Rehab Diary: A Garden Makeover for a Ranch-Style House in Oregon

The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show could not have come at a better time for snow-blind New Yorkers living at the cutting edge of the Siberian Express. When the exhibit opens tomorrow, they can catch another train—to the Bronx—to thaw out in a fogged-up greenhouse paradise. Yesterday I got a preview:

Pare down, clean out, de-clutter—and let in a blast of fresh air. Looking ahead to spring, the Remodelista editors spent a week picking white paint, comparing fold-out ironing boards, and writing love letters to the (not-so) humble cotton cleaning cloth:

French design collective Compagnie has figured out a way for you to have a window box even if you don't have a window. We're admiring a stylish hanging planter for small spaces:

Joel and Diane Schatz have photos (circa 1927) of their Mill Valley, California, house that show a garden party in progress under a great canopy of wisteria, with guests in party hats posed against a backdrop of pampered rhododendrons, camellias, and holly. This is not how the place looked the first time the Schatzes saw it 75 years later.

Spotted and admired in Ikea's new spring collection, a glass greenhouse cabinet to house your plants outdoors or in:

We've got a plan for the wintertime flowers currently on offer from your neighborhood florist (or supermarket). We've made 11 easy DIY bouquets, each guaranteed to fill a room with the scent of spring:

Our favorite Parisian florist in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is Odorantes, where flowers are arranged by scent. Where better to turn for a list of the 10 most fragrant roses to grow this year?

We're always on the lookout for inspiring ideas, even in a restaurant bathroom. Our favorite midday LA haunt, Joan's on Third, happens to have one of our favorite restrooms anywhere. Black and white, with purple flowers:

Flower apps and plant ID tools keep getting better. Here's a roundup of 10 mobile apps to identify wildflowers, trees, and houseplants: