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Your eyes deserve to view beauty. I hope Fred Gonsowski Garden Home helps to turn your vision, into a reality.

Full Overlay, or Partial Overlay on Kitchen Cabinets, the choice is Yours.

Posted on April 17, 2019 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

If you are building a new house, or remodeling a kitchen, bath, possibly a study-home office or even a dressing room, choosing cabinets for those spaces will be something that you will be doing.  For most people, the two cabinet … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Kitchen | 4 Comments

Knobs, Pulls or Both on Kitchen Cabinets

Posted on March 4, 2019 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

If you’re getting ready to build a new home, or remodel a kitchen, one of the many things that you will have to think about is the hardware that you will be having on your kitchen cabinets. Pulls and knobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Kitchen | 8 Comments

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com

Posted on December 23, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Wishing You and Yours health, wealth and happiness during the Christmas period and in the New Year. If you’ve wondered where I’ve been, well, I’ve been busy with my garden and have had workmen here sprucing up the house a … Continue reading →

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter | 8 Comments

A look at the Coaching Weekend in the Berkshires

Posted on October 19, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the visual high-points of the Columbus Day Weekend in Lenox and Stockbridge, which are located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, other than the gorgeous Fall foliage, is the sighting of road coaches traveling through those towns … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Visits (Road Trips), The Autumn(Fall) Garden | 8 Comments

Visiting Bunny Williams and John Rosselli’s Garden in Falls Village, Connecticut

Posted on July 26, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of the high-points of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program is a visit to Bunny Williams and her husband John Rosselli’s estate called “The Manor” in Falls Village, Connecticut. Bunny and John are both famous for being “Taste Makers”.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Visits (Road Trips), The Summer Garden | 9 Comments

Outlining (Edging) a Vegetable or Flower Garden with Brick

Posted on July 6, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

One of my many projects that I’ve so far tackled this Spring was the redesign and outlining of my vegetable garden in brick. For years, I just had the planting spaces surrounded by black plastic edging, but finally it had … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 18 Comments

A look at the 2018 end of June garden, here at Whimsey Hill House

Posted on June 28, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Over the years I’ve given my readers a photographic tour of my garden, showing them what it looked like at its peak, which occurs somewhere in the middle-end of July when most of the Summer blooming perennials and annuals are … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, Roses, Peonies, Tulips, etc, The Summer Garden | 24 Comments

Line porous terracotta pots with tall kitchen trash bags before planting to prevent plants from drying out too quickly

Posted on May 22, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Each Spring, besides planting many annuals in the garden that I grow from seed or buy at local garden centers, I also put out quite an assortment of plants in containers that I display on my deck and patio, by … Continue reading →

Posted in The Spring Garden | 4 Comments

Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com has passed the THREE MILLION point for Page Views/Articles Read

Posted on May 20, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Recently my blog Fred Gonsowski Garden Home passed the Three Million point for page views/articles read, and in a way I think that was a great accomplishment.  As with all things, it wasn’t just about my writing and illustrations, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 33 Comments

Arranging furniture in an 11 foot 6 inch by 11 foot 6 inch section of a 13 foot 8 inches wide by 18 foot long Living Room

Posted on March 12, 2018 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Recently one of the readers of this blog named Joy asked for my help with the arranging of furniture in her living room, which is open to her kitchen and dining area.  Joy has downsized from a larger house to … Continue reading →

Posted in Arranging Living Room Furniture, Interior Decorating Principles | 10 Comments