Houseplants are an unexpected and fun location to add Halloween decor. Plant picks are relatively simple to make for any occasion or theme, but these doll part picks seem extra creepy to me and therefore, perfect for the Halloween season. Materials to Make Halloween Houseplant Picks Sculpting clay that you bake (i.e. Fimo or Sculpey). […]
christmas
Seven years after her death, Tasha Tudor is still as enigmatic, fascinating, and entertaining as she was in life. The famed illustrator’s family is determined to continue her legacy.
History
Constant Comment
Since 1945, the Bigelow Tea Company has been supplying New England and beyond with quality teas, and none is more popular than the brand’s signature blend, Constant Comment. It was invented by Ruth Campbell Bigelow in the kitchen of her New York City brownstone in 1945. Unhappy with the teas available on the market at […]
Magazine
Tales from an Old School Woodworker
When it’s beautiful, Sunny Sweatt and his daughter, Rhoda can be found on their Craftsbury workshop porch, even though by Sunny’s estimate, it takes three times as long to accomplish anything due to all the impromptu visitors. Recently, I was one of their waylayers. When I stopped by, I found the pair sitting together–Sunny’s […]
A stay in a rented summer cottage always seems to start with a note from the owners that reads something like this. Welcome to Bide-A-We!! Before you and the gang rush out to the water, here are a few things you probably ought to know about our beloved home. First of all, the plumber’s name […]
They appear the same time as the chicory blooms by the roadside: signs for Brown’s Beautiful Blueberries. They’re tiny picket signs, hand-painted with an emblem of the fruit and an arrow -– this is how so many pickers find their way over to Arnold Brown’s back hillside. This morning I packed some pails into the […]
How To
Make Beaded Spool Ornaments
Beaded spool ornaments are whimsical decorations created from a hodgepodge of materials. The variety of materials in these ornaments is what makes them so charming—you can choose and assemble a mix of charms, beads, buttons, spools, paper images, hardware and ribbon to suit your creative taste. You can also choose the length of the ornaments—shorter […]
When an oil train derailed just over the Maine border in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, it ignited a horrific inferno that took 47 lives and forever changed the community and its people.
An inn-to-inn walking adventure lets travelers discover a side of Vermont that you just can’t see by car.
New England
5 Best Town Greens in New England
The New England village green is one of the region’s most memorable sights. We asked This Old House producer Bruce Irving to share his picks for the 5 best town greens in New England.
Massachusetts
Nantucket Daffodil Festival | One Million Daffodils
It seems that everyone’s a flower child when they celebrate the Nantucket Daffodil Festival. Learn more about this popular New England spring event!
These traditional New England recipes emphasize foods that “taste best at their appropriate season,” based on Great-Aunt Ida’s recipes and some nine generations of testing conducted on the family homestead right at the mouth of the Merrimack River — Arrowhead Farm. It’s been nine generations — 300 years — since one William Moulton of Hampton, […]