Dutch plantsman and designer Piet Oudolf is admired for his beautiful landscapes filled with dreamy drifts of perennial plants, and it was a love of his work that inspired the owners of this home to hire landscape designer Joanne Bernstein. The couple…
The trick to making the renovation of your bathroom a success is solid planning, both in establishing what you want from the space and knowing what to ask your designer. Here, three professionals answer key questions.
In West London, landscape designer Jane Ashley turned a backyard lawn in a suburban yard into a secluded haven where the homeowners can enjoy wildlife up close. Keep reading to learn more about how she cleverly transformed the space.
If you’d love your outside space to be somewhere you can immerse yourself in nature and leave the hubbub behind, a sensory garden might be for you. With elements designed to stimulate the five senses, the benefits to well-being are huge.“Whereas most …
The beautiful boundary walls of this garden are an integral part of the timeless look and peaceful feel of the space, but for many years they were entirely obscured by rampant greenery. The couple that owns the garden has lived here for 25 years and t…
“The difficulty with wide, shallow gardens is you don’t really have a direct focal point,” designer John Brennan of Yorkshire Gardens says, “so you have to send the eye left or right.” This backyard had the added challenge of being on a steep slope, s…
Wildlife-friendly designs, edible gardens and other sustainability-minded concepts were some of the top themes at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, held virtually May 18 to 23, 2020. The live event, normally held in London, was canceled due to the …
Bathroom flooring has to work extra hard. It needs to handle moisture, be kind to bare feet and be easy to clean, all while looking effortlessly gorgeous. So which material should you choose?Start by considering who will be using the bathroom, and the…
How do you turn a thin patch of scrappy lawn into an inviting yard with multiple vistas? That was the task facing landscape designer Paul Richards, who created this magical haven in Lancashire, England.“The garden had been a very boring grass rectang…
How far would you go to get your dream home? Mark Sewell and Eunice Locher were so eager to see their vision realized that they lived in an office shed in the yard for months — with their clothes in a tent — while their awkwardly shaped and dark 1980s…
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