From the category archives:
Red Adirondack Bench by Loll Designs
With winter on the way out, it’s time to entertain the thought of outdoor furniture. My dream is the Adirondack chair and bench ensemble and now I have found a product that fits the bill. Recycled outdoor furniture by Loll Designs is absolutely fabulous and good looking too.
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A recent visit to a craft fair got me re-inspired about hammocks. A vendor there was selling “Hammock Chairs” and of course I tried the sample and fell in love all over again. Hammocks seem to have a super natural power that is most evident when you are swinging in them. Hammock chairs are a way to integrate the hammock theme into half the space. Used as an ”indoor-outdoor” concept I think that this item is definately worth considering as a fun, alternative form of seating. I know my daughter would not protest if given the choice.
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I was contacted by Southern Living magazine to find out if I would like to review their magazine for Tchochkes. Well, I love Southern Living and their country cottage look – so why not?!
We agreed they would send me a magazine and then I would review.
I waited. And waited. And waited. Finally I get an email from them asking about the review. Well, I never received the magazine. Apparently someone in the Israeli Postal System decided they needed to check out Southern Living even more than I did – because it never arrived here.
So I got pdf’s instead. Which is ok, but not the same as a magazine. You can’t hold a pdf unless you print it out. And then the quality isn’t the same. It’s not bound. You can’t sit with your girlfriends on the sofa gazing at photographs and pointing out what you love and hate. In short – I want my magazine!
*Sigh* Isn’t that stunning? The picture is from “Chattanooga Bungalow” an article on southern bungalow design (and as you know – I’m a sucker for the bungalow).
Admittedly, I would have gone for a deep strawberry red door – which would also be more traditional, but it would also be kind of expected. I’m loving the orange. You know the man is single though – that carpet. I have to wonder if he rolls it up when he invites people over. Or only serves white wine?
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Fall gardening is something new to me. I happened upon this popular pass-time by chance after my Mom gave me a book that she picked up at a yard sale. “A Woman’s Hardy Garden” by Helena Rutherfurd Ely first published in 1903 and re-published in 1990, has turned my world around.
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Not so long ago you may have seen the Solair chair – the summer classic that decorated North American motels and patios – tossed in to the garbage. It was available in vibrant colours with a moulded plastic seat on bent removable steel legs. It was so bright, so ’70’s and so dated. That’s all changed. Click here.
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I mentioned on Monday that I took a lot of photos of Tel Aviv potter Ziva Hasson’s amazing apartment. As such I couldn’t stick them all in one post. Well, this is part 2 – the front and back balconies, guest bathroom, and office / guest room.
The slate gray tile of the apartment is continued straight out onto the front patio. Notice the size of the tile is quite large. Having the tile continue outside gives a flow to the apartment and turns the front patio into an outside room.
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I don’t get garden-envy very often. We have a nice size backyard and while it’s not the poshest place in the world, we did it ourselves and we love it. However, this garden has some elements that I would definitely like to encorporate into my backyard.
The step in the back with the flowers is nice. I would lose the flamingo – but that’s just me. Pink flamingos remind me of a rather disgusting John Waters movie…
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That’s one “GREEN” bed!
I came across this photo on the HGTVwebsite. Now come on, who plants grass on the top of a bed? Granted this is a rooftop garden and the bed is meant to be seating, but I still think this is one bizarre design idea…
I wonder how they mow this bed?!
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Winter in Zichron is a misery. It’s cold, windy, rains too much, and is so overcast and dreary you forget that the rest of the country has completely different weather. Spring and summer, however, are divine and it looks like they are just around the corner.
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I know I reviewed Penthouse Furniture yesterday, but they also sell garden furniture, and their stuff is so wonderful I couldn’t let it go without giving it a mention.
OMG, no really, seriously. OMG.
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