Q: Plywood in the north side of my attic has a steady covering of black, what I assume is mold. The south side is not so bad. I recently moved in... Read more…
The project started with a relatively simple goal: replacing a decades-old bathroom sink and vanity. The wooden base of the vanity was... Read more…
Q: I have a huge oak tree in my backyard that provides plenty of great shade, but every other year acorns come down and cover my lawn, and... Read more…
It's easy to forget from one summer to the next what you liked about your garden and what didn't work. That's why it's a good idea at this... Read more…
Once petunias had a sweet scent and snapdragons were so intensely fragrant that some people complained about them. Pansies stood up on 6-inch stems and, as hard as it might be to believe, nasturtiums glowed in the dark. Read more…
An unofficial collective known as the Ikea Hackers are do-it-yourselfers and technogeeks, united only by their perspective, which looks upon an Ikea Billy bookcase or Lack table and sees not a finished object but raw material. Read more…
The designer Chris Madden and her husband, Kevin Madden, turned a 472-square-foot Manhattan apartment into a luxurious pied-а-terre. Read more…
Stoop sales have become big business in some Brooklyn neighborhoods. Read more…
Saturday, September 01, 2007 Q: Our evergreen sumac grew beautifully this spring (it is about 2 years old — we got it at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center plant sale). Then its leaves suddenly drooped in May and turned purplish or brown, and it basically died very quickly. Read more…
Webworms are about to strike trees for the third time this year, and this stage can be the most damaging because the caterpillars can defoliate the tree. So if you want to manage the webworm population, now's the time to prepare. Webworms are often found on pecan trees around Central Texas. Read more…
What can happen when you order an ivy-covered cottage from your son. Read more…
Duncan Brine is a landscape designer with a filmmaker?s eye. Read more…
Saturday, August 25, 2007 Q: The mature live oak trees in our backyard have been dropping leaves just like they do in March, but this is summer! Small to medium spots on the leaves turn brown before they drop. The veins of the leaves are still green. Read more…
Whenever I mention bamboo in a garden setting, opinions are usually strong. Some feel bamboo is a 50-foot-high weed that aggressively spreads without respect for persons or property lines. Indeed, several lawsuits have been filed for "bamboo damages" to property. Read more…
Three women sharing property lines: that was just the beginning. Read more…
Retain the structure, skip the nonessentials and stay on budget. Read more…
They don't know each other, but it doesn't matter. He lives in her Oak Hill neighborhood and has stopped for a moment simply to say, "I walk by here just to see your garden." He is not the only person captivated by Janet Barrington's landscaped home. Read more…
Saturday, August 18, 2007 Food Garden Mentor Training — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Information on organic food gardening, including a hands-on demonstration on biointensive gardening by Green Corn Project. Learn to facilitate food gardening activities in underserved neighborhoods. Read more…
Waterfalls and lagoons are so much more than mere places to swim. Read more…
Treehouse is a planned intergenerational community, a place built to nurture both young and elderly people. Read more…
Bryan Batt, who plays an Italian-American art director on the summer television hit ?Mad Men,? is not just an actor, he?s an actor-decorator. Read more…
Finding a combination of plants that would not interfere with the power of the rocks and trees has been the challenge for Karen Bussolini for over 18 years. Read more…
With Austin's abundant live oaks and sheltering tree canopies, caladiums can make it through the extreme August rays, proving to be summer-long mainstays given the appropriate treatment. Read more…
Every Central Texas yard, no matter how small, attracts some wildlife: insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, various invertebrates and the occasional nondomesticated mammal. Read more…
Second Life is a Web site that gives thousands a chance to build online houses that are Architectural Digest-style fantasies. Read more…