Tag: home and garden
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At Home: Cleaning closets can aid kids in Africa, animals in shelters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a recent bike ride with friends, the subject of what we were each going to do the rest of the day arose. One friend groaned, “I’m either cleaning my linen closet or doing my…
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At Home: Cleaning closets can aid kids in Africa, animals in shelters
On a recent bike ride with friends, the subject of what we were each going to do the rest of the day arose. One friend groaned, “I’m either cleaning my linen closet or doing my taxes.” “For sure the linen closet,” I said, offering my unsolicited opinion. “Not to guilt trip you, but children in…
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Year-round gardening: What’s up with turf?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you love your bluegrass lawn, you might feel a bit pressured these days. Water shortages are leading many to replace turf with less thirsty options. It might be helpful to rethink why and how we use turf to maximize the benefit provided by lawns,…
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Year-round gardening: What’s up with turf?
If you love your bluegrass lawn, you might feel a bit pressured these days. Water shortages are leading many to replace turf with less thirsty options. It might be helpful to rethink why and how we use turf to maximize the benefit provided by lawns, and not use grass where it isn’t a good choice.…
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At Home: Guys, is your place date bait? Gals share biggest turnoffs
“I need your help,” my good friend Susan texted from the Denver airport. She was dashing off to visit her son in Los Angeles. He needed emergency decorating intervention. Austin, a 29-year-old data analyst, was doing well for himself financially, but his apartment was a barren den of neglect. His excuse: He’d been busy and…
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Year-round gardening: Get garden started by sowing seeds indoors
Want lots of plants? Start some seeds! There are many flowers and vegetables that can easily be grown from seeds in our region. To get a head start, start some seeds indoors to transplant once the danger of frost has passed, which is typically mid-May in the region. Seed germination is the first step. Germination…
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Year-round gardening: Extending the life of cut flowers
Legend has it that the origins of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman fertility festival Lupercalia. During the festival, young women would place their names in a large urn. The young men would draw a name from the urn and then be romantically linked with that young woman for the following year. Rituals…
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At Home: Do you need stuff to store your stuff?
In my finger-wagging moments, when I am chiding folks for buying too much stuff and not getting rid of enough, when I am preaching about purging and organizing, these words fly out of my mouth: Don’t buy stuff for your stuff! Most of us have no trouble going out and buying products we think will…
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At Home: What’s cooking in kitchens? Open floorplans and bigger islands, study finds
I know we’re not supposed to care, but don’t we kind of want to know what’s going on in other people’s houses? As least decorwise? Last week, the 2024 Houzz Kitchen Trends Study came out, and I was eager to peek. I wanted to know what was cooking in kitchens not only because I like…
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At Home: Want the next generation to embrace old furniture? Try paint
At every talk I give on downsizing, the subject of handing furniture off to grown kids comes up. And every time I deliver the bad news: The kids don’t want your stuff. Invariably, parents moan and adult children cheer. “Don’t believe me?” I ask. “Just walk through any secondhand furniture store or visit Facebook Marketplace.…