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Modular Outdoor Kitchen With Shower

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:59:35 +0000

WooHoo! WWOO is a modular concrete customizable outdoor kitchen that, with modifications, morphs into a multipurpose station for not just cooking, but for gardening and even showering. I love how the contemporary design blends sophistication and utility while being just … Read More...

Modern Sustainable Living Showcased at Dwell on Design

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:12:22 +0000

The Modern Living Showhouse at Dwell on Design.

I spent a good part of last week in Los Angeles, absorbing the best of green innovation and design at Dwell on Design. Much of my time I perused a section of … Read More...

Exterior Motives: Indoor/Outdoor Design Trends

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:38:40 +0000

Diallo Design’s Segou Rocker weaves beautiful color into outdoor seating.

What’s drawing people outdoors these days? Perhaps it’s rise of the “staycation,” originally driven by the economic down turn, or the increasing number of individuals telecommuting from home, that has … Read More...

More Urban Garden Ideas From the Golden State

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:10:22 +0000

As I peered through the cut out of a beautiful metal screen into landscape architect Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s award-winning installation, Pi r Squared, for the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, I definitely felt this designer’s invitation to Get … Read More...

California Dreaming at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:56:34 +0000

Originally from California, each time I return, I dream of moving back where the plant scents fill the air all year and where, even in supermarkets, they don’t wrap the tomatos in cellophane.

At the San Francisco Flower and Garden … Read More...

Trash Gets New Life as Pavers and Socially Beneficial Urban Art Garden Pots

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:43 +0000

Trula Paver

The current movement towards environmental consciousness has sparked innovations in the manufacturing of sustainable products, using environmentally-friendly materials and production techniques. A few of these have ended up in the urban garden.

Trula, a green alternative manufacturing … Read More...

Zip it Up in the Garden

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:31:22 +0000

I love people, and gardens, that don’t take themselves too seriously, those with wit and humor. Taiwanese sculptor/artist Ju Ming has created the zipper pond, a creative lotus pond and one of the feature attractions at Taiwan’s Juming Museum, … Read More...

Modular Lattice Grows Itself In a Snap

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:51:45 +0000

Cellule, a snap-together modular lattice system designed by NYTO Studios, is perfect for urban spaces, both outdoors and indoors. Each module has mounting features for cable ties that attach to railings, and a generous hole for screwing into wood, … Read More...