eHow. March 7, 2012. By Kendra Osburn: No green thumb? Check out these fun, no-grow garden features.
Consider something other than the traditional hardscape patio. “Permeable patios and walkways require less maintenance and can add to the sensory experience of seeing, smelling and walking through your garden,” Aoyagi says. “Striking permeable materials include criba, mulch, gravel, decomposed granite, and reclaimed tumbled glass.”
Los Angeles Times. April 13, 2012. Show houses are often more about aspiration than inspiration, more an exercise in overindulgence than in practicality. This year’s installment of the annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design, however, does contain ideas that could translate in the real world.
When the stunning 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival home in La Cañada Flintridge opens Sunday, tour-goers will see the work of 21 interior designers and seven landscape designers who transformed the property with tattoo-like wall designs, distinctive ceiling applications, hand-painted floors and ideas for outdoor living spaces too. Even the most jaded critic of design houses may fall for the Spanish arches and ironwork, ornate vintage doors, Moroccan-influenced tile and breathtaking view of the San Gabriel Mountains.