Home & Garden Ideas

party pavilion Pasadena designed by Liza Reyes

You Can Turn Your Neglected Garage into a Party Pavilion. Here’s How To Do It

When a Pasadena couple wanted to transform an old garage into stylish place to host friends—and watch baseball games—designer Liza Reyes stepped up to the plate.

May 27, 2022

May 26, 2022

Landscaping

Consider These Affordable Alternatives If the Drought Is Killing Your Lawn

Let’s face it, the drought means it’s high time to replace your lawn. Here’s everything you need to know about two popular—and affordable—options.

May 18, 2022

May 23, 2022

Decorating & Design

What Is TikTok’s ‘Coastal Grandmother’ Trend and How Can I Get It at Home?

If you have no idea why all the kids are talking about this home decor trend, let us break it down for you.

May 21, 2022

May 23, 2022

Garden Basics

Experts Agree: This Is the Ultimate Gardening Tool

We asked 10 gardeners for their favorite tool, expecting 10 answers. But one tool was the clear favorite.

May 12, 2022

May 17, 2022

The Latest From Sunset

Camping

The Best New Tents for Every Type of Camper

Whether you're camping in your backyard or suspended from trees (seriously) we have the tent for you.

May 27, 2022

May 23, 2022

Decorating & Design

You Can Turn Your Neglected Garage into a Party Pavilion. Here’s How To Do It

When a Pasadena couple wanted to transform an old garage into stylish place to host friends—and watch baseball games—designer Liza Reyes stepped up to the plate.

May 27, 2022

May 26, 2022

sale boat on the ocean with coastline in the background

Travel

An ‘Airbnb of the Sea’ Rents Thousands of Boats. See Where You Can Sail

Rental options range from a short day sail to a week-or-more course on open ocean.

May 26, 2022

May 25, 2022

close up of person rowing a raft with splashing water suspended in air around them

Outdoor Adventure

Bring the Thrill of the Rapids to Your Coffee Table With This New ‘Whitewater’ Book

Buyers can enter a sweepstakes to win a 17-day October river trip for two through the Grand Canyon.

May 25, 2022

Up Your Gardening Game

Garden Basics

How to Easily Transform Your Garden on a Budget

A new book by Kier Holmes gives great tips on how to “garden smartly” while saving big.

May 16, 2022

May 11, 2022

Garden Basics

Need a New Yard Solution? Try These Ground Cover Superstars

Ground cover plants are the unsung superstars of any well-tended garden. Here are nine you need to know about now.

May 4, 2022

May 10, 2022

Garden Basics

5 Seeds You Need to Plant This Spring and Where to Find Them

Quin Shakra’s Plant Good Seed Company in Ojai is on a mission “to connect plants and people.” Here, five varieties that Shakra recommends you plant this spring.

April 28, 2022

May 4, 2022

Lantana ‘Cosmic Firestorm’ with bright red flowers

Flowers & Plants

Feeling the Heat? Try These Drought-Tolerant Plants in Your Garden Now

Gorgeous plants that save water in your yard? Sign us up.

May 3, 2022

May 24, 2022

Raised Bed planter box by Victory Garden LA, surrounded by flowers and succulents

DIY Projects

We Did It. We Made the Ultimate Raised Bed

What if you could build a raised bed with all the accoutrements a city gardener could ever want?

April 13, 2022

April 6, 2022

Flowers & Plants

Need Help Taking Care of Your Air Plants? We’ve Got Just the Guy

In the courtyard of his California studio, “Airplantman” Josh Rosen works amid a botanical wonderland filled with hand-strung Tillandsia lanterns, custom air plant frames, and “gallery walls.”

March 21, 2022

March 23, 2022

Design Ideas for You

Teressa Johnson Floral Studio white flowers kitchen sink and floating shelves

Decorating & Design

This Florist’s Studio Is Filled with Kitchen Remodel Ideas—How to Steal the Look

A Seattle-area floral studio is an unlikely source for kitchen and dining room ideas. But Teressa Johnson's workshop, designed by Katie LeClercq, is just that.

May 12, 2022

May 26, 2022

Sarah Sherman Samuel pottery barn kids collection bunk bed

Decorating & Design

Looking for Charming Home Decor on a Budget? Head to the Kids’ Section

New furniture and accessories designed for children’s rooms are surprisingly sophisticated, well-priced, and an easy way to add some fun-loving spirit to any room in the house.

May 2, 2022

May 4, 2022

Newport Beach home kitchen with stools, beams, indoor/outdoor space

Home Tours

Your Travel Souvenirs Would Look So Much Better as Decor. Here’s How to Do It

This Newport Beach couple transformed their tiny treehouse into a family home that seamlessly blends indoor-outdoor living with vintage heirlooms and mementos from their travels.

May 6, 2022

May 10, 2022

Landscaping

The Best Ways to Light Your Garden at Night

Lighting your backyard can create drama, safe spaces, and even a feeling of romance—just use these tips.

