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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 Really starts feeling like Spring when I bring out the Lawn Furniture and Fill Planting Containers

Posted on April 25, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Last week, with the nightly temperatures rising a bit and days looking to not be that cold, I decided it was time to put out the lawn furniture and the more delicate garden ornaments (accessories). It is surprising that with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, Garden Design Principles, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 4 Comments

A Garden Tour of My Property. It might be Spring, but You should be thinking Winter Interest when Planning your Garden

Posted on April 12, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

After getting over a Winter here in upstate New York that was snowier and colder than recent years past, everyone I know is soo glad it’s finally getting warmer and signs of Spring are showing up. All the garden folk … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Fred's Garden at Whimsey Hill House, Garden Design Principles, The Spring Garden, The Winter Garden | 2 Comments

The color BLUE, the Next Decorating Trend

Posted on March 30, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Recently I was looking through all the different “shelter” magazines at my local super market, and I think I spotted what might be the next interior decorating trend. Every magazine I picked up had the color BLUE, as either the … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 10 Comments

Picking Paint Colors for a Small House, Condominium or Apartment

Posted on March 10, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Buying your first home, or moving into your first apartment should be a fun and exciting period in your life. One of the first things that you will most likely want to do is pick new paint colors, and change … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 6 Comments

Today Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com reached the point of having 500,000 Page Views/Articles Read

Posted on February 21, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Today February 21, 2014 at 8:01PM, Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com reached another milestone; having had 500,015 page views/ articles read. When I first started this blog in October of 2010, I had no idea or premonition of ever getting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 10 Comments

How to Pick the Perfect GRAY PAINT…. A Popular Color choice of the Moment

Posted on February 15, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

If you look through interior decorating magazines, go to show houses, or even watch reality shows on TV, you will see gray interiors everywhere. Gray, be it light and silvery or dark and slate toned has taken the place of … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 15 Comments

Arranging Furniture in a 12 foot wide by 24 foot long Living Room

Posted on February 5, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

If you possibly are the inhabitant of a row house or town house that was built somewhere around 1890, you could now have a living room that measures about 12 feet wide by 24 feet long. Your living room, back … Continue reading →

Posted in Arranging Living Room Furniture, Interior Decorating Principles | 29 Comments

A look at the Hand Painted Doors here in my House

Posted on January 23, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

I love my house, but don’t love the hollow core doors that came with it. I live in a 1950’s split level styled house that has big spacious rooms, tons of natural light that streams in through many large windows, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments

It’s time to Buy / Order Seeds for Spring Planting

Posted on January 15, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

The holidays have come and gone and now is the time for avid gardeners to start thinking about what they want to plant in their gardens this coming Spring. The anniversary of Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday seems to coincide … Continue reading →

Posted in The Spring Garden | Leave a comment

Matching the Right shaped End Table with a Table Lamp

Posted on January 12, 2014 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

This post is the second in a series of two articles which covers the pairing of an end table and a table lamp. In the first post for this series, Looking at the Different Shapes of Lamps Bases (click here … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Lighting | 10 Comments