The flip-and-sew process — sometimes called quilt-as-you-go — relies on time-honored foundation piecing techniques. Flip and sew, a good approach to use fabric scraps, allows you to stitch a patchwork surface layer and then sew or quilt the surface to…
Voles appear to consume just as much as they dig, and they do consume daylillies. Bulbs and the roots of these plants are vulnerable. If burrowing rodents are decimating your daylillies, you do have choices to dissuade them. Select from…
Moving can be a frustrating and complex process. Aside from the physical process of moving you will find endless arrangements and decisions to be made. Producing a detailed inventory is one method to make certain that everything remains organized and…
Travis Price III, builder, author, teacher, philosopher and ecological leader, has been practicing for more than three decades to “shape an international architecture educated by ecology and mythology which restores the soul of place to modern style,” he says. His…
Few things are more exciting than starting a new job — notably a house project. But with all that fresh energy comes the responsibility of making decisions which may impact your house and your household for years, even decades. What’s…
Most people can recall giving their parents handmade coupons for chores around the home at least one time. Whether they had been for foot rubs or car washes, they didn’t cost children a dime and often made Mom and Dad…
Virtually all of the architects I’ve spoke with insist that the houses they have designed are structural portraits of those who live inside the walls — and a lot of these portraits have names. “We usually go straight to the…
There never seems to be sufficient closet space in a home — whether it’s simple clothing storage or a place for holding the kids’ swim equipment when fall comes. If you’ve drained your entire home for potential closet area, there…
As graceful as their name suggests, demilune tables have held high status among their console counterparts. In French, “demilune” means “half-moon,” a picturesque description of these tables’ semicircular shape. They combine an elegant, feminine type using space-saving performance — because…
Interior designer Joshua Greene has been a style reporter for Women’s Wear Daily (and even had his own line of men’s shirts!) Before attending a motivational summer-long architectural program at Harvard — but the style universe has always fascinated him.…