Michele Petry
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Chewy.com Sells Halloween Candy Dog Toys
This adorable line of Halloween-candy-inspired dog toys from Chewy.com lets Fido have fun chomping on classic trick-or-treat goodies. → Read More
What You Should Plant This Month to Ensure a Beautiful Garden in the Spring
Now is the time to plant tulips, peonies, and hyacinths! → Read More
Now Is the Perfect Time to Plant a Fall Vegetable Garden
It's not too late for homegrown veggies! Some garden vegetables actually thrive in the cooler fall weather, and now is the perfect time to plant them. → Read More
You Can Now Shop for Ikea Hacks in a Real Brick-and-Mortar Showroom
Who wouldn't want a custom kitchen on an Ikea budget? → Read More
This Letter From an HB Reader Is So Sweet, We Just Had to Share It
Awwwwwwww! Get out your tissues, because this is probably the sweetest reader letter we've ever gotten. → Read More
Tom Brady & Gisele Bündchen Have Put Their Dreamy Brookline, MA, Mansion Up for Sale
Anybody have $39.5 million I can borrow? → Read More
The Sonoma Valley Wine Trolley Will Take You on a Four-Stop Tasting Tour
This tipsy trolley takes you and your friends to private tastings at wineries in the gorgeous Sonoma countryside. (No designated driver needed!) → Read More
How to Keep Bees and Wasps Out of Yard Without Harming Them
Bees are crucial to our food supply. But they sting! Can I save the bees while still keeping them the heck away from me? How do I get them to just... buzz off? → Read More
Elizabeth Taylor's "Green Goddess" Rolls Royce Is Up for Auction
Elizabeth Taylor's Rolls Royce, purchased just after she married Eddie Fisher, was custom painted to match the color of the dress she wore at their wedding. → Read More
Have a Real-Life 'Stranger Things' Adventure in Hopper's Cabin
Jim Hopper's cabin from 'Stranger Things' has been made into an escape room where fans can solve themed mysteries. Just watch out for mind-flayers. → Read More
Grasshoppers Are Swarming Las Vegas in Such Huge Numbers They're Showing Up on Weather Radar
Grasshoppers are swarming Las Vegas in such huge numbers, they're showing up on weather radar. The video is enough to give you nightmares. → Read More
Recycled Home Electronics Will Become 2020's Tokyo Olympic Medals
Olympic medals for the upcoming 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo will be made of gold, silver, and bronze extracted from discarded phones, laptops, and more. → Read More
The Tentsile Universe Tent Is Part Treehouse, Part Raft—and It Sleeps Five!
The Tentsile Universe 5-Person Tree Tent can be pitched on land, in the trees, or on the water: It's the Swiss army knife of camping tents. → Read More
Pampers’ New “Smart Diaper” Tracks Your Baby’s Sleep and…Other Stuff
Baby's first app! The brand-new "Lumi by Pampers" system is a "smart diaper" that tracks your baby's sleep, activity, and dirty-diaper situation. → Read More
Scientists Eliminated 94% of Mosquitoes on Two Islands In China
A scientific study in China has successfully wiped out more than 94% of the region's mosquitoes. How did they do it? (And can they come to my hometown next?) → Read More
This Persian-Carpet Cutting Board Will Make Your Kitchen Feel Fancy
There's something so elegant about a Persian carpet. The Rugboard from Animi Causa can be used as a cutting board, trivet, cheese board, or serving tray. → Read More
How Newlyweds Turned a Van into the Cutest Tiny Home Ever
When Joe and Beth Edwards spent their honeymoon exploring Europe in a camper van, they loved the lifestyle but not the generic, character-less camper. So they bought a smaller one that they could customize, putting in everything they wanted, exactly as they wanted it. Now they can extend their honeymoon indefinitely—and in definite style!—in this adorable tiny-home van. → Read More
Michele Petry Deputy Managing Editor
Michele Petry is the Deputy Managing Editor of House Beautiful; she has edited home, lifestyle, food, and fashion content for magazines including Elle Decor, Food & Wine, and Marie Claire. → Read More
Michele Petry Deputy Managing Editor
Michele Petry is the Deputy Managing Editor of House Beautiful; she has edited home, lifestyle, food, and fashion content for magazines including Elle Decor, Food & Wine, and Marie Claire. → Read More
AntiReality Designed a Concept Poolhouse Where the Pool Is the House Itself
There are plenty of beautiful poolhouses out there, to be sure, but this one definitely takes the cake. The swimming pool here isn't just on the grounds of the main house, and it isn't just inside the house either—it is literally part of the house, with one enormous plexiglass wall of the living space looking straight underwater and into the swimming area. Kind of like a giant fish tank in… → Read More