Articles by Lauren Dunec Design

If you’re installing a new patio, chances are you have a good sense about how you’d like to use it. What you might be less clear on, however, is how large to make your new patio. Although personal preference and your existing site will affect your patio’s size, some general sizing rules of thumb can…

If you’re installing a new patio, chances are you have a good sense about how you’d like to use it. What you might be less clear on, however, is how large to make your new patio. Although personal preference and your existing site will affect your patio’s size, some general sizing rules of thumb can…

With a few creative design strategies, you can make your first, or any, apartment feel like your own — without blowing through your savings in the process. Take a look at these 12 wallet-friendly ideas to get started, including one thing you can’t have too many of and what to do with a shoebox full of…

With a few creative design strategies, you can make your first, or any, apartment feel like your own — without blowing through your savings in the process. Take a look at these 12 wallet-friendly ideas to get started, including one thing you can’t have too many of and what to do with a shoebox full of…

From September to the middle of fall, California enjoys some of the year’s best weather: cooler evenings followed by warm days, when the sun washes the hillsides with golden light. It’s a perfect season for planting. Planted perennials, ornamental grasses, lawns, shrubs and trees now settle easily…

With summer winding down, we’re thinking about ways to sit back and enjoy the long evenings and balmy weather. High up on the list: having our feet up on the porch with a cool drink in hand. If you’re looking for inspiration to spruce up your porch, take a look at these eight homes that…

With summer winding down, we’re thinking about ways to sit back and enjoy the long evenings and balmy weather. High up on the list: having our feet up on the porch with a cool drink in hand. If you’re looking for inspiration to spruce up your porch, take a look at these eight homes that…

With summer winding down, we’re thinking about ways to sit back and enjoy the long evenings and balmy weather. High up on the list: having our feet up on the porch with a cool drink in hand. If you’re looking for inspiration to spruce up your porch, take a look at these eight homes that…

There’s no need to completely rework your summer containers to give them fall flair. Instead, check out these nine ideas for updating existing container gardens (or, if you’re inspired, potting up new ones), including one plant to add for instant drama, and a zero-effort, lazy-gardener’s trick for covering…