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

It’s Easy to Decorate an artificial Christmas Wreath

Have you ever gone into one of those craft/hobby stores, the gift shop in your local garden center, or the holiday decorating department at an upscale store and saw the most beautiful Christmas wreaths, and wanted one, but the pricing … Continue reading

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter, The Winter Garden | 4 Comments

How to make a Pine Cone Christmas Wreath

The holiday period will soon be upon us, so how about making a pine cone wreath to celebrate the season. A pine cone wreath can be hung on a door, placed flat on a dining room table or buffet as … Continue reading

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter, How-to, The Winter Garden | 12 Comments

How to make a Leaf Wreath of Fallen Leaves

Autumn is here and the leaves are starting to fall. Other than raking the leaves or mulching them with your lawn mower, how about turning some of them into an attractive wreath. This blog post shows how easy it is … Continue reading

Posted in How-to, The Autumn(Fall) Garden | 6 Comments

Painting the Galvanized Pipes that hold up a Vinyl Coated Chain Link Fence

No matter how good quality fencing you purchase, after a while it becomes tired looking and needs freshening. Recently I painted the galvanized metal poles that hold up the vinyl coated chain link fencing at my mother’s house (the fence … Continue reading

Posted in How-to, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 4 Comments

Decorating the House for Fall with easy to make Silk Flower Arrangements

Now that Autumn is officially here and I had a bit of time to spare the other night, I decided it was the perfect moment to decorate a few rooms here at Whimsey Hill House for Fall. This blog post … Continue reading

Posted in The Autumn(Fall) Garden | 2 Comments

CEASE and DESIST Daily Architecture Design (dailyarchdesign.com)!!!

Recently after google searching the title of one of my design articles, I noticed on the domain that a website called Daily Architecture Design (dailyarchdesign.com) aka Daily Interior Architecture Design, without my permission, republished some of my blog posts, in … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 33 Comments

Arranging Decorative Accessories on a Sofa Table, Buffet, Sideboard, or Credenza

The arranging of knickknacks (decorative accessories) on a sofa table, buffet, sideboard, chest, credenza or even on a fireplace mantel can be an easy task once you know a few different ways of grouping your elements. For this post I … Continue reading

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles | 11 Comments

Step-by-Step Instructions for Hanging a Gallery Wall

The idea of assembling many different kinds of artworks on one wall, or even on all four walls in a room has been around forever. We all have seen photos of the great houses of Europe with walls soo covered … Continue reading

Posted in Hanging Pictures and Mirrors / Arranging Knickknacks and Collectables, Interior Decorating Principles | 2 Comments

Some Photos to share, on a Cold Winter’s day, of My garden in July

Now that we are slowly getting past the coldest part of winter here in upstate New York, and with temperatures some nights still dropping down to below zero, I thought it would be encouraging for my readers to see some … Continue reading

Posted in Garden Design Principles, The Summer Garden | 7 Comments

Thanks a Million! Today my Blog reached the point of 1,000,000 Page Views/Articles Read; I hope it’s been inspiring.

Today Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com has reached a real milestone with one million page views / articles read. I don’t know how many others have gotten this far, but for not being famous, or having a famous patron to promote … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 22 Comments