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Paige Russell: North American Wild Life series

November 18, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

Behold the awesomeness of the North American Wild Life series by Kelowna BC-based ceramic artist Paige Russell. Consisting of four archetypal North American vehicles, the vessels are handmade of matte white glazed stoneware. Perfect with your 60s rec-room inspired decor or ironic mustache. Buy them here.

Filed Under: Indoors Tagged With: ceramic, design, paige russell

Sky Planter: turning houseplants on their heads

November 10, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Check out the Boskke Sky Planter. Yep, that’s it, hanging upside down there. Actually, it’s not upside down – it’s designed that way. (Another art school grad project! Thank goodness for design students. Without them, the world would certainly be less bloggable.) Using an internal reservoir system, the Sky Planter feeds water directly to the […]

Filed Under: Indoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: Boskke, design, house plants, Sky Planter

This proves it. Chickens are hot.

November 4, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 14 Comments

It’s a classic design school project: redesign an everyday object (the stapler and the chair are popular picks.) Maxime Evrard, a student at the Ecole de Design Nantes, chose to redesign the chicken coop. You thought the Eglu was cool? Maxime’s Cocorico looks like a spaceship. With a tent attached. Would this be a good […]

Filed Under: Critters and wildlife, Green Gardening & Living Tagged With: chickens, design, homesteading, Sustainability

Garden Tour: Andrea and Ben’s urban patio

October 9, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Today marks the launch of Rock n’ Scroll: the Heavy Petal Garden Tour (woot!). See gardens from around the world, and share your garden with the whole wide web. Here’s how. To kick off the tour, I’m sharing my own back patio with you. Enjoy! The basics Gardeners: Andrea Bellamy and Ben Garfinkel (with daughter […]

Filed Under: Garden Design, Garden Tours, My garden Tagged With: design, Garden Design, garden makeover, garden tour, patio, small space, urban

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