Home & Garden

By Katie Laughridge, Tribune News Service Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden Pairing classic silhouettes with on-trend colors or applying traditional patterns to contemporary pieces is what New Traditional style is all about!  The concept of New Traditional sounds a bit like an oxymoron, don’t you think? By rule, tradition itself is something that must be passed generation to generation, therefore it can’t possibly be new.   Like all good things, traditional design has evolved and changed over the years into the New Traditional variant we have today. New Traditional design is the best of both worlds, classic and fresh, livable and…

by Hannah Tan | RedFin.Com Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden   We’re all familiar with traditional spring cleaning, but as the weather cools and we transition to spending more time at home, it’s time to make room for the upcoming winter and holiday season.  With the promise of holiday shopping, baking, decor, and festivities right around the corner, getting a headstart on these essential fall organizing and decluttering tasks ahead of the holidays will ensure your home isn’t bursting at the seams come January.  To help you get started, we reached out to experts from Delta, BC, all the way to Boston, MA,…

By Walter Reeves, For the AJC Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden Q: I have a hardy trifoliate citrus tree in my backyard that is loaded with fruit. Do you have any information on how to use this fruit? Eddie Dillard, email A: I have the same plant, Poncirus trifoliata. I dared a neighbor to taste it and he double-dared me back. My description of the taste is “rotten lemon with an aftertaste of old grapefruit.” The juice is sticky and I had to scrub my lips with a cloth. That said, if you want to try to make something from your overabundance, the Philadelphia…

By Viveka Neveln | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden Help your plants come through the colder months unscathed so they can come back just as gorgeous in the spring. When it comes to getting your garden ready for winter, some plants need a little help from you to withstand freezing temperatures. Roses especially benefit from some extra TLC. That's because most hybrid tea, grandiflora, and floribunda roses today are grafted plants, meaning the roots from one type of rose were attached to the tops of other roses, usually to improve disease-resistance rather than hardiness. The point of the union often needs protection from freezing temperature;…

By Jessica Bennett | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden Nearly 80% of homeowners make some sort of blunder while attempting a DIY project, according to a recent survey. Here's how to make sure yours goes smoothly. Do-it-yourself projects let you customize your space, provide a savvy way to save money on home upgrades, and elicit a swell of pride when the final product turns out just the way you envisioned. But even with the most meticulous step-by-step instructions, DIYs don't always go to plan.  According to a recent survey conducted by the home services website Angi, nearly 80% of homeowners make a mistake…

By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden National Wildlife Foundation says a layer of leaves is good for the environment and critters The temperatures will drop and the leaves will fall. They always do. Before you pull out the rake, however, consider this: Just leave the leaves where they fall. According to the National Wildlife Foundation, fallen leaves create their own mini-ecosystem. "Many wildlife species live in the leaf layer as their primary habitat — including salamanders, chipmunks, wood frogs, box turtles, toads, shrews, earthworms, millipedes and many insects species," David Mizejewski wrote on the foundation's blog. Some…