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Week Two on the Cure: Landing strip reveal

March 21, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

In Week Two of the Apartment Therapy Cure, participants are asked to create a “landing strip” (nope, it’s not what you think). In Cure lingo, a landing strip is the place you “land” when you get home. Where you drop your keys and coat, and file through your mail. Ben and I started the Cure […]

Filed Under: Indoors

Using common ground to create a new garden space

March 18, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

A toddler in a bright coat gardens in a raised bed

Last fall, Ben and I built three raised beds and installed them in a small grassy area above the parking garage for our townhouse complex. The area was rarely used, so we decided to build a mini community garden to be shared by interested residents. (We also photographed the making of these beds for my […]

Filed Under: My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: raised beds, shade, square foot gardening

Postcarden

March 4, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

Tag this one Clever and Cute. Postcarden is a fun and simple pop-out postcard that transforms into a mini living garden. It unfolds into a little diorama, in one of three designs: Allotment (pictured above), Botanical (shown below) or City. The front of each postcarden has a garden scene contributed by a UK artist. (Unfortunately, […]

Filed Under: Retail Therapy Tagged With: gifts, postcarden

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