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

2013 in review

Posted on December 31, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 290,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Seasons Greetings from Whimsey Hill House

Posted on December 21, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

From my home Whimsey Hill House, to yours, I want to wish all of my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year. For this post I’ve assembled some photos of Christmas trees and decorations … Continue reading →

Posted in CHRISTMAS / Easter | 2 Comments

Looking at the different Shapes of Lamp Bases

Posted on December 20, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

This post is the first of two articles that will cover How to Pick the Right Shape Lamp for your end table. When it comes to looking at different styles of lamps, the two things that make them distinctive are … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Lighting | 13 Comments

It’s EASY to Arrange Furniture in a Square Living Room, some Ideas that will Inspire You

Posted on November 29, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

The topic of arranging furniture has been a subject a lot of my readers have been interested in. Recently someone inquired about arranging furniture in a square living room. Their inquiry brought about this post, I hope you find it … Continue reading →

Posted in Arranging Living Room Furniture, Interior Decorating Principles | 42 Comments

It’s EASY to Paint Horizontal Stripes on a Wall, step by step instructions

Posted on November 8, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Have you ever looked in decorating magazines, viewed on Pinterest, or ever seen home improvement shows on TV where they featured rooms with horizontal striped walls? If horizontal striped walls are attractive to you, but you wonder if doing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 2 Comments

ACCENT WALLS..Some Ideas for Painting or Wallpapering an Accent Wall in your Home

Posted on October 29, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Have you ever come across a bold patterned or dark-colored wallpaper that you just loved? Would you like to paint a room a bright or deep color, but are afraid that in the end it would be too much? Instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Interior Decorating Principles, Picking Paint Colors Interior / Exterior / Front Door / Roof | 8 Comments

Putting Foundation Plants across the Front of your House

Posted on October 21, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

These days a lot of people, as well as landscapers, are planting foundation plants across the front of a house, siting them on both sides of the front sidewalk and running them all the way to the edge of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 10 Comments

Foundation Planting, Laying out Foundation Plants in Front of Your Home

Posted on September 28, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Putting foundation plants around you home is a way of tying your house to the land it is set on. The softness of the foliage helps to transition / move the eye from the flatness of the land up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes, Shrubs, Trees, Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden | 49 Comments

Thirteen Ideas for Decorating your Country Garden

Posted on July 20, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

Recently a reader commented, lamenting about when she placed garden decorations on their country property, something just didn’t seem right. After that I started thinking about all the different things that say farm, rural, and country living style to me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Design Principles, The Autumn(Fall) Garden, The Spring Garden, The Summer Garden, The Winter Garden | 2 Comments

Today Fred Gonsowski Garden Home.com reached a Milestone

Posted on July 9, 2013 by fredgonsowskigardenhome

To all of you, the readers of this blog, I want to say Thank You! Fred Gonsowski Garden Home has reached the point today of having had 333,699 (one-third of a million) page views / articles read, since starting the … Continue reading →

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