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Gemma Johnstone

location-pin Courmayeur, Valle d'Aosta, Italy

School: Queen Margaret University

Expertise: landscaping and garden, pest control, cleaning and organization, decor and design, pets, outdoors and camping

Gemma Johnstone

  • Passionate about sustainable design.
  • Avid plant collector.
  • BA in Communication Studies.

Experience

Gemma Johnstone has been writing professionally about home and landscape design for more than five years. She’s interviewed countless subject matter experts and written hundreds of home and gardening how-to guides, cost outlines and listicles, regularly contributing to publications such as Forbes Home, Family Handyman, Reader’s Digest, Better Home and Gardens and The Spruce. In her spare time, you’ll find Gemma avidly tending her prized plant collection or researching the next big sustainable interior design trend.

Education

Queen Margaret University BA Communication and Media Studies

Family Handyman Editorial Policies


For more than seven decades, Family Handyman has been providing its audience with ideas, inspiration and step-by-step directions on how to maintain and enhance indoor and outdoor living spaces. In addition to having our own staff of experts, we hire individuals whose skills have been honed through years of experience in the building, plumbing and electrical trades, and as passionate homeowners who have translated DIY (do it yourself) skills into careers as respected creators.

Articles

How To Get Rid of Mold on Unfinished Wood

Wondering how to clean mold off wood? It depends on whether it's finished or unfinished.

Hot Trends in Home Heating: Electric Wallpaper

It's not just old, damp, hard-to-heat homes that could benefit from eco-friendly electric wallpaper.

Is that Mold Your Are Smelling in Your House?

What does mold smell like? Musty. Why is that important? Mold can grow unseen in your home, so recognizing the odor can be an early warning system.