It’s an Instagram staple: antique dressers, tables, sewing machines and so on that have been turned into one-of-a-kind bathroom vanities. Even Joanna Gaines has championed the trend, transforming an antique table into an enviable sink for Fixer Upper. Home reno TV shows and YouTubers, like the Nifty Nester, make the transformation look easy. So easy,…
With Labor Day upon us, it’s time to start looking ahead to fall, for better or worse. I say this because some people don’t want summer to end. In their minds, summer is when all the good times happen, and when summer’s over, so are the good times. They think once September hits, winter is…
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THEY are the bane of every gardeners’ life – so how can you get rid of weeds effectively? One green-fingered pro has had his say, as he demonstrated how he ensures his outside space stays weed free all year long. 4 A gardener said he spots the same mistakes when it comes to soil and…
Immediately after I completed my horticultural training back in the mid-1970s, I took a job restoring, as best I could, a beautiful old estate on the Palisade cliffs of the Hudson River. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, the successor to the firm founded by the co-designer of New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, it…
pool sun lounger umbrella You might have seen the headlines warning about the 3-hour gardening rule and wondered if it can really be that dangerous to get green fingered between the hours of 11 am and 2 pm. Forcing you to consider parking all your backyard ideas for the foreseeable future. As an unprecedented heatwave…
Kitchen sink and counter, wooden ladder shelf with plants displayed If you’re the proud owner of a dehumidifier as well as a plant parent, it’s probably crossed your mind whether you can kill two birds with one stone and repurpose your dehumidifier water. If you’ve been struggling with damp and poor air quality, there’s a…
