Home & Garden

Counter Intelligence

The choice of countertops for your kitchen is anything but a surface-level decision. It can establish the mood of the room, set the stage of a certain time and place and influence the style of your ...

Celebrations 2015

Edible Austin Celebrations will help you plan out your next few months of holiday parties and get you through the gift giving season. Then, bookmark it as a future resource for artisan gifts and ...

Kitchen Composting

By Laura McKissack Many gardeners have a compost pile or bin at home that serves to break down their yard waste and plant-based kitchen waste. For this type of compost to work, you need carbon ...

Green Your Clean

By Charlene C. PriceIllustration by Lucy Engelman We are surrounded by fibers and fabrics, and just like everything else, they get dirty. Soiled by sticky children, hairy pets, everyday spills and ...

Eco Housekeeping

By Tamara MayfieldArt by Matthew Lynaugh Few things are nicer than a freshly cleaned home. But whether you love or despise cleaning the house yourself, it’s a job that cannot be ignored. No ...

Greening the Hub

By Jessica DupuyPhotography by Valarie Campbell For some, an environmentally conscious kitchen might resemble a luxury version of a centerfold spread from Dwell magazine—replete with every ...

Gary Weeks & Company

Photography by Bill Albrecht Out in the Hill Country, near Gary Weeks and Company’s Wimberley furniture workshop, it’s hard to escape the enthusiasm and wide-eyed wonder people exhibit ...

Break It Down

While working at a local yoga studio, Melanie MacFarlane began to notice just how many cups were being thrown away following post-class tea—over 20,000 cups per month! Though technically ...

Sill-Life with Herbs

Summer windowsill herb gardens offer easy access to fresh, delicious herbs without melting in our brutal heat, but just like any garden, getting started takes a little preparation. If you want to be ...

The Gift of Gather

There’s a big heart formation in the trunk of an old mulberry tree on the corner of Heartwood and Thistlewood Drives in South Austin. Under the shade of that tree, neighbors gather this sunny ...