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Bringing Green Inside on WOOD TV8

| Design, Economical, eightWest WOOD TV8, garden, How-To, Interior Plantscape, Videos, WholeHome
May 27, 2010

By showing multiple examples of how easy it is to bring nature indoors, Rachael Ruiz and I hope to inspire you to fill your home with plants and cuttings. Plants detoxify and oxygenate the air while energizing any space with life. That’s so West…That’s Heaven on Earth! Fern Terrariums Using...
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Richard Gere & Carey Lowell Plant-it-Forward From Their New Inn, The Bedford Post

| Design, garden, Gardening, Giving, Plant-Based Cuisine, Travel, WholeFood
May 18, 2010

We felt like taking our shoes off at the bottom of the stairs when we (my sister, Janet and I) first arrived at the Bedford Post Inn. The comfortable atmosphere made us feel like we were welcomed guests to a beautiful home and as such you usually take your shoes...
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Bring In Those Bloomin’ Branches

| Design, Free, garden, Gardening, How-To, Interior Plantscape, WholeHome
April 17, 2010

Inevitably, every Spring I will pass a neighbor’s home where they have just pruned a flowering tree, while it’s in bud, and they toss it to the curb! That magic and beauty the tree has worked so hard creating throughout the year is wasted at the dump, or (gulp) shredded...
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Urban Archaeology Party- Merchandise Mart, Chicago

| Design, Fun, WholeHome
April 6, 2010

A perk of being a designer who uses the Merchandise Mart as a resource is being invited to the parties! Last week Steve and I had the opportunity to join our friends, Larry Deutsch and Bill Parker, for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the Urban Archaeology showroom in the Lux...
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Fern Terrariums…Simple & Sexy

| Design, Economical, garden, Gardening, How-To, Interior Plantscape, WholeHome
March 31, 2010

I’m a sucker for a cloche, a Wardian case or a terrarium. Since the addition of a conservatory or a move to a warmer climate is a few years off (yes I’m wishful thinking), for now I’m getting my horticultural fix with all of the above. These structures, ranging in...
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