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Caring for Fresh Flowers

January 19, 2025
Written by Family Features
Photo by Unsplash

The beauty of having a garden is buds continually blooming on one plant or another throughout most of the year. While this provides lovely views from your windows, it can also be nice to bring some beauty indoors.

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Outdoor/Garden

How to Garden Inside This Winter

January 7, 2025
Written by Victoria Van Vlear

Bulb flowers can grow without soil, because the bulb provides many of the necessary nutrients. The most important question to answer before you start is what kind of flower you’ll…

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Living space with vaulted and beamed white ceilings and a British colonial styled living room with dark wooden and blue accents.

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Design Ideas

A Fresh Take on A British Colonial Cottage

July 10, 2024
Written by AUTUMN KRAUSE
Photography by MARK LOHMAN
Styling by JICKIE TORRES

The thought of interiors that have been untouched for 30 years might be daunting to some— but that wasn’t the case for Roxanne Hughes Packham. When she first surveyed the…

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Vibrant green yard with a cottage style shed. The open shed door is welcoming and beautiful flowers grow up the side of the wall tying the shed into the yard.

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Outdoor/Garden

How to Create a Classic Cottage Garden

June 6, 2023
Written by Jickie Torres
Photography provided by Monrovia & Bret Gum

Whether gardening is your go-to hobby, or you’re just starting to grow your green thumb, the classic cottage garden is not far from reach. Some staple elements can transform your…

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A cottage's front entrance and porch area

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Outdoor/Garden

A Summer Porch Refresh

July 12, 2022
Article Written by Kelly McMaster
Captions Written by Marissa Moldoch
Photography by Toni Mogensen

Toni and Bryan Mogensen know how to make the most of every inch of their modest, circa-1920 California bungalow. With two very active young sons, they make a point of…

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Red barn colored cottage surrounded by a meadow garden of wildflowers.

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Outdoor/Garden

Get Wild with Wildflowers

April 12, 2020
Written by JICKIE TORRES
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In his new book, Mini Meadows: Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere Around Your Yard, Mike Lizotte sets out to demystify the meadow-garden approach. He wants to encourage…

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Outdoor/Garden

Dreaming Up a Vintage Garden

March 29, 2020
Written by MERYL SCHOENBAUM
Photography by BRET GUM
Styling by SHARON BRANDT

“Plant smiles. Grow laughter. Harvest love.” It’s the kind of sweet saying that would be emblazoned on an art print or embroidered on a pillow. But for Sharon Brandt and…

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Outdoor seating area with turquoise accents and drink station as well as rustic lanterns.

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Entertaining

Gathering for a Garden Party

March 12, 2020
Written by AUTUMN KRAUSE
Photography by BRET GUM
Styling by JICKIE TORRES

When you have a love for entertaining and a good garden party, you can sometimes earn the title of Hostess with the Mostest, and few are more deserving of that…

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Rustic wooden Adirondack chair surrounded by a field of wildflowers.

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Outdoor/Garden

Plant a Meadow Garden

March 10, 2020
Written by JICKIE TORRES
Photos excerpted from by Mini Meadows: : Grow a Little Patch of Colorful Flowers Anywhere Around Your Yard by Mike Lizotte, published by Storey Publishing, storey.com; © 2019.

If your idea of a cottage garden conjures up images of neatly planted rows of shrubs framed by tidy beds of symmetrical flowers, you may be missing out on the…

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Faux flower market made up of a white dresser and shutters and a copious amount of fresh flowers.

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Design Ideas

Creating a Haven, Rental Style

March 7, 2020
Written by AUTUMN K RAUSE
Photography by BRET GUM
Styling by JICKIE TORRES

When you have a love for entertaining and décor, you can sometimes earn the title of Hostess with the Mostest, and few are more deserving of that designation than Annette…

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