Box joinery (also known as box joint) primarily joins sides to create boxes, both large and small, such as trunks, chests and drawers. Notches are cut to fit in an interlocking manner, increasing surface area to permit for more glue strength and requiring minimal (if any) fasteners. Box also helps to keep the parts square. […]
This sturdy herb can easily be mistaken for a decorative grass, but unlike most other blossoms, this one is edible and is a staple in Asian Asian as well as other tropical cuisines. The plants usually hit 3 to 4 feet tall — a few take up even higher — and spread to 3 feet […]
These delicate DIY pendants fulfill the performance of providing the right illumination for the front of my studio, and they also reflect the specific nature of my job: fabric, texture, DIY-ibility, shape and form. These beauties require just a little forethought to create but will earn a stunning, chubby lighting invoice for your home. After […]
By snapping up the teardown next door, this retired Texas company owner was able to expand her garden into the east side of her Fort Worth home. “East-side gardens are very desirable in Texas, as a result of intense afternoon sun from the west; now her home cubes this sun,” describes landscape architect Bill Bibb […]
Chintz can be tricky. Its daring, old-fashioned flower prints may so easily tip into fusty English bed-and-breakfast if you’re not careful. But if you’re careful, it can add colour, texture and a touch of timeless elegance to your decor. Perhaps it’s chintz’s recent unpopularity that makes it an superb antidote to too trendy, high-minded design. […]
Forget posh resorts in the hearts of bustling shopping districts and downtown cores. Fast-paced urban living is hardly what flying is all about. That is why overworked travelers are reveling in agritourism, heading for remote hills and valleys in search of rustic farmhouses where they could delight in rolling greenery and landscapes and maybe milk, […]
Homeowner Debbie Murray loves to decorate and constantly keeps her eye out for clever ideas. “I’d noticed creative people online with pennies on floors and backsplashes, and that I wanted something done in cents,” she states. “I said to my husband, Jim, ‘Honey, you can do this job for mepersonally, right?’ Of course he can!” […]
Swings of temperate weather have attracted patches of exposed ground, liquid puddles and tender expanses of sand which freeze and thaw, but winter’s grip is still with us. On mild days it’s possible to get out into the landscape, but it’s important to go slow and approach spring chores with a cautious eye as moist […]
The Arts and Crafts movement is often recognized as the architectural movement that was contemporary that was global. With each country having distinct names and variations of this style, Arts and Crafts prospered equally in Europe, Britain, the USA and Australia. When Arts and Crafts appeared in Australia in the late 19th century, the country […]
About a decade ago, fresh from school and recently empowered by a summer of gardening work, I put off to get an internship in the famous Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, in Cape Town, South Africa. I might have returned totally broke and overly tanned, but this three-month remain proven to be unforgettable. For this day […]