On the Edge of a Fjord. For Jeff and Tina Leopold, who built their dream home next to a fjord, 30 minutes south of Oslo, the vista of water, islands and pine trees provides daily inspiration.

Property Values: What You Get for ... $400,000. A one-bedroom loft in Phoenix, a house on 10 acres in Halifax, Vt., and a house in a gated subdivision in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

Currents | Deals: Save on Yarn and a Seat for Knitting. Sales at Dune, ABC Carpet & Home and Smiley’s Yarns.

Currents | Plants: Where Do We Get Organic Mistletoe?. The New Leaf greenhouse in the Bronx is a sea of deep red, pink and white poinsettias, in peak bloom for the holiday season.

Currents | Goods: Order Up a Tall Cold One. Eva Zeisel, the Hungarian-born ceramist, designed the new hand-painted porcelain pitchers now being sold at the Neue Galerie.

Currents | Events: The Best Decorated Tent You’ll Ever See. Starting the night of Dec. 2, at the invitation-only vernissage, a vinyl-clad tent will be the 43,000-square-foot home to this year’s Design Miami.

Currents | Shows: Bringing in the Exterior Decorators. Hugo Martinez, curator, gallerist and mentor to generations of graffiti artists, turned over his home to a dozen street artists and a Dutch design team.

Garden Q & A: How to Turn Over Old Leaves. Q. I have a lot of leaves in my yard, and I’ve waited till the end of the season to rake. What is the best way to deal with them if I don’t have a compost bin?

The Fix: For Holiday Nicks, a Mending Hand. With some elbow grease and simple tools like sandpaper, putty and epoxy fillers, it is possible to lessen or eliminate scratches, dents and nicks.

Shopping With Eric Cohler and Jennifer Cohler Mason: Sparkle and Glow. An interior designer and his sister, the creative director of his company, find some holiday ornaments that shout, and others that wink.

A 50-Year Battle to Save Old Ireland. Now celebrating its 50th year, the revived Irish Georgian Society has been credited with restoring dozens of architectural gems across Ireland.

In the Garden: Fly Up and Be Counted!. Project FeederWatch enlists volunteers to document declines in bird populations — by keeping a record of the birds who show up to dine at their backyard feeders.

On Location: Of the Sea and Air and Sky. A house that sits atop Point Dume in Malibu, Calif., goes to great lengths to both hide and hint at its payoff.