January 6, 2012
Designer Robert Cannon, whose Terraform gardens we featured a while back, has designed some cool terraformed furniture made using a metal mesh armature covered with layers of stucco cement. The resulting furniture is strong, comfortable and weatherproof.
Cannon designed and … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Experiencing, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: designer outdoor furniture. urban garden furniture, ferro-cement furniture, garden furniture, planted furniture
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January 3, 2012
Kirv is a line of ergonomically designed tubular steel outdoor low-maintenance furniture intended to be left outside all year. Handmade in the UK, the colorful collection is built with 304-grade stainless steel with a bit of added chromium and nickel … Read More...
Category: Finding, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: ergonomic
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October 11, 2011
Pillow, designed by Stefano Giovannoni for the Spanish company Vondom, is a collection consisting of an armchair, pouf, table and flowerpot/planter. A visual play on the softness of interior cushions, the line works well indoors or out, on a
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Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Garden Art
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August 12, 2011
From their rural Pennsylvania hilltop farm, the Gatski family gives new meaning to the term “farm-to-table.” They make tables from reclaimed farm materials. Ben Gatski, a welder and farmer, and his wife Kate, collaborate in the design and fabrication of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: sustainable outdoor furniture, upcycled furniture
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December 23, 2010
The pleats and folds we are accustomed to seeing in clothing have come to furniture and other products. Dutch designer Floris Wubben’s Bench No. 3 brings to furniture what Issey Miyake has done with his Pleats Please line of … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: chairs, chaise lounge, folded, garden furniture, outdoor furniture, pleated furniture, stools, tables
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May 4, 2010
Beaufurn will be introducing South Coast, its new All-American green outdoor cyprus wood furniture line next month at the Hospitality & Design Expo and Conference, May 19-21, in Las Vegas.
Tuesday, May 18, the expo will feature Green Day… Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: eco-conscious design, eco-friendly furniture, green furniture, outdoor furniture, sustainable, urban garden furniture
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March 30, 2010
Metal topped tables with driftwood feet
When I think of driftwood, I think of a hideous glass topped driftwood table that graced some of my friend’s homes where I grew up near the beach in California. This was before anyone … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: green, reuse, sustainable furniture
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February 16, 2010
Muscle bench, Alexandre Mornonnoz
Spotted last month in Paris at The Design Observer exposition at the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie, this sensual bench by French designer Alexandre Moronnoz caught my attention at just the right moment. I’d been … Read More...
Category: Finding, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: French designer furniture, garden furniture, sensual outddor furniture, urban outdoor furniture
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December 3, 2022
For whatever and whomever you celebrate, indoors or out, here’s my biggest and greatest ever holiday gift guide packed with handpicked stylish, functional, and just plain fun home and garden gifts.
Walnut Garden Scissors
Shear style with these comfortable … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Food & Entertaining, Garden Design, Gifts, Great Finds, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Indoor Gardening, Lifestyle, shopping, Terrariums
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November 28, 2022
For children of all ages and the young at heart alike, here are my picks for some of the coolest fun and educational nature and gardening gifts for kids:
Edited with new products 12-26-22.
Greenhouse and Garden Set
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Category: Finding
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