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The whirlwind holiday season is approaching and the pressure to get started with preparations begins earlier each year. Here are some organizing tips to decrease the stress and mess this holiday season.
Your chance to be a star
The Holiday Crafts Contest returns for another go-’round, with a $500 gift card for the winner.
Repairing a copper pot
A copper pot from the old country is a family heirloom, but how can you make it safe for cooking?
‘Vole’ is a four-letter word
Post harvest, the creatures want their share, but the gardener draws the line at the burrowing rodent.
Fall Home & Design Issue
18th-century antique home gets modern look
A couple bought the frame of the house and moved it to Potomac.
A wider shade of pale
Home design nowadays is all about light and bright, even for antiques. The hottest items today are pale, inspired by Swedish Gustavian furniture.
Trend Report: ‘Mad Men’ mania fuels the collectibles market
‘Mad Men’ mania still fuels the collectibles market, with help from politics and vintage Versace.
Handy Guide
Up with down
A look at what’s new in comforters and how to shop, care for them.
Up with down
A look at what’s new in comforters and how to shop, care for them.
Keeping closets organized
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“An unorganized closet is like a refrigerator with no shelves.”
Nautical and nice
Chantilly woman wants a family room that looks less like her neighbors’.
Daddy’s turn to play
A sunroom that serves as the kids’ playroom and a place where Dad’s band can play.
Heirloom vs. modern needs
This week’s house makeover means moving dad’s desk out of an Alexandria home office.
More home and gardening features
Design books of 2012
An army of experts are authoring new books for your coffee table this holiday season.
Finding inspiration in a home town
D.C. designer Thomas Pheasant has introduced his latest furniture collection at the Baker store in Georgetown.
Living well in 425 square feet
Capitol Hill resident and design blogger Skyla Freeman makes good use of her small space.
A makeover for sleepovers
A couple of yard-sale twin beds lead to the Kid’s Room Contest’s winning entry.
Taking the stress out of family dinners
With the pressure to eat together every night, squeezing in the time for a healthful, family meal has become more daunting than desirable.
Oxblood, red for the rest of us
The new “it” color gracing everything from runways to interior decorating is oxblood.
Find a parking space — in your garage
As winter looms, it’s a good time to unclutter. Here are the right tips for hassle free success.
Paola Antonelli talks design
Q&A | The MoMA senior curator will speak about the new frontiers of design in Washington on Oct. 11.
Peppers, stuffed with vegan flavor
A gluten-free main course puts protein-rich quinoa inside vibrant vegetables.
Decorating with what you have
Lauri Ward offers tips on everything from DIY to L vs. U-shaped conversation spaces.
Remaking a D.C. Council member’s Georgetown rowhouse
D.C. Council member Jack Evans renovated a 19th-century Georgetown rowhouse to accommodate his blended family of eight.
A slippery question
How healthful is olive oil? It depends on when and how it was produced, and what you do with it.
Photo galleries
Kid’s Room Contest readers’ choice
Receiving 4,160 votes, Clay Derderian’s Arlington bedroom was a hit with readers.
Shopping for small-space finds
These accessories and furniture pieces make the most of a tight space.
Tulip varieties for an abundant garden
Think ahead and plant tulips in the fall for a stunning spring display.
Decorating with oxblood
Whether on the runways or the interior of a home, a little bit of this brilliant variant of red goes a long way.
2012 Kid’s Room Contest finalists
While voting is now closed for readers to choose their favorite finalists in the running to win the 2012 Kid’s Room Contest, check back on Oct.18 when we reveal the winners.
This old frame: A modern home with history
Couple has resurrected an 18th-century Connecticut farmhouse in Potomac.
The 2012 D.C. Design House
Before and after photos of the Spring Valley home that was made-over by 23 local designers.
Revamping a Georgetown home
A look at the newly renovated townhouse of longtime D.C. Council member Jack Evans and his wife, Michele, who is a decorator.
Bruce Munro’s Longwood Gardens light show
The British artist uses thousands of tiny lights to create intricate displays.
Dorm must-haves and more
Make your mark on the tiny white room that will function as a home away from home.
Videos: Gardening
Burying bulbs for a spring bloom
How would you like spring to come a month early? Grab a few bulbs, a pot, some potting soil, and get forcing.
Summer in full swing
Higgins uses the arbor to make shade for the summer and demonstrates how to keep tomatoes standing tall.
Gardening high and low
Higgins explains how an arbor makes a small gardening plot more spacious and shows how to care for herbs and lettuce.
Community gardens
Higgins prepares his community garden plot for the start of spring and gives tips on sowing, growing and harvesting.
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