Comments on: Trend watch: horizontal slats

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:46:48 +0000

Whether it’s considered modern or not, it’s a great looking fence.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:07:26 +0000

Kim – good point. Modernism was defined by stripping away the ornate or unnecessary, after all.

Sassy – yes, “flouncing around” on the land… a big no-no in my book!

By: Sassy Gardener

Sassy Gardener — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:55:52 +0000

I have no idea who Marjorie Harris is but I think she needs a new photographer. Just sayin’.

As to horizontal lines…..I think it’s because in modern architecture and design (think Eames and 1950s and Neutra) we see low slung design with long horizontal lines and planes of field. It’s about relationship to the land, not jutting or flouncing around on it.

By: kim

kim — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:43:14 +0000

I don’t necessarily think minimialist, I think it’s just that the lines are clean. There are no gothic points or criss-crossing support rails to be seen, so that cleans up the whole view, you know?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:47:53 +0000

OMG, you’re right, Em! Maybe that’s why she looks angry – disgruntled former Gardens West employees are always attacking her in the streets!

By: Emma Lee

Emma Lee — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:29:25 +0000

Is it me, or is Marjorie Harris a dead ringer for another gardener/publisher we both know?! It’s her with a brown wig on!