| Three of the best: botanical fairy lights Sparkling lights with a botanical theme help to bring the garden indoors during the darkest days of winter telegraph.co.uk |
House Proud: A Las Vegas Mansion, Glue-Gunned to Perfection A family of former gospel singers created a D.I.Y. Versailles, with gold lamé, silk roses and rococo plasterwork. feeds.nytimes.com |
Shopping With Tony Daniels: Renovating? Save Your Energy The architect Tony Daniels shopped for products to lower a house’s power and water use. feeds.nytimes.com |
Gardening 'can boost literacy and numeracy' Gardening should be added to the curriculum because it can improve children's literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills, it is claimed. telegraph.co.uk |
Currents | Open: Armoires Made From Fallen Birch Trees The Sawkille Company, a new store in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is offering a sustainable storage solution in the form of white birch-bark armoires. feeds.nytimes.com |