Entertaining

Summer Entertaining Ideas: 5 Foolproof Ways To Host An Outdoor Party

With lots of sunny weekends coming up, it’s a great time to start planning.

Outdoor

How To Create A Luxurious Escape In Your Own Backyard

Luxurious amenities, tailored plantings and a generous footprint give one family the benefits of a five-star hotel in their city backyard. Between the pavilion, eating area, hot tub and pool, one thing is for certain: this yard rivals a five-star resort — no plane tickets or luggage necessary.

Cottages

Find Your Cottage Style: 24 Rustic Canadiana Decorating Ideas

Explore our favorite getaways that make a rock-solid case for a more rugged style.

Celebrity Style

Step Inside Ben Affleck’s $8.9M Private Georgia Island Estate

See inside three stunning spaces on the property.

Cottages

Stylish Cottage Decor You Can Find At The Hardware Store

Cottagers rely on trusty hardware stores for everything from water toys to matches and mosquito coils, but there’s so much more on those shelves. Big-box stores can be a surprising source for stylish decor items that offer an instant refresh for cottages. Click through to see our edit of surprisingly…

Decorating & Design

Tour A Dreamy Beach House In Midtown Toronto

It's a stunning homage to everything sun, sand and surf.

Food

Your Next Dinner Party Needs This Insta-Famous Baker’s Recipes

Get Philip Haddad's summer entertaining tips.

Bathrooms

Inside Olympian Adam Van Koeverden’s Favorite Room

The Olympic champion kayaker on “Candinavian” style, the smell of cedar and socializing in his Toronto bathroom. “The bathroom was more than 100 square feet, but there was a horrible chlorinated whirlpool that took up a lot of space. My house is 133 years old, so a bathroom reno…

Decorating & Design

How To Create A French Country-Inspired Garden

Get inspired by visionary gardener Thomas Hobbs' outdoor space inspired by Provence.

Outdoor

10 Outdoor Spaces We Can’t Stop Pinning

Now that it’s officially warm out, decorating and enjoying our outdoor spaces is top of mind. We’ve rounded up 10 patios, porches and backyards that continuously reign supreme on our Pinterest boards. Click through to get inspiration for your own outdoor space, and see if your favorite…

Celebrity Style

Diane Keaton Plans To Flip This Rustic $1.5M Rowhouse

Tour the 19th-century downtown Tucson, Arizona, home.

Decorating & Design

Inside Sarah Richardson’s Off-The-Grid Country House, Starlight Farm

Explore the A-list designer's enchanting escape.

Decorating & Design

10+ Easy Summer Weekend DIY Projects

Whether you’re sprucing up your cottage or giving your patio an update, these 12 projects from the H&H DIY archives are fun and easy to make. Tell us which ones you’re excited to try this weekend, and share your finished projects with us on Instagram using…

Cottages

Find Your Cottage Style: 25 Beachy Spaces With Coastal Charm

If nautical accents and seafaring spaces set your heart aflutter, then beachy cottage style is the look for you. The key elements of this easy, breezy look? Blond wood, woven accents, whitewashed walls and a watery palette. Click through to explore our best beachy cottages that take inspiration from their lakeside…

Decorating & Design

Why These 10 Bee-Friendly Plants Are Important For Your Garden

One out of every three bites of food that we eat is made possible by pollinators like honey bees. Raymond Carriere, founding president of Communities in Bloom and a former park ranger, says that wasps are the aggressive stingers, not bees. “I wouldn’t put my hand in…