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Projects: One-Pot Gardens

 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW Potting the perfect terrace planter is easier than you’d expect. The trick is in the shopping. First, find a […]

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Inspired: Terrain at Styer’s

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW Barbara Botting, Philadelphia Home’s very own stylist extraordinaire, transformed Terrain at Styer’s circa-1890 building from a sad, ’80s-addled office […]

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Hire Him: Brendan Jones

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW In a market inundated with brand-new eco-friendly products, Philadelphia’s Greensaw Design & Build, a two-year-old firm, takes a historic […]

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What We Want: Hints of Spring

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW Cool pieces to make a soft transition to warmer weather

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Q&A: Daryl Hall

If thinking of Hall & Oates makes you recall bad hair (and worse facial hair), think a little harder. Philadelphia’s original rock-and-soulers remain the bestselling […]

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Before & After: Lightened Up

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE AFTER SHOTS Seamlessly eclectic, gently modern updates to traditional homes are the specialty of Wyndmoor interior designer Rebecca Paul (215-836-1697, […]

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Gardening: Wall Harvest

Popularized in 17th-century France, the elegant espalier bedecks some of the world’s toniest estates: Versailles, Fontainebleau, Mount Vernon. What makes a tree an espalier? Careful […]

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Cinema Paradiso

On a penthouse roof deck high above Rittenhouse Square, a group of friends — including the deck’s designer — gets together for a casual (but […]

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In The Garden: Fashion and Passion

BACK WHEN I first started gardening, in the ’70s, the fuss was all about impatiens. This rather humble annual with a muted palette of white, […]

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Next: Cork In It

Cork could be nature’s most perfect material. Lightweight, waterproof, durable, pliable and renewable, it comes in stylishly modern forms via Daniel Michalik, a University of […]

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South Jersey Restaurant Week 2009

Check out our 12 favorites here! Expand your culinary geography or hit up your favorite SoJer spots from the 22nd through 27th. It’s a great […]

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Fork Restaurant Club Dinner

SLIDESHOW: See what you missed at Fork! Great room, great food, great fun! On Monday, March 9th, 20 adventuresome foodies from all over the area […]

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Palm Philadelphia Changes

Changes are coming to the Bellevue’s The Palm this spring. General manager Jim Haney reports that the steakhouse will be adding an outdoor café that […]

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José Garces and PLCB

José Garces is opening up something in the Western Union building (at 11th and Locust), and his new something involves the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. […]

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Green Today

Recyclebank.com. “I tell all my clients about this,” Wright says. Same recycling day as usual, but you earn money for being green. You get a […]