Tuesday, December 21, 2010
stalking foley and corrina bag
Conde Nast you make bad choices
First Domino. Now Lucky.
When I picked up the latest copy of Lucky I noted that there was something off about it besides the extreme lack of advertising. The copy had that slightly too breezy tone, punctuated with lots of " royal we" edicts -- sort of hearkening back to 50's teen mags that tell you how to make boys like you. The thing about that is the soul disappears out of it, I can't recognize a real person in all that chatter.
A flip to the editor's page - No Kim! To the back page - No Andrea! And the rest of the magazine wasn't much of an improvement. I see they are now targeting teens with clothes that I wouldn't have worn at that age much less now. In an issue that is supposed to show how to dress for work? Disassociated.
To be fair I did note that they brought back some home shopping.
I was therefore extremely happy to find I want to be her! Andrea Linnet is back with a blog that is sort of the essence of Lucky as it was. I hope it is HUGELY successful, paving the way for fashion online editorial like Lonny did for home decor and I hope that Conde Nast goes into Chapter 11. Or minimally whoever decided to axe Domino and rip the soul out of Lucky gets the heave ho.
When I picked up the latest copy of Lucky I noted that there was something off about it besides the extreme lack of advertising. The copy had that slightly too breezy tone, punctuated with lots of " royal we" edicts -- sort of hearkening back to 50's teen mags that tell you how to make boys like you. The thing about that is the soul disappears out of it, I can't recognize a real person in all that chatter.
A flip to the editor's page - No Kim! To the back page - No Andrea! And the rest of the magazine wasn't much of an improvement. I see they are now targeting teens with clothes that I wouldn't have worn at that age much less now. In an issue that is supposed to show how to dress for work? Disassociated.
To be fair I did note that they brought back some home shopping.
I was therefore extremely happy to find I want to be her! Andrea Linnet is back with a blog that is sort of the essence of Lucky as it was. I hope it is HUGELY successful, paving the way for fashion online editorial like Lonny did for home decor and I hope that Conde Nast goes into Chapter 11. Or minimally whoever decided to axe Domino and rip the soul out of Lucky gets the heave ho.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Resources for Busts
If you LOVE the pottery barn version, I am all for getting it, I think it is so cool and would be perfect in your bathroom! However, I am sure you knew I would look for other options. Below is a plain white plaster option from some guy in Brooklyn, a bust of Venus, the goddess of love (couldn't link to it directly, it is the large Venus 20")
Plaster Galaxy
And I found one on Etsy too, but she is only 12 inches tall.
And there are more at Statue.com. This one I thought was very pretty.
Plaster Galaxy
And I found one on Etsy too, but she is only 12 inches tall.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Metal Sofa Table | Overstock.com
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Flameless candles at Restoration Hardware
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Landscape consultation from Wilcox Nursery
When we moved here, I was interested in native plant landscaping. Found Wilcox Nursery that way. I was excited that one of the few nurseries that seemed legit on the subject of native plants was right here in Largo.
You can arrange for a consultation with their designer, Jason Beck for a small fee. I got the chance to identify what all my plants were and get an idea of what we should do. I will call him back when I get ready to do my front courtyard. We will want to move the birds of paradise around a little and see what other bushes we might use there.
For now, I will probably clean out the front planting areas, remulch it (he recommends pine needle mulch). There is a plant by the front door I think I will just get rid of. There are some perennial flowers I think I will also get rid of and just leave the big plants there. I will move my firecracker plants to the front between the jutropha and bird of paradise and move the little plants (crape myrtle I think shown below) that are there around the corner and see if they do better.
Found out that the bushes in front of my house with the pretty red flowers are jatropha. We talked about planting some more of those with some pretty grasses "facahachi, muhli grass and sandcordgrass in some planting areas on the front lawn. (see the pictures in beginning of post but the red grass I really like that is the muhli grass) Also two rock gardens to balance out the one we need in front of the house to keep cars from running up the lawn. We have some hedges of sweet viburnum along the fences that will stay for now.
He recommends crushed shell too, which I like. We might do the driveway temporarily in that.
Also we are going to remove the edging around the palm tree and fertilize it with 8.2.12. I think we will have to wait for the fertilizing till spring, but I also think I will temporarily move the plants on the front and side of the house a bit and remulch it, put in a new border with those blocks I am removing from the front.
He recommends a new ground cover around the plantings sunshine mimosa. You can mow it and it has pretty flowers.
We are going to move the red sister and a tree thing on the wall near my front door (I have already forgotten which plants those are but Brent our gardener was there and I hope he remembers!). Also, he mentioned ixora, and not sure if I have one or he recommended it.
In the back, I have jasmine vines which I want to encourage to grow by removing the other stuff. We want to clean out the bamboo stands. There is a little cherry laurel along with the bromelads by my really cool tree and I love that.
I ended up with a rough design which I was happy with and feel like i can go forward. So money and time well spent.
For now, I will probably clean out the front planting areas, remulch it (he recommends pine needle mulch). There is a plant by the front door I think I will just get rid of. There are some perennial flowers I think I will also get rid of and just leave the big plants there. I will move my firecracker plants to the front between the jutropha and bird of paradise and move the little plants (crape myrtle I think shown below) that are there around the corner and see if they do better.
He recommends crushed shell too, which I like. We might do the driveway temporarily in that.
Also we are going to remove the edging around the palm tree and fertilize it with 8.2.12. I think we will have to wait for the fertilizing till spring, but I also think I will temporarily move the plants on the front and side of the house a bit and remulch it, put in a new border with those blocks I am removing from the front.
He recommends a new ground cover around the plantings sunshine mimosa. You can mow it and it has pretty flowers.
We are going to move the red sister and a tree thing on the wall near my front door (I have already forgotten which plants those are but Brent our gardener was there and I hope he remembers!). Also, he mentioned ixora, and not sure if I have one or he recommended it.
In the back, I have jasmine vines which I want to encourage to grow by removing the other stuff. We want to clean out the bamboo stands. There is a little cherry laurel along with the bromelads by my really cool tree and I love that.
I ended up with a rough design which I was happy with and feel like i can go forward. So money and time well spent.
Rock garden
We need to build a rock garden in the front of our house. Got these images from Google. Here is at least one link to how to info.And another.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Home front facade - Outdoors - Great home and garden makeover and remodel ideas - Photos - Sunset.com
Sunset has a feature with front yard makeovers I really like. The first picture shows the staggered wall effect I was interested in for the front. Kevin points out a six foot wall won't do anything for the shade.
The second picture shows stained concrete which we are interested in using.
Third one is a Home front facade - This gives a kind of wall in the front of the home - Sunset.com
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)