Tag: Trees | Apartment Therapy

Ian Fraizer and the Bag Snagger

This comes as a follow-up to our Plastic Bag in the Tree post from March. A fierce March wind storm left a plastic bag in one of our trees and we were searching for a way to remove it (it's not as eas...

Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Chicago

For the first year ever, we had enough space for a full-size Christmas tree. In the past, space allowed only for the (fabulous) 3 ft. tall pinecone tree made by my grandfather. While this is still my ...

Web Worms, Bag Worms and Eastern Tent Caterpillars: What's the Difference?

Outside of using them for composting, worms just haven't been on our radar. That is, until they invaded our Walnut tree (worm jerks!). So we sat down with our old friend Google and tried to find ou...

Look!: Detailed Plywood Cabinets

Yesterday we showed you the silver (like wow) salvaged doors from an apartment we toured. Today we would like to show you one more memorable thing from our quick walk-through (nothing refurbished we...

How To: Clean Your Gutters

After returning from a trip to Nebraska, my husband and I pulled in the driveway only to see our gutters filled with baby trees! (Sadly the above picture is really our gutters.) Our house sits snugl...