Georgetown is dotted with gorgeous fuchsia flowers. Last week we noticed the flower arrangements hanging on street lamps on M Street and neighboring streets in Georgetown. The bright flowers look gr...
Do you dream of a house with a white picket fence? You're not alone. The Washington Post consulted fencing experts to report on suitable options for this area. While white picket fences are very pop...
Does your street name influence your home decor? Residents on Swann Street (north of Dupont Circle) have incorporated swan sculptures and planters in their gardens. These fun garden accessories have...
One man's junk is another man's treasures. This certainly holds true in the DC area. On a recent drive through Takoma Park, MD, we noticed how residents leave unwanted goods on their sidewalks. It's w...
We saw the catalogue cover and were drawn to it like a moth to flame. While staring at page after page of farm equipment may not be your cup of tea, we have found Farm Tek to be unbeaten for their l...
Marrakesh express... Aware of the growing hipness and attractiveness of the Chelsea Market, we were recently tipped off to yet another resident: Imports of Marrakesh, a wholesale and retail operation...
Super-Store. With a mission to "market and sell Scandinavian Design worldwide" we thought it was time to devote a store post to the online retailer Scandinavian Design Center. After all, we've poste...
Stylish Accessories. We wish we would have known about Mothology when we answered the question, Where does one find Bell Jars? Mothology's collection of vintage-inspired decorative objects is a grea...
For garden decor like antique statuary, plants, tools and home fragrances, Fleur is a nice shop near the city. Located in Mt. Kisco, the shop's displays change seasonally, offering ever-changing ins...
Take a shopping trip to France without leaving the net. We recently found The Collection and we're won over by their home decor products. Though the shop is in France, they ship worldwide and have a...
It's a cute and funny combination. Birdland International makes heirloom-quality products for babies and birds. What do they have in common? Well, all products are made to last and be passed on. They'...
Luxury Outdoor furniture goes Green. We spotted Neoteric Home at ICFF, thought it looked like very comfy, cuddlepuddle outdoor furniture, and didn't realize that it was also eco-friendly......
We went for the big thermometer to add to our outdoor home. Even though we're generally more modern in our leanings (see High Modernist Debate), every now and then we get a craving for big, function...
Springtime bliss is what we've found at Jamali Garden Supplies in the flower district. They're packed full of really cool supplies for container gardening. And their prices are consistently lower than...
A local favorite, the Gowanus Nursery has been mentioned repeatedly as a favorite resource in our Greenest Thumb Contests. Gowanus? Oh yes. Where else are you going to find the room and the sunshine ...
Products that make life easier? Well, we don't know about that. But that's what Solutions claims to offer. On browsing their products, however, we found mostly space-wasting gimmicks. There are some...
A hodge podge of specialty items for the home and garden. That's how we'd best define 125West.com, the online catalog of items that are hard to find in stores. The site is organized by rooms of the h...
While mailboxes are their specialty, Mahvelous Mailboxes also sells a wide variety of home accessories. Most of these are unnecessary for urban apartment dwellers, but I found the selection so intere...
Two years old, GRDN continues to inspire. GRDN came about when Susanne Kongoy, a chef, needed supplies for her 5-by-8-foot terrace, and set up shop herself. From that humble beginning, the shop has gr...
Awesome furniture store comes to party, but stands by door. I am sorry, I love Terence Conran's style and his shop, but east 59th street is so out of the way, Brooklyn looks better. Nevertheless, a ...
Dot.com dinosaur. Before there was DWR, before there was EdgeModern, there was The Magazine. Founded in 1990 in the Bay Area to supply the region with the hottest modern furniture, rumor has it that...
Green acres is the place to be. Marston & Langinger opens their SoHo store today, and it should make for some delicious browsing, since it may be hard to take home a new greenhouse in a bag. The Eng...
The best of the West. We kept hearing so many good things about Velocity Art & Design from readers that we just had to enter them into the Stores Guide...even if they are in Seattle. Velocity is ...
In the depths of our furniture hunting depressions, we have been touched by the many words of encouragement and suggestions. More than once, the name "Room & Board" came up, with links. Clicking th...
The summer season has started! Where's your country house? If you want your own romantic getaway spot this summer, may we recommend something that works for us: yurts. While land may be harder to f...
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