How To: Make LED Lights for Party Decoration
Our DIY wedding is getting closer, but the challenge of lighting remains. The dinner will be held on a gravel road, lined by olive trees, with the nearest power outlet a good 200 yards away. We've a...
Posts tagged “great outdoors”
Look! A Seasonal Vertical Garden
Many big cities share the same characteristic of tight lots and side yards with little room to grow plants and unsightly views of neighboring homes as close as a few feet away. In the Lincoln Park n...
No-Dig Deck Using Dek-Block Piers
We've been dreaming of a patio for outdoor entertaining for quite some time, but the cost and materials have been a bit overwhelming. But then yesterday we stumbled upon a product at the hardware st...
Best Outdoor Garden Hose Showers 2009
It's been really hot lately, and I've been wanting to find and purchase a simple outdoor shower that would hook up to a hose and stick into or sit on the lawn. At the house we visited in Italy in J...
Be an Inspiration: Edible Estates Looking for Submissions
If you've recently dug up the front lawn in favor of a big edible garden, then Fritz Haeg is looking for you! Remember his book Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn? Well, he's updating it, and he...
How To: Make a Recycled Wine Bottle Torch
We’ve been looking for a little extra lighting for our deck, and we think this DIY would not only do the trick, but also make the space even better. Turning a wine bottle into a torch is bright id...
Camper Kart & Camper Bike by Kevin Cyr
Brooklyn based artist Kevin Cyr has an affinity for homes on the go. His projects include the Camper Bike and Camper Kart, and he's documented other types of mobile living in various photos and sket...
4 Natural Ways To Protect Your Garden From Insects and Pests
A garden is a labor of love, even if it's just a couple of containers on a balcony. It takes time, attention and love. And normally it pays us back 3 fold with beauty, fruit and a sense of having ...
Romantic Bedrooms: Best Yurt Sources 2009
Our Yurt (a few summers ago) Over ten years ago, we put up our first yurt in a field out on Long Island. A spare bedroom, a romantic getaway and a dramatic design statement, that round yurt is still...
Offset Window Screen from Old Wood Lathe
In attempt to create more privacy and block some of the sun streaming through one of their back windows, Jason and Jennifer of Humphrey House first tried traditional lattice but found it "underwhelm...
Roundup: Eco-friendly Mulches
Dried Pine Needles Used for Mulch Lately, I've heard a lot of confusing information about mulch. We've been told it's wise to use because it helps conserve water, fights erosion, and blocks weeds. ...
Inspiration: A Driftwood Fence
Most people love New York's new abandoned railway-turned-elevated park, The High Line. But not everyone loves being so close to the very public space. NYC gallerist, Marianne Boesky, lives 5-feet aw...
Swedish Floating Gardens
We've never seen floating gardens before, but we stumbled upon the Landskrona, Sweden Garden Guild contest. Every August, contestants build little garden environments on a raft. And while you might...
Reclaimed Cedar Chicken Coops by Modern Coop
Some of our editors have a thing for chickens. They've tried to work through it, but they just keep coming back for more! Here's the newest addition: these sporty, mobile chicken coops by Modern C...
Shepherd Huts by Plankbridge
These tiny huts — comprised of a kitchen, bedroom, storeroom and always a stove for warmth and cooking — were originally used by shepherds who lived and traveled alongside their flock of...
Carré d’Etoiles: A Prefab Getaway
Carré d’étoile is mini prefab getaway, like a vacation in a box. Each one comes equipped with a transparent dome and a telescope for star gazing. A compact and efficient design all...
Joel Salatin on Big Organic and the Future of Food
TreeHugger
If you've read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, then you are no doubt familiar with Joel Salatin, the "high priest of the pasture," as The New York Times called him in their May 2005 profile...
Two Story Handmade Transforming Truck Tours Japan
This truck is certainly more than meets the eye. Built completely by the hands of three high school buddies, this two-story camper complete with kitchen and bathroom started as a basic Toyota truck,...
Inspiration: Vacant Lots Turned Gardens
Every neighborhood has it: an ugly, abandoned vacant lot that’s sat unused for years. Now many cities are offering to help communities turn vacant lots into urban gardens…...
Look! Floating Camp Ground in Holland
If it floats, why not! This floating campground was spotted off the island of Almere Beach in Holland and believed to be the work of a group of students who enjoy floating things on water. While the...
Hot or Not? Solar Tent by Orange
Having just spent a weekend camping isolated in the mountains, we’ve really come to appreciate a break from the city and technology. So when we came across this solar powered tent we felt conflict...
Snapping Deck Tiles by VIFAH
We've kicked around the idea of installing a deck, but are always overwhelmed by the options: what's best for the environment, what's easiest to install, Trex vs. wood, etc? Or maybe a patio instead...
Solar-Breeze Sun Powered Pool Skimmer
Eco Pool Technologies's Solar-Breeze is to the pool like a Roomba robotic vacuum is to your living room. Except this helpful pool cleaner doesn't require any outlet, taking advantage of two long, thin...
Mow Down Air Pollution: Trade-In for an Electric Lawn Mower
Almost missed this bit of news mentioned in last month's Westways magazine: the South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called "Mow Down Air Pollution," offering LA, Oran...
5 Reasons to Reconsider Artificial Grass
The Los Angeles Times 7.15.09
Yeah, we know what you're thinking. Eeew, gross. I like a natural lawn. But especially in hot climates (read Los Angeles) or in places where the grass is mostly just there to "look nice" (that patc...
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