Clark Hodgin

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Margaret Roach |Clark Hodgin

What you need to do when the blooming season ends to make sure next year's crop thrives. In season, lilacs are an extravagance of color and fragrance - especially when you have something like 437 plants, representing 138 different species and varieties, as the New York Botanical Garden does in its Burn Family Lilac Collection. After they finish blooming, though, lilacs can present an extravagantly messy aftermath, nudging the gardener to intervene in the name of tidiness.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan |Clark Hodgin

D.I.Y.You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original luster. To revive an old, battered desk, we had to go through all four steps of a complete furniture restoration: clean, repair, recolor and refinish. D.I.Y.You may need nothing more than a thorough wipe-down, a few touch-ups with stain, and a bit of wax to restore the original luster.

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Ronda Kaysen |Clark Hodgin

To bring to life the nefarious corporation at the center of the dystopian thriller “Severance,” the director of photography Jessica Lee Gagné needed to find the right location for a fictional headquarters. As she scoured the internet for abandoned malls, she stumbled upon a blog with photos of a decaying, hollowed-out midcentury office building called Bell Labs.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Ronda Kaysen |Clark Hodgin

To bring to life the nefarious corporation at the center of the dystopian thriller "Severance," the director of photography Jessica Lee Gagné needed to find the right location for a fictional headquarters. As she scoured the internet for abandoned malls, she stumbled upon a blog with photos of a decaying, hollowed-out midcentury office building called Bell Labs.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tim Heffernan |Clark Hodgin

Welcome back to our D.I.Y. column, where we tackle home improvement projects, from basic repairs to simple restorations, which you can do in just a few hours. In our first installment last month, we showed you how to hang anything on your walls. In other words, we made some holes. Cosmic balance demands that we now learn how to patch them. This is a skill that almost anyone can put to use. If you're a renter, you can repair the wear-and-tear you've caused and get your security deposit back.