May 2011

Celebrating Moms

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Win Fabulous Gifts for Mom!

From must-have electronics to a relaxing day at the spa, these prizes in our 30 Days of Mom sweepstakes will give your mom (or you) a memorable Mother's Day.

Win a Weber Grill & $10,000!

Visit a Public Garden for Free!

HATS ON

Things to Do This Month

Finnish line

Designer bull's-eye

Groupon gathering

What's cookin'?

White now

Everything Is Illuminated

Snap to It

Reunions. Graduations. Weddings. Vacations. So many picture-perfect days that your whole extended clan will want to see too. Luckily, the latest gadgets make sharing extra easy.

Natural Beauties

At this hands-on spring gathering, flowers, friends, and creativity are the main ingredients.

Pretty, Please

This family home keeps its grown-up style while making room for the kids.

Watercolor Blues

These hues have a pull that's hard to resist, just like the ocean shores and vibrant skies that inspired them.

Open Invitation

A family paves the way for a dressed-up backyard to function for fun.

Sweet Dreams

Your laptop is shut, the dishes done, the kids tucked in. Time to take a deep breath and relax. These easy ideas and pampering products will help you enjoy a few precious minutes of "me time" before you drift off.

Let's Make a Steal

Atlanta designer and super shopper Sherry Hart frequents clearance rooms, secondhand shops, and flea markets to pull together comfortable, stylish rooms on a budget.

Take-Home Test

A designer combines her favorite ideas in her own kitchen and finds they pass with flying colors.

20 tips to have your best-ever yard sale

We're clearing clutter and sticking on price tags. In June, BHG will host a yard sale to help Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to end childhood hunger. Join us! Here's your can't-miss game plan.

Panel Discussion

Ready-made curtain panels in fresh patterns and colors offer an easy way to perk up a room. For quick hanging, choose tab-top or grommet style. Upgrade simple rod-pocket panels by adding clip-on rings. Most off-the-shelf rods come with mounting hardware, so hanging is a breeze.

10 Ways to Speed Up Spring Cleaning

Fast-Forward Remake

Home-Improvement Tax Credits

In The Zone

Fold up the lawn chairs. Rethink the outdoor dining table. It's time to give the patio a makeover. Style Director Stephen Perfetto shows how flexible furnishings let you create comfortable, multipurpose zones for chilling and grilling.

Feast for the Eyes

Ros Creasy's edible front yard gives fresh meaning to tasteful landscaping.

Made for Shade

These four container gardens brighten low-light spots in the landscape.

Living Art

Nowhere to grow? Look up! Vertical gardening is on the rise Choose among an array of wall-mounted planters, from individual pots and pockets to multiplant modular panels. Then get creative!

Budget Blinds, Inc.

This Month in the Garden

Outdoor tasks grow exponentially as soon as frost is out of the forecast. Include these timely tips on your to-do list.

BHG Test Garden

3 Flowers + Bonus Frills

TEST GARDEN TIP

Twig Trellis

Grow on Strike

Caps Off

New Ways with Mayonnaise

Crazy for Cupcakes

Crunch Factor

Cooked Asparagus

Nourish Network

Garden variety

Stuck in a breakfast-in-bed rut? For a Mother's Day tradition with roots, grow your own.

Past presents

Mother's Day is a time for making memories. Do it beautifully with this contemporary take on the time capsule. Add creative souvenirs throughout the year and make going through it part of your annual second Sunday in May celebration.

Easy riders

The art of appreciation

Put pedal to metal

Mission: Call Mom

Do your bones need a boost?

I Did It!