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Keep Growing With Container Gardens

Aug 31st, 2010 | By Amy Trent | Category: In The Yard

You know the thought has crossed your mind. It does each fall when the limp summer blooms look forlornly down at their roots. You think, “It’s time to empty those planters and pots.”
Wait a minute, let’s rethink this. Gardening doesn’t have to end in the fall. In fact, that’s just when the bugs and humidity [...]



Plantation Shutters Offer Timeless Appeal

May 31st, 2010 | By Amy Trent | Category: Favorite Things

Anyone can welcome sunshine into their home, but not everyone can do it with style. That requires plantation shutters.

Always present in the decadent plantation homes of the South, plantation shutters are a statement piece. Using them throughout the house not only complements windows but brings continuity to a home.
“The appeal is that it’s window [...]



Cool Counters: Nature-Inspired Options

May 31st, 2010 | By Amy Trent | Category: Features

Homeowners have always loved bringing a bit of the outdoors in. We find inspiration for our paint colors from the great outdoors, and select fabrics decorated with nature’s creatures. It should be no surprise then that when it comes to renovating our favorite rooms, we bring one of nature’s most beautiful creations—stone—inside as well.

Materials [...]