April 25, 2022

May 4, 2022

Home Tours

Love Western Style, but Don’t Want to Live in a Barn? This Malibu House Is Packed with ‘Cowboy Chic’ Ideas

The home's scene-stealer is a tile backsplash in the kitchen, which is visible from every room in the house.

April 22, 2022

May 12, 2022

Designer Danielle Nagel of Dani Dazey L.A.

Decorating & Design

TikTok Home Design Trends for People Who Don’t Understand TikTok

Maximalism, micro budgets, and time-lapse DIYs that make your head spin dominate the #hometok universe.

April 12, 2022

April 16, 2022

Angela Grace living room brown and white classic decor

Decorating & Design

Brown and White and Chic All Over: Steal This Neutral Living Room Look

Call it mocha, putty, java, cocoa, earth, or weathered tan—the color brown, in all of its safe simplicity, is having a moment.

April 19, 2022

April 28, 2022

Home Tours

Living The ‘Modern Americana’ Dream in a Park City Mountain Retreat

Advice for parents and grandparents who want a perpetually full guest room: Move to Park City. And build a four-season house with room for everybody.

April 11, 2022

April 14, 2022

Shaolin Low in Hawaiian tropical design bedroom

Decorating & Design

High on Style, Low on Kitsch: Tropical Decor to Transform Your Bedroom

Honolulu-based interior designer Shaolin Low shares her secrets to creating a "vacay mode" bedroom with modern-tropical style.

March 22, 2022

March 31, 2022

kast concrete sink handsome salt beach house

Decorating & Design

Your Bathroom Needs a Candy Color Sink

Add a little zing, and a shot of contemporary color, to the smallest, hardest working room in the house.

March 14, 2022

March 23, 2022

Ido Yoshimoto handmade cabin living area Inverness wood stove

Home Tours

Inspired by the Blunk House, a Sculptor Transforms a Rustic California Cabin into an Evolving Work of Art

The handmade cabin owned by Ido Yoshimoto (J.B. Blunk's godson) is featured in the book 'How to Get Away,' alongside retreats that dot remote forests around the world.

March 25, 2022

March 30, 2022

Home Tours

How These Berkeley Empty Nesters Learned to Love Their House Again

When a Berkeley couple was faced with a choice between selling their empty nest or remodeling, they chose the latter. The end result is pocket-size perfection that maximizes every square inch.

February 15, 2022

February 28, 2022

For All the Green Thumbs

Outdoor Living

Installing an Outdoor Shower is Easier Than You Think. We’ve Got the Ultimate Guide

You want an outdoor shower, but have you thought of everything you need? Three design experts weigh in.

May 26, 2022

May 25, 2022

Garden Basics

Beat the Heat: Your June-July Garden Checklist

The summer heat is here. What to do in your garden now.

May 11, 2022

May 12, 2022

Garden Basics

This Potting Bench Is the Ultimate Gardener Gift

A fresh and modern collaboration between Julia Berolzheimer and Pottery Barn features a potting station that can be used indoors and out.

May 6, 2022

May 9, 2022

DIY Projects

This Easy DIY Makes the World’s Cutest Plant Propagator

Why spend money to grow new plant cuttings when you can DIY a propagator with things you might even have around the house?

April 19, 2022

Flowers & Plants

How to Grow the Best Roses—And Which Variety Is Right for You

A gorgeous new book on growing roses at home offers tips according to how much time you have on hand.

April 11, 2022

April 22, 2022

Landscaping

I’m Transforming My Yard into a Native Habitat. Am I a Gardener Now?

For the 2022 Garden Issue, Sunset editor in chief Hugh Garvey reflects on his gardening experience as he takes on a whole new project at home.

March 29, 2022

April 1, 2022

Garden Basics

The Monarch Butterfly Needs Your Help: How to Plant Milkweed and Nectar Plants

An invertebrate biologist helps me sort out fact from fiction, including which type of milkweed to plant and where to find it.

March 10, 2022

May 19, 2022

Garden Basics

When You Want to Compost but Don’t Have the Space, This Gear Can Help

I don’t have room in my little garden for a large composter, so I found four small alternatives.

March 31, 2022

April 8, 2022

Beth Syphers harvests flowers from her farm

Garden Basics

“Don’t Overthink It” and Other Expert Advice for Your Garden

Some encouraging words from the people who know best. And, of course, "there’s always another growing season around the corner."

April 15, 2022

Outdoor Living

Outdoor Living

Steal the Casual, Sunny Look of this Outdoor Dining Room in Tiburon

The garden was designed by Arterra and featured in Sunset back in 2013 for its use of water-wise landscaping. It recently got a stunning refresh.

May 13, 2022

May 14, 2022

recycled outdoor furniture Loll designs at auto camp Joshua tree

Decorating & Design

Upgrade Your Patio Guilt-Free with the Coolest Recycled Decor

Using discarded plastics, bamboo waste, even broken refrigerators as materials, sustainability-minded makers are creating guilt-free, gorgeous patio furniture and accessories.

May 23, 2022

May 24, 2022