A few months ago, I faced a decorating challenge extraordinaire. Colin Cowie, designer and party planner for the stars, was coming to Nell Hill's Briarcliff for a special "Tabletops with a Twist" ...

A pair of carved stone statues used as garden ornaments have sold for more than £195,000 ($265,510) after it was revealed that they were ancient Egyptian relics dating back thousands of years, an ...

What started as a crush has now ripened into a lifelong love that shows no signs of fading: Garden statues are in my house to stay. If you share my weakness for these rustic beauties, but aren't quite ...

As winter approaches, ornamental structures and decorations need some attention. Most materials, even solid stone, are not impervious to the damaging effects of winter weather. Plastic gets brittle ...

Our house came with an English garden, the kind the Brontë sisters might have enjoyed, with winding brick walkways, a center rose bed, wishing well and wisteria arbor. The kind of garden, in short, ...

Grow moss on clay and cement statues and containers. In a blender, combine buttermilk and moss from the garden. Blend until smooth like thick paint. Thoroughly wet the item, then use a paint brush and ...