Fire is a natural design choice for outdoor entertaining and family enjoyment. It creates a warm, cozy atmosphere, enticing friends and family to stay and hang out, especially on chilly nights. We all love to gather around a crackling fire; as humans we're naturally drawn to it . So let's take a look at some options including fire pits, fire tables, and outdoor fireplaces.

Do you have a fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) that is one tall stalk with no branches? Do you really want a tree-like fiddle leaf with a single trunk and multiple branches at the top? If so, you’ve come to the right post. We’ll get into 2 specific techniques of pruning and notching with step by step guidelines for making your bush-like fiddle leaf into a beautiful branching tree.

Looking for some inspiration to fuel your outdoor oasis dreams? It’s that time of year again - the weather is warming up, and soon we’ll want to be outside enjoying it all. Time to plan our outdoor living space so we can enjoy with friends and family. I’m finishing up my own backyard garden re-design and I’ve been looking at lots of images and inspiration, so I thought it would be fun to share.

Container gardening is fun and satisfying, giving you fresh picked herbs any time to add to your favorite dishes and drinks. We'll go through some planter ideas as well as a step by step process for putting together a winning herb pot combo that’s both delicious and ornamental. If you're new to container gardening, rest assured with a little effort (not much!) you'll grow great results.

Are you almost as picky about your indoor plant accessories and pots as you are your plants? Looking to bring the outdoors in with a garden room and a bunch of ugly plastic accessories and pots don’t fit the bill? Me too!

While I definitely have quirky plant preferences that may or may not be rooted in aesthetics, (like some weird trait they have) I want them looking good in their container and on display.

They are the living part of my home decor and in many ways my favorite design elements, but regardless, they need to contribute to the home aesthetic and not just look like a bunch of plastic-y pots crowded together by a window. (OK so that’s kinda what’s going on in my kitchen, but we’ll pretend otherwise for now.)