Home and garden

Over the past 10 years, David Benscoter and the Lost Apple Project have been exploring the history of Eastern Washington through the apple orchards planted by early pioneers.

MINNEAPOLIS – More homeowners are turning toward home improvement projects as mortgage rates continue to stay high, and many people – especially millennials – are staying put as they become priced out of the market.

They call themselves the “beeple.”

Every seven weeks, I sit in my barber’s chair and say to Mikayla: “Take no prisoners. Cut each and every one of them.” She giggles to humor me.

It’s been a long, beautiful fall this year. The cool weather tripped the trees to color up and then hold their leaves for a beautiful show of reds, oranges and yellows.

In his Miami home, DJ Khaled displays his 10,000-plus pairs of sneakers in a library-like room with a sliding ladder – the better to reach high-tops and trainers on high shelves. Kim Kardashian and her sibs store their hundreds of heels and tennis shoes in jumbo dressing rooms that are lit up and styled like boutiques.

Are you planning a new deck or patio soon? There’s a very good chance you’re going to make it too small. I know this based on the thousands of complaints I’ve received over the years from homeowners just like you.

Pansies have long been a fall and winter garden favorite. These cheery flowers are sure to brighten landscapes and containers and add a smile to any occasion. Look for fun and new ways to add them to your garden and fall celebrations. You will find these cool-weather favorites at your local garden center. Pansies thrive in the cooler temperatures of fall and during mild winters when your ...

By the time you are reading this, we will have had our first killing frost.

I installed an attractive concrete paver patio for my wife seven years ago. I knew it would fail, but I didn’t know when. She wanted the patio completed as soon as possible. This tight deadline dictated that I had to set the patio stones on sand instead of mortaring them to a steel-reinforced concrete slab.

After a long, dark winter, the appearance of early spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are a welcome, colorful harbinger of spring.

You probably give little thought to why the stairs in your home are built the way they are. I’m talking about how high you need to lift your foot to get up to the next step and how deep the flat tread is when your foot falls. The vertical face of a stair is called a riser and the flat step is a tread.

One of the things I love about fall is the chance to sit in the cooler garden and just listen and observe.

In the gauzy, ruffle-curtained corner of social media known as #grannycore, the past is very much present. Whether it’s in the form of a familiar tufted settee, a floral couch or groovy hook-and-latch rugs, nostalgia has been quietly coalescing into a design trend fueled by the pandemic-era clamor for coziness and aided by a glut of brown furniture and china in secondhand stores.

Are you aware how expensive it is to hire a professional to do simple jobs around your home? I know they’re worth the price in many cases because I used to do that work day-in day-out. You may be on a fixed income and simply can’t afford to hire a pro. Thank your lucky stars there are thousands of great videos to help you, and keep in mind I’m just a phone call away if you get in a bind.

We are finally settling into fall and that brings up a list of projects to do before the weather really breaks.

With the excitement of a baby’s arrival comes a long list of shopping items: clothes, bottles, furniture.

In 1987, Stephen Crisp interviewed for the post of head gardener at Winfield House, the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and home to 12.5 acres of prime central London landscape. Crisp, then 27, hesitated.

Are you about to install a new roof on your home or small business? The odds are you’ll be giving serious consideration to asphalt shingles. This building material has dominated the U.S. residential roofing market for just about 100 years. Go back farther in time and other, more durable materials were the standard. Tin, slate, fiber cement and tile could be found on even the most humble of houses.