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Dressing up baby’s room
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012
Nursery decor is one area where new parents can save some money by creating their own design elements.
Bring on the chill: A checklist for preventing winter damage
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012
Here’s how to get through this winter without burst pipes, broken furnaces, heat loss, ice dams, house fires, flooded basements and other problems.
Gardening notes: Hikes, recycling and spiders
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
A roundup of interesting events for those who love to garden.
BALTIMORE
Closet organizers help arrange, toss clothes and maximize space
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
After years of watching Lynn Weisberg purchase garment after garment, boutique manager Karen Ciurca-Weiner finally told her loyal customer a hard truth — she needed to stop buying and start looking at what she had.
The wild side: Star party at Wilton preserve
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
There's a star party this weekend!
Spanish Revival houses evoke old-world charm
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
After they moved to an Englewood, N.J., Tudor in the 1980s, Lorraine and Lewis Baer occasionally passed a large stucco house with a red tile roof on North Woodland Avenue.
Ignoring dead patches of grass now will lead to weeds next year
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
Fall is the best time to prepare lawns for the next growing season by mowing, raking, aerating and fertilizing.
CAPITAL REGION
Price of natural gas drops; heating oil rises
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
Energy experts are forecasting that heating with natural gas will cost less this winter than last, while heating with oil will be more expensive initially, then drop as 2013 begins.
Decor trends for fall run the gamut of home-on-the-farm to Hollywood glamour
Friday, Sept. 28, 2012
With nods to nostalgia, exotic motifs and tailored contemporary looks, the fall season has lots to inspire home decorators.
Refresh a room with a cool mid-century look
Friday, Sept. 28, 2012
After the bloated siege of the overstuffed couch, the “chair and a half” and mountainous mattresses, the sleek and sexy era of midcentury modern is back with a vengeance.
It's tiny!
Friday, Sept. 28, 2012
Insulated flooring, reinforced framing, notched rafters and a hand-made front door are features of a new house Schoharie County resident Ryan McGiver recently placed on the Internet for sale.
Though these attributes might be found in other newly-built homes, few on the market compare with this piece of construction crafted by McGiver — one of a growing group of people embracing the concept of tiny homes.
Though these attributes might be found in other newly-built homes, few on the market compare with this piece of construction crafted by McGiver — one of a growing group of people embracing the concept of tiny homes.
Cardinal flowers bring brilliant red to garden
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012
I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings.
It's Pre-fabulous
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012
So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made -- toasters, furniture, toys -- but not the homes themselves.
SCHENECTADY
Group stresses localized living
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012
Transition Schenectady is an environmental/social group that formed last January with the goal of working together to create a more sustainable community.
BURTONSVILLE
Schoharie River Center lecture will focus on ‘living wood’
Friday, Sept. 21, 2012
Wood, cement, drywall and asphalt shingles are common home building materials, but master landscape architect Bonnie Gale has another medium in mind — living willow.
