Create Buzz as a Beekeeper

If it’s possible to backyard, then you can be a garden beekeeper, states Bee Thinking proprietor Matt Reed. Based on his experience with clients in Portland, Oregon, he’s found that chickens have become the gateway animals to bees. “If you already have a chicken coop,” he states, “there is a high chance that you are …


Design an Easy-Clean Toilet

I hate cleaning baths. There. I have said it. I’m not proud, but I’m not really ashamed either. I’ve got better things to do with my time … well, definitely more fun things to do with my time. Do not you? Not everybody has a housekeeper, so when you are the person who has to …


East Meets Southwest in New Mexico Home

This spacious adobe house perched on the top of a mountain out Santa Fe, New Mexico, is home to a retired couple with East Coast roots. The pair was seeking somewhere to host family members and friends that’s also comfortable and casual enough for only the two of them. Designer Karla Tewes utilized most of …


Laundry Makes a Clean Break Using Its Own Room

With the recent downsizing trend, homeowners are searching for new ways to make the most of their house’s square footage. As a result, the laundry area (that was once considered an absolute necessity) is shifting. Rather than a designated room for laundry, even smaller homes are benefiting from having the washer and dryer in nooks. …


Set of the Landscape: Mediterranean Garden Style

If you live where summers are dry and hot (or at least hot) and winters are warm and wet, a Mediterranean-influenced garden could be great: It is lush, inviting and generally low care, filled with drought-tolerant plants that can thrive in your climate. These gardens invite you to live outdoors year-round. This design also allows …


Quirky Vintage Home in Phoenix

When it comes to her home, accessories designer Jennifer Wood buys everything she likes and takes thoughts from a range of influences: novels, the web and travel. “I have a tendency to gravitate toward a gathered, classic look that’s sometimes a little quirky,” she states. at a GlanceWho lives here: Jennifer Wood, her husband and …


Decorating Around the World: Mexican Modern

Vibrant colour, conventional tile and tropical plantings mix seamlessly with slick, modern elements in these new, modern Mexican homes. Get inspired with a digital tour of modern Mexico and come off with a couple of ideas to try in your own house. Ike Kligerman Barkley Color has always been a important part of Mexican style. …


White Appliances Find the Limelight

This week on the queries board, consumer lanierf requested,”Can you show fine kitchens with white appliances or is everybody working with the more expensive stainless steel” While most Americans are still having a love affair with stainless steel, glossy and updated white appliances have gained popularity overseas and are gradually making their way into more …


Guest Groups: Playroom Perfection

If my finances (three expensive kids) and dwelling area were as unlimited as my creativity, I would use these 20 pieces to make a cool, contemporary, unisex playroom. Then I’d shut my kids in there while I had a quiet cup of tea. Oryou knowchocolate. — Rita from Struggling Off Frumpy Etsy Kirby Cabinet by …