My thumb is more blue than green when it comes to plant care and that is why I love the idea of those ethereal air plant…
Flower
Faking It: Is Faux Grass the Greener Choice?
Sometimes it’s easy to choose the greenest way forward. This is one of those other times. Artificial grass: once a…
DIY Civil Engineering: Home Grown Cities
A truly modern city is one that’s overgrown. I love cities. In Rome last month, I was fascinated by how Italians u…
Rattan and Wood (and Klutz-Proof) Planters
Plant pots and I…we don’t get on. It’s not their fault – it’s all me. Because whenever the…
Today You Are a Mensch
Where have all the flowers gone?That’s a question some Bar and Bat Mitzvah guests have been asking as more and mor…
The Artisan Bookshelf: Kim Parker Home
Remember when everyone was clamoring to be the new Martha? Instead of just one uber-maven of the domestic and decorative…
Simone Lourenco: Apprenticed to Nature
If Nature is an artist, she works at a very advanced level. All that asymmetry, scattered tumbling shapes and apparent c…
Folding the Light
I have a light fetish – an all consuming, but eco-conscious obsession with lighting a room just so. The search for…