When furniture designers found themselves gloomy, questioning the purpose of their inane creations, they may have thought throwing lights into their projects would lull them out of their depression. Whether or not that worked, the glowing couches and tables are a treat for consumers. Like moths, we freak out over anything that lights up. Lava lamps, disco floors, clear Christmas lights trimming a ...
Next time you think about throwing a luau, forget the grass skirt and grab some grass furniture instead.
This furniture merges the home with a grassy meadow. Even with potted plants, the home ensemble just isn’t green enough. With a grass carpet installation, you can experience walking on soft grass, while feeling cozy in your own home. The grass generates fresh oxygen in your home.
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If you follow our blog, you know that we're "green" at heart. I, personally, don't hug a lot of trees, but I do admire them and walk out of my way to pass houses with beautiful landscaping. Usually that means a flowering fruit tree or maybe a bush pruned to look like a giraffe. Recently, though, I found something that ties together my love of nature with my interest in landscaping and even my hobb...
How many times have you been warned not to throw rocks at a glass house, and how many times has that advice come in handy? Well, brave architects are planning to build a glass house showroom this year. They won't have any trouble filling it, either, with the glass furniture, glass tile, glass accents, and glass everything else that's already available. They'll have to work around birds trying to f...
I'm going to let you in on a little secret - I love buying furniture second hand. It's like the pieces you find at a thrift shot, flea market, or just on the side of the road come pre-installed with a heaping helping of personality and potential. After all, if you only paid $5 for it, you'll probably feel a little more at liberty to get creative with it. That's one of the reasons I love the growin...
Rustic decor is great on its own for a cabin feel or to remind you of Grandma's farmhouse. It also mixes surprisingly well into almost any other home decor. Unless, of course, your pad is space age or hardcore industrial, at which point I make no promises. Your style alliances have been made. For anyone with more traditional, glam, oriental, even Victorian, and especially modern, taste, you're abo...
I'm sold on rustic decor and its use of sustainable reclaimed wood furniture. If you aren't yet, take my word for it until you see the photos below or get up to speed with my first post in the series. The short story is that adding country-inspired furniture and accents is a fun new trend, reclaimed wood is eco friendly, and it lets you keep family heirlooms without going for totally country decor...
The problem: scratched furniture, scratched humans, unhappy kitties.
My two offenders. Don't they look innocent?
Cute kitties. Bad kitties. Or just kitties that need a little more training before my couch will feel safe again.
The solution: Cat trees and scratching posts. A fairly simple fix. (Unlike when Tigger got fixed.)
Scratching feels as good to your ...
I always dreamed of a patio. Okay, for the first few years I was looking for apartments, I really wanted a patio. That's similar, right? Then I got one but barely used it because it was too cold. Then I lived in a sublet where there was furniture everywhere in the house but no patio furniture, and it didn't seem like a worthwhile investment. Here's the thing: if you have that dreamy patch of concr...
Get ready for a conquest in mastering outdoor dining. Preparing for that summer barbecue is an exciting process. Grilling outdoors reminds us of summer as a kid, enjoying no homework, pool parties and eating as many hamburgers and hot dogs as we could.
Polywood's minimalistic outdoor furniture design is lightweight and handles the elements well. Aluminum does not rust, but it can be on the ...
