The Designer Gardens
Bathroom Makeunder – Notes from a Renovation
This guest bathroom had potential that was hard to see under that New Yorker cover wallpaper, vinyl flooring and boxy enclosures. The “after” proves that less is more when it comes to bathrooms.
When you see how soothing this Portland, Oregon guest bathroom turned out, it’s hard not to look at the before photo and go “yikes.” The large enclosures around the sink and bathtub ate up a significant amount of floor space and created an awkward layout. The homeowners noted that the vinyl floor covering was impossible to clean. And then there’s the matter of the New Yorker cover art wallpaper, a busy pattern that made the room feel smaller and, well, chaotic. Read more…
Flower Gardening Tips
The flower gardening tips given here will be helpful to all of you who are very much interested in gardening but do not have any knowledge on flower gardening basics. Read on to know more…
There is nothing more beautiful than a colorful flower garden outside your house. The view will make you feel closer to nature and can freshen up your mood at any time of the day. Today, more and more people are taking up gardening as their hobby as it is therapeutic and helps to relax the mind. Whatever be the reason, you can start your garden any point of time. It is not a very difficult task provided you follow the correct flower gardening tips.
Tips for Flower Gardening
Following some simple flower gardening tips can go a long way in making your garden beautiful. T
In the Kitchen with Chez Pim:
Thai Curries
Do you adore Thai curries? Many of us love the curries that we find in restaurants all over the Bay Area, but it can be daunting to make a pot of curry from scratch. If you find yourself stumped by the aisles and aisles of spices at the Asian Market, this class is definitely for you.
Pim Techamuanvivit is a lifetime curry enthusiast and the namesake of the incredibly popular food blog, Chez Pim. Her expertise runs the whole culinary gamut; from pie dough to rabbit rillette, from marmalades to thai curries, you will be astonished at what this woman knows!
Learn the ins and outs of shopping for the essential ingredients and how to make curry paste from scratch. Pi
Spring Forward
The Half Pint farmstand during drier times.
Flooding during April.
In many parts of the country, it’s been a rough spring for gardeners. Our hearts go out to the small farmers who are trying to make a go of it despite nature’s challenges. We’d like to share this inspiring post from one of our Vermont neighbors, Mara Welton of Half Pint Farm.
It has been an incredible month, an incredible spring. It has been a spring that has seemingly been trying at every turn to keep us from farming.
Minimal Multi-Leveled Furniture – Olivier Desrochers’ JU Tables Look Like a 2D Sketch (TrendHunter.com)
The clean and simple lines of these JU Tables remind me of 2D geometry sketches, especially when the wooden surfaces are removed. This minimal aesthetic is what makes these pieces of furniture especially exquisite and eye-catching. In fact, the negative space incorporated into each design really makes the JU Tables seem light and airy, giving them a whimsical presence all around.
Designed by Olivier Desrochers, the JU Tables are multi-leveled, multi-purposed, modular pieces of furniture that are as practical as they are good-looking. Masculine and feminine, the JU Tables would fit into just about any existing interior space.