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These 5 simple garden additions can make even the smallest outdoor space more beneficial. Here's how to create a certified wildlife habitat.

The finishing touch your Thanksgiving feast needs might not be another pie—it might be one of these stylish and functional accessories.

Sometimes we put off shopping too long, too. Here are Sunset staffers’ favorite DIY and locally purchased last-minute gift ideas.

You might expect Sunset editors to have ideas about holiday decor. And you’d be right. Here’s how we’re trimming our trees.

The top sheet debate over how to make a bed—with a fitted sheet only, or a flat sheet on top—rages on. Here are some of our favorite linen brands that offer versatile, well-designed bed set options for all.

Though we may move to new places and celebrate Thanksgiving with new groups of friends, many of us still have that one thing that cannot come off the table.

Our favorite independent booksellers across the West for all your shopping needs.

Plant To extend the harvest, plant seedlings and seeds of the same vegetable (broccoli or lettuce, for example) on the same day. Maintain Before adding plant waste to the compost pile, chop it up—or run over it with your power mower—to speed decomposition. Prune deciduous fruit trees as soon as they are done fruiting, to help keep trees smaller and fruit within reach. More Videos From Sunset When planting annuals, pinch or prune off flowers and buds to direct all initial growth to the...

This week we asked ourselves what’s going to get us through the next few months, and here’s what we came up with. It’s Best of the West, summer essentials edition.

Here’s how we’re celebrating the traditional start of summer in a year when we need a little fun in the sun more than ever.