Decorate your household with seasonal flair by turning gourds into high-gloss home decorations, sand-filled doorstops, and gobbler centerpieces. 1. Painted Gourds Dried gourds are lovely on their own, ...

Lisa Craig looks at gourds the way sculptors view clay and carvers view stone. “When you pick up a gourd it speaks to you,” she said. “It tells you what it wants to be.” Ever since Craig went to a ...