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Design Dare: Silk Faux Flowers at Home?

With all of our focus on outdoor spaces this month, it's made us think about how much we love fresh flowers. It is a real treat that we try and squeeze into the weekly budget whenever we can, yet as m...

Frugal Flowers: Apple, Cherry, and Pear Tree Prunings

Some of the most beautiful spring blossoms are found on trees: apple, cherry, and pear trees are all in fragrant, spectacular bloom right now. Flowering branches cost quite a lot at the florist shop, ...

Tilting Vases From CB2

Yesterday in our Chicago travels, we checked out everyone's favorite place for color... CB2. Never having been to an actual brick and mortar location, it was as fun as we'd hoped. The store was pac...

Utterly Beautiful! Ordering Flowers From Martha Stewart

When you go out on a limb and spend a few extra dollars on yourself or someone special, it can be hard to do if it's your first time using a specific service. Especially when it comes to flowers, it...

DIY Flowers: When Fresh Is Out Of The Question

For some people, fresh flowers are almost non-existent during the winter months. Sure, there's the small variety at the grocery store, but during tough economic times, even an extra $10-$20 added to...

Learn To Arrange Flowers Like The French

These flowers adorned the table of a Fall Cure participant! It's no secret that we are fans of fresh flowers in the home around these parts. We showcase them especially during our Spring and Fall ...

At On: What Should "Home" Smell Like?

With the holidays approaching, "home smells" seem to be a bit more in abundance. Not to mention smelly candles are a quick go to gift for a friend or new acquaintance. But when it comes right dow...

Look!:Wooden Flowers

We attended a craft fair this past weekend (not the cool hip Renegade Type, but the old ladies wearing cat sweaters that macrame type). It was a whirlwind of scroll saw name plaques and bizarre th...

Flickr Finds: Black Plants II

Tuesday, we posted a look at common plants in uncommonly dark hues. Today, it's lesser known specimens with truly black beauty, like the Black Bat above. ...

Flickr Finds: Familiar Flowers in Black

All the luscious coverage of dark walls led us here. If you are afraid of dark paint or paper, consider plants you already know and will love again in black (or blackish). More after the jump....

Look!: Oversized Planters

Our neighboring apartment building just installed two of these flower pots to flank their entrance. There's nothing truly special about this decision other than the fact that the planters are crazy e...

Flickr Finds: Simple Vases

One of the habits that we love keeping from the Spring Cure is buying weekly flowers. Looking through our Cure group's recent flower photos, we can see that they feel the same. We love how each pers...

Look! Everyday Vases (and the Scotch-Tape Technique)

We've been buying weekly flowers as part of the Spring Cure. We almost never use a regular vase for flowers, preferring to mix it up with containers we find around the kitchen. Our favorite vase is ...

Small Upgrades For Your Home

You may not have the time or money to redo a whole room in your home, but that doesn't mean you can't make small upgrades that will help you get out of a decorating slump. Upgrade to matching hanger...