Pottery Land's 2012 Collection
If you would like to introduce some funky colors into your collection of pots take a page from Pottery Lands latest display. I like using this traditional green on just about any home. In this photo notice how one pot is neutral mixed with the green, then you have a solid green, and then lastly the pops of orange and yellow which have the same gold tones of the green. It’s a way to take your patio from a safe neutral pallet to an exciting adventurous happy pallet!
Lloyd Flander's Coastal Dining
Picture this you are in the mountains of North Carolina out on a beautiful stone covered terrace over looking the Blue Ridge mountains. Your rustic charmed home is filled with exposed beams, high ceilings, and warmth from your gorgeous stone fire place.The air is crisp, the leaves beautiful shades or gold and red. You just woke up grabbed your ipad and headed outside to sit on your terrace. You are listening to the nature wake up while reading the New York times enjoying your best fair trade blend. What are you sitting on?
This collection has been called Coastal by Lloyd Flanders but I see it as the perfect set for the lodge feel or lakehouse perhaps. I have a friend Kim who has a great lake cabin in Minnesota. I think I need to show her this set it’s perfect for her wood porch nestled outside of her large glass windows on her a frame home. That’s it I’m calling this collection Lake Cottage!
Llyod Flander's Coastal Collection
Tommy Bahama Patio Furniture
This year Tommy Bahama outdoor furniture offered several items that I found filled a void in the industry. The first example of this is true coastal furniture for the traditionalist at heart. I like this line because the synthetic weave has the look of a twisted palm frond. This aluminum and wicker combination offers just the right combo to balance what may be present inside your coastal home. Although Lloyd Flander’s was showing a line that was called coastal I think they should called lodge or lake house and they would get more hits. I can see this collection on big wide open back patio maybe on the inter-coastal, bay, or even the wide open water. This style works beautifully with Carolina coastal all the way down to the Bahamas. Give me a tin roof, margarita, and this Tommy Bahama collection please!
Tommy Bahama Patio Furniture
If your looking for these great coastal style finds. You will have to sit tight. The outdoor furniture line is in the processs of changing hands to Lexington.
My niece Abby has beleived in fairies since the age of 5. My sister used to type up letters on the computer from the fairies and reduce them down to a tiny size, roll them in a scroll like form, and neatly set them at the base of oak tree outside of their family home. That is where Abigail made a little fairy house for all of the wonderful, magically winged characters that would come visit her in the night. When I found these fairy gardens at the show I thought the dream could go on forever. Even if she found out that fairies weren’t for real the little gardens she could make, the tools, and the fairy furniture would be enough to keep the dream alive.
At http://fairygardening.com you can learn where to buy, how to care for , and all about the magical ferries that can visit your home and make your little one smile.
Fairy Garden
Kim’s 5 Top Christmas Picks For The Gardener
What to buy the garden enthusiast? Check out my top 5!
Over the years I have been given many garden gadgets such as travel garden kits, cute little yard ornaments like spinning flowers, glass bulb humming bird feeders, etc…While I’m supremely happy to be thought of during the holiday season, I would like to let my family and friends that receiving garden art is like sometimes having to wear your grandmothers gifted alphabet sweater at age 15. I don’t want a purple windmill in the middle of my yard. Save your money or go cool! Buy something for your gardening loved one that they wouldn’t usually splurge on for themselves. This is what my list would look like for Santa…
1. Books, books, and more garden books. There is always room for one more garden book in a true entusiasts life.
Check out:
The Life and Love of Trees by Lewis Blackwell
2. The Bradley and Tanner Leather Apron in Pink. It also comes in brown and green. (Currently $120.00 based on British Pound Conversion)
Check out the leather knee pads too!
3. Dubarry Country Boots of Ireland…This is for your real significant other. Yes they are pricey but they are also once in a lifetime. The older they become, the more worn they look, the better they become! http://uk-shop.dubarryboots.com/collections/galway-boot-women
(These will set you back about $470.00 plus shipping from Europe)
4. Burgon and Ball Anything Sophie Conran
Garden Illustrated Magazine
Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Waters
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Waters
Pathway to Falling Waters
When I was a small child my grandparents moved from Pittsburgh to Indian Lake Pennsylvania. I couldn’t wait for breaks from school so that my brother, sister , and I could go to Gram and Poppie’s house just 2 hours outside of Pittsburgh. Once off the turn pike it’s like we entered a new world. It was so peaceful and beautiful. The air was crisp, the sky without light pollution seemed to magically glisten, the trees tall and dense represented every shade of green imaginable. It was heaven on earth. I can see why the Kaufmann family loved this place to get away from it all. While there home was just a 30 minute drive away from my grandparents, it was nestled in those same Pennsylvania mountains I like to call my home away from home. I can’t think of a better architect than Frank Lloyd Wright to capture the essence of the area. He was so gifted and sought to develop architecture to be harmonious with nature. I’m guessing, but I think that falling waters could be thing single most significant representation of that on this planet today. I was lucky enough to arrive on a rainy day.
Moss lined walls at Falling Waters
The beautiful moss growing on the stone surrounding the house was postcard, the sound of the falling water emphasized like a symphony coming to crescendo, and the peaceful sound of the rain dripping through the trees made me feel one with Mr. Wright’s vision.
Falling Waters Sculpture
One of my favorite things about the garden areas surrounding the home were the stragegic placement of beautiful sculptural art. Everything had it’s place. If you are planning a visit go to www.fallingwater.org for more information.
Eco Feu Fire Place
EcoSmart Stix
It used to be a trip to a Europe trade show before I could locate a company producing alcohol and gel burning fire features. This year at the shows the “Alcohol Burners Are On Fire!” What’s so great about these fire features is that you turn any level surface or wall space into a fire pit/ fire place so to speak.
Eco Smart is one company that came out with an innovative artistic way to use the burner as exterior decor.
When it comes to exterior decor mixing looks is so important to creating a creative comfortable look and feel. I love finding different eclectic end tables. Check out these tables from Rome Industries Inc. While their choice of plants doesn’t exactly show these tables off to the best of their ability…I can see through what’s wrong and find the right. I see succulents, colored glass, or mexican pebbles! Maybe you could get creative and use this as cooler to keep your wine nice and chill! This company does not sell directly to the public but don’t be afraid to send an email to them and ask “hey…where do I buy your cool end tables?
Exterior Patio Table
Pacific Home and Garden
Depending upon the colors you have selected for your exterior living space this turquoise Buddha offers a great little peaceful to place on any credenza, bar, coffee table or garden bench. Also available in white I really like a little the aged look. I can see this sitting a top a moder style coffee table for sure sitting next to a modern style pot with a beautiful orchid planted inside! This collection is offered by Skalny which only sells to the wholesale trade. You can view the entire collection at www.thewillowgroupltd.com
