The Designer Gardens
Water Water Everywhere, but Cold Only, for the Moment
It is a good news/bad news sort of day. The good news is that plumber installed the toilet, the faucet, and the water filter. The sink and toilet work! I have water! Wonderful!!
The bad news is that there is no HOT water. The plumber had suggested moving the water heater from under the sink to the basement. The water heater now lives on a suspended platform a few feet under the ceiling. (So pretty, I know.)
In its new location, drainage is better, there’s more room under the sink, and if the water heater ever blows, damage would happen to the basement instead of my lovely office.
If only construction were so simple. You see, there is no outlet near the little platform and it’s an ELECTRIC heater.
Karpett fron 5.5 Designers Studio
Are you ready to meet Karpett that is an awesome bench, and a cot, and a chair, and a mat at the same time and these all is rolled into one? I mean it, you’ve got me right. The following cutie was created by Parisian company 5.5 Designers Studio. I love this piece of fun!
Well, to tell the truth, we deal with a black electrical tape that is cute, and useful. And I love the leather belt straps that keeps it rolled up when we need.
What a brilliant idea! To create a multifunctional piece of furniture that looks like a tape-carrier. B
Trend Alert 2012
by MeCC Interiors
If you’re a trend watcher and can’t wait to know what’s on the design horizon for 2012, here are a few of the evolving shifts occurring within Canada and the US pertaining to home design, which are making our living spaces more practical than aspirational. These trends apply not only to new homes, but more extensive renovation projects.
Open Concept Living and Family space (photo by homeaway.com)
Help SKSN Swim!
SKSN are embarking on a brand new project, to build a swimming pool at the school. This will allow many of the children to have therapy in the water and also help encourage activity with the local community.
As regular readers of our blogs will know, we have been supporting SKSN School for a number of years now through donations and trade links with a vocational training scheme. This is a big project for the school which would enable the physically disabled pupils to benefit from a swimming pool. The school is home to around 550 male and female pupils aged from 5-25, many of who have been affected by polio, are amputees or have been injured.
In 2003 Dawn Fraser, an Australian Olympic swimmer visited the school and realised the benefits that a swimming pool would bring to the children.
Workshop: Nurture with Nature
Introduction to Aromatherapy
Get back to basics and let nature nourish you. In this workshop, you’ll learn how you can live cleaner, greener and healthier. Nature has the answers, and working with powerful aromatherapy essential oils extracted from plants can nurture you thoroughly — body and soul.
You can soothe conditions, boost wellness, care for your face and body, create throughtful gifts, plus clean and disinfect your environment while having fun with uplifting, wonderful aromatics. A