Turn Your Home into a Vacation Retreat Who doesn’t yearn for that relaxed feeling that comes with the warmer climate, the casual lifestyles and the bright, open interiors of the islands? A growing trend in home design, from Maine to Michigan, is rooms inspired by these sunny spots in the hopes that it will make our homes breezy, colorful and restful and more vacation-like.
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High School Students Earn Diplomas at a Distance As students around the country head back to school this fall, some are traveling no farther than the desk in their bedroom or the computer in the family room to get the high school education that best meets their needs. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 1 million U.S. K-12 students attend private or independent schools and some 1.1 million U.S. students are homeschooled.
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Oriental Rugs Are Luxurious and Affordable An Oriental rug instantly transforms any space, whether it’s a living room, a home office or a foyer. Luxurious and colorful, these rugs have a timeless quality that enhances any decorating scheme. But if you think something so elegant is out of reach, think again.
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A Change of Season: Guidelines for Fall Lawn Care Fall brings change: a change in the weather, a change of wardrobe, even a change of time as we set the clocks back and the days grow shorter. And as the leaves change color, you change your yard activities from mowing and planting to leaf collection and cleanup.
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Updating Your Cottage State of Mind In 1848, architect Andrew Jackson Downing bid readers of The Horticulturist to practice “beautiful and appropriate architecture. Do not build your dwelling places like temples, churches or cathedrals,” he implored. “Let them be, characteristically, dwelling-houses . . . let the cottage be a cottage.”
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