventually be up to your eyebrows with that crop, scrambling for ways to eat it all. For some of our friends, it’s...