The New Plant Parent

The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family by Darryl Cheng

The author breaks down the simplest indoor gardening techniques. He covers basic questions everyone new to houseplants wonders such as "what exactly is bright-indirect light?" "How low of light is low light?" "Is there a proper way to water my plants?" It is basically a "House Plants for Dummies," but even more reader friendly and with beautiful pictures.

I would recommend to anyone who is interested in houseplants but doesn't know where to start or to anyone who is a self proclaimed "brown thumb."

At Home with Madame Chic

At Home with Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott 285 pages

Jennifer Scott was once a college student in the foreign exchange program where she got to live in a fancy Parisian apartment with a family she nicknames, "The Chic's." She learned many things from Madame Chic on living an elegant life every day, but now she is back in California raising her own family and trying to find ways to rise above the chaos being a mom to young children can bring.

This series is incredibly charming. I love to reread them every now and then because they are great refreshers on enjoying even the most mundane aspects of home life. Jennifer is really a breath of fresh air.