
Using a rock wall to turn a (normally) swampy area of the pond bank into a neat edge detail really is a clever idea – I am not usually attracted to large pine trees (they are often planted small [...]

Using a rock wall to turn a (normally) swampy area of the pond bank into a neat edge detail really is a clever idea – I am not usually attracted to large pine trees (they are often planted small [...]

One of the things I find most difficult about winter is these last few months before spring. I grow restless and I crave nature – I long for greenery and the smell of warm cut grass – I daydream about [...]

image via gardenrooms image via gardenrooms image nytimes It has rained for a whole week here so everything is green, green green!

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So there were 5 pine trees around the back side of the house, probably meant to disguise the long weird facade with no windows, but two of them were growing up against the house and the other three looked as [...]

image from House and Garden image from Victoria Magazine One Idea that I have been thinking about is secret outdoor spaces. I would like to plant some evergreens that would lead to an unexpected and hidden clearing perhaps about fifteen [...]

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images from house and garden image from Country Gardens One detail I love is stacked rock walls – in our area there are a lot of crumbling low rock walls running along old fields – and some fancy flat stone [...]
Here is just another renovation blog. Here is the story – I grew up on a farm in upstate NY and when I am in city I invariably miss the country. So my siblings and I often end up back [...]
This is just a little ‘illustration’ I did of the house facade in Photoshop to help me envision what the house would look like without the extended enclosed porch. I just couldn’t help but post it along with the floor [...]
Our house seems to be a hodgepodge of Greek Revival styles. It has the accentuated pediment of the earlier Greek Revival New England design but has the layout and window placement of the later ‘Midwestern Greek Revival farmhouse’. I don’t [...]
My father bought me this book this summer when we were out looking for furniture at the local antique /used furniture shops in the area. To Grandfathers House we Go – A Roadside Tour of American Homes By Harry Devlin [...]