Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions! I'm going to visit a nursery and explore perennials, and Careen I like your idea of expanding the interior space by moving decor just outside the slidi...

Agreed--Andree, you did a great job and it would be great if this became a regular feature. (It would be especially great if there could be a Canadian version with sources we too coul...

my dishwasher is a Kitchenaid "high efficiency" model and I almost destroyed it by using non-high efficiency eco-friendly detergent. The only high-efficiency detergent I've been able to locate is E...

I love the black modernist wall hanging/room divider! (The one to the left of the sofa in the first picture.) Where did you get it, or was it a DIY?

The field day sheets are lovely.