Category Archives: decorating
Unique Stone Gifts
What do you give the person who has everything? How about something elemental and beautiful, carved from natural stone? Here are a few of our favorite stone things to give as gifts. Continue reading →
Fun Fall Decorating Idea
Here are instructions for a quick and fun way to decorate your outdoor areas for Halloween – pumpkin totems! Continue reading →
Colorful Mums Brighten Fall Gardens
Does fall make you sad to see the color in your garden slowly disappearing? Mums are a great way to bring some color back to the garden. Their beautifully rounded shape and stunning varieties of colors give you endless choices for every landscape. Continue reading →
4 Tips for Planter Gardening
Adding plants to your living space, indoors or out, is one of the easiest, most cost-effective ways to enhance the look of it. Whether it’s a few flowers or a large display of greenery, plants are always a welcome addition to any home. Today, we’re going to look at a few tips for planter gardening – that is, placing your flowers and plants in planters instead of in the ground. Continue reading →
Accessorizing Your Garden
Just as interior designers use throw pillows to decorate a living room or fashion designers add that perfect necklace to a classic “little black dress,” landscape designers know accessorizing a garden can mean the difference between a “ho hum” … Continue reading →
Stone Panels That Really Rock Your World
Our friends at Norstone have taken natural stone to a new level. They’ve made it elegant, contemporary and as easy to install as tile. And that means you can put it just about anywhere. This post includes photos of several interior rooms and a video clip from DIY network showing how easy it is to install. Continue reading →
2011 Northern Green Expo
Upwards of 6,000 landscape professionals gathered this week at Northern Green Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center. They attended classes for recertification, learned about new tips and trends for 2011 and browsed a packed trade show floor to see the … Continue reading →
Naturally Affordable
Stone is a great material to use both on the exterior of your home and the interior. It can enhance any room in the house. Stone is a versatile material that can be used on accent walls, backsplashes, wine cellars, columns, flooring, bathroom walls and more. You can get the rich look you want without spending a fortune. Natural Thin Veneer is an affordable ways to bring the elegance of stone into your home. Continue reading →
Holiday Decorating Like the Pros – Yes, You Can!
No matter how many hours of HGTV I watch, I just can’t seem to decorate like the pros. I pay super close attention to their words such as color, design, texture and balance but I still don’t know where to start when it comes to decorating my own home. Throw in the pressure of the holidays (Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas) and I’m ready to throw UP my hands. So I am stoked to be part of the planning process for Hedberg Masonry’s “Decorate Like the Pros” event coming up Thursday, September 30 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Heidi Heiland, Heidi’s Lifestyle Gardens and Anna Berglin, Sicora Homes will share their tips on decorating for the upcoming holidays. The evening starts with free wine and seasonal appetizers at 5:30, so bring your girlfriends and get ready for some fun.
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Cool and Creative Container Gardens
Local Renegade Gardener™ Don Engebretson calls containers “the throw pillows of exterior design.” Don will be giving a thorough and illuminating hands-on demonstration when he teaches “Crafting Cool & Creative Containers Seminar” at the Hedberg Nursery near Stillwater on Saturday, … Continue reading →