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Friday, March 20, 2009

Elections, thrifting and garden gurus

It's Saturday. Election day in my home state of Queensland. Don't know the results yet as polls haven't closed. Up early. Vote. Trawl the thrift stores, couple of house inspections (still looking, very jaded by now) and I'm exhausted. Settle in to write WINKS when I visit a site sent to us and my spirits lift. Knibb design gardens that speak to your heart. Flowing hills of grass, sweet little shell details dotting gravel paths, garden rooms and garden getaways. Think rolling hills and clipped grass, meadows and ponds. So here's a very abridged version of WINKS. With spring sprung in the Northern Hemisphere maybe this is just the inspiration to start thinking about the garden.

Knibb Design have opened a new showroom with CL Sterling & Son in Venice, California which is what started me on this garden adventure. An invitation to the opening lead me to garden gurus and gorgeous lighting. Here are just a few examples.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

One Really Cool Idea for an Original Swimming Pool

Friday, February 6, 2009

nguyen la chanh: moss bathmat

Just what I need, a moss bathmat! The moss housed in plastazote foam is watered after your showers as you step onto it drippy and clean.
Nguyen La Chanh, the Swiss designer of the moss mat sais, "The idea was to find a new way of having your plants inside." Her other imaginative designs include: 'Tasty Frame' and 'Kitchen Garden' Read More..

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

greenhouse house: hiroshi iguchi

Love this greenhouse I saw on Eco Friend by designer Hiroshi Iguchi. This house within a greenhouse has been designed as a part of the Fifth World project, which aims to promote ecofriendly and sustainable architecture.

Made from natural materials that include wood for floors and traditional Japanese panels for compartments, it integrates humans and plants together -- leaving open spaces in between the ceiling to let trees thrive in the open. Read More..

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

recycled materials: eco greenhouse construction

This greenhouse looks like an easy enough build. Check your local recycled architectural materials yard.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Outdoor favourites

Light Locations

I've gone through my files and found my favourite "outdoor rooms" for 2008. I love living outside as much as possible and if I had spaces as stylish as these I doubt I'd want to come back inside. Whether a chair pulled up casually in a favourite garden corner, a private place on a veranda or an architect's dream melding outside with in there is inspiration a plenty.