PLC5 minFormal Gardens and a Lifelong Lesson‘To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn How would you like a productive and creative exercise that takes place...
PLC3 minQuestion: How can we make a big backyard cozy?There’s a backstory to this question. It was asked by my friend, Cathy, during a small dinner gathering in my own backyard. It was one of...
PLC4 minHow Architecture Inspired a Color PaletteColors aside, when I pulled up to the front of the building, I was immediately struck by one significant feature — its portico. It led to th
PLC4 minRock to the Rescue: The Ultimate in Low Maintenance, Water-Wise LandscapingLandscape architects will agree that there’s more to a well-designed, well-executed gardenscape than meets the eye. As with any design, the
PLC4 minA Nod to Water-Wise Landscaping ... An Old Garden is Redesigned with Drought -Resistant Plants I drew scaled site plans and then dug into my box of color pencils. When possible, I kept current plants in place and filled in with more o
PLC3 minMoonlit Water-Wise GardenThere are enough species of flowers, shrubs and trees to accommodate different styles of moonlit gardens – from classic, romantic and fragra
PLC3 minAn Ethereal and Otherworldly Garden ... A San Francisco Courtyard is Transformed A few weeks ago, Napa Valley Register feature's editor, Sasha Paulsen, and I ventured down to the 2013 San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Thi
PLC3 minInside OutI hear this phrase all the time, “bringing the outdoors in”. Today, I’m bringing the indoors … out. Design is about space, scale, balance, f
PLC3 minMega-Money-Making Summer WeekendHow would you like to automatically and easily add value to your home? What if it hardly cost more than a little sweat equity and a...
PLC3 minQuestion: I just bought a plain, white box condo. I have zero furniture. I like many colors and ...styles and haven’t decided on anything yet. I want to use color in a big way. I saw on your website that you sometimes used it...
PLC3 minThe Power of the Front DoorWho doesn’t want to make a good first impression? At the very least, who wants to avoid making a bad one? Your front door has the power to s
PLC4 minGreen GeometryHas the California drought turned your green garden brown? Has the recent rain been enough to revive your dry and dead patches? In either ca
PLC2 minQuestion: We have a Cape Cod house but most of our furniture is very Japanese. We like a clean ...Asian style and don’t want to change. Our problem is the garden especially the front yard. We have about 30 rose bushes, a large climbing...
PLC3 minIs Yellow the New Red?As I drove to a friend’s house last week, I noticed that her neighbor had a yellow-painted front door. I then drove to my mother’s house and