Fabric

Garden Gallery: The Alchemist’s Garden

Should we take a little blogland trip to France?  Lets. Have a wander through the Alchemist’s Garden which is in Provence and is featured on About Gardens. I am taking inspiration from the White garden, the black garden and the red garden — Each are so striking and full of interesting ideas. Rills are fascianting [...]

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Spring Home & Garden Essentials – Wabi Sabi Style

In just a bit I am going to pack up my computer and head to the airport and make my way back to Boston.  I’m dreading the flight, but looking forward to getting home (particularly after a crazy week of psuedo-vacation and mind-blowing events). I always return from trips with a renewed sense of wanting to make [...]

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Daily Garden : The BBQ Herb Garden

Today’s daily garden was designed by Secret Gardens of Sydney,  Australia.  This garden is just beautiful and truly a showpiece for keeping it simple and making the most of a small town garden.   The herb pot surrounding the BBQ is my favorite part, but here are some other views of this great design.

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Outdoor Fabric Resources

I spent a couple hours last night putting together the outdoor fabrics supplier list on the resources page. I hope you find it useful whenever you want to find some fabric to go in your outdoor rooms. (If you see a supplier that I have missed, do let me know so I can add it!) [...]

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DIY: Shower Curtain Cushions

It’s been an exciting morning here….there was an accident at the end of my driveway (literally) — and the power lines are on the ground.   No one is hurt (except for the power pole which is laying on top of the car that hit it) but I am anxious that I could loose electricity at any moment as [...]

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Utilitarian Franchise Pillows and Graphics

Following up on my earlier post– these are some of the great original graphics that Tin prints on his canvas pillows and canvases. (available at his Etsy site) I have no explanation for my attraction to botanical art mixed with anatomical or skeletal drawings….but it has been a consistent obsession for some time now.   Whatever, [...]

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Summer Ikea Preview 2012

I was just taking a look at the Summer collection of outdoor gear from Ikea and there are definitely some hits.  I put a whole mess of images in the gallery — but these are my favorites.  I think if I were to kit out completely from Ikea, I would mix the collections a bit (because that [...]

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