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A Titan Arum, or "corpse flower," just bloomed on July 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. The next stinky bud set to open? It could be at the University of California Santa Barbara, which has a bloom on the way...
Winemakers will tell you that wine is created in the vineyard, and that a connection to the land is key to their craft. For Native American winemaker Tara Gomez, that connection goes back thousands of years. Gomez is a member of the Santa Ynez Band of the Chumash. She's also the winemaker for Kita, the tribe's new winery.
Outdoor living with a summer house feels luxurious, exciting and eco friendly. A summer house allows you to enjoy the outdoors in style, and can also double as a functional space such as an art studio, a guest room or a small home office. Small summer houses and garden sheds can be beautifully decorated in various styles creating perfect garden rooms and retreats that add value to your home.
Ordinary garden sheds or small summer houses can be transformed into fabulous structures and inviting summer rooms that add functionality, charm and elegance to your garden designs and make backyard landscaping more interesting and functional.
Creative interior design and decorating ideas can turn small summer houses, garages and simple garden sheds into peaceful, organized, cozy and inviting living spaces for work and rest in summer. A garden house or a summer room extends your living spaces and increases your home, blending gorgeous look and functionality with personalized decorating ideas, and adding unique touches to your backyard landscaping or garden design.
Small summer house for kids
Modern kitchen backsplashes are functional elements that protect walls from stains and splashes, and add decorative details to kitchen interiors. Ceramic wall tiles are a traditional, practical and attractive option for creating modern backsplash design, but there are many unusual interior design ideas that create stylish kitchen backspashes, producing stunning visual effects with surprising materials.
A unique kitchen backsplash design becomes a gorgeous centerpiece for kitchen decorating, adding character to modern kitchens and creating original and interesting interiors. The kitchen is the center of the home. One of the best ways to put your own personal mark on the space is creating an amazing backsplash design that beautifies and personalizes your kitchen interior.
Instead of painting walls or cabinets, or changing the cabinet knobs and kitchen accessories, you can transform your kitchen with a stunning, unusual and creative backsplash design that looks fresh and screams personality and style.
10 modern design trends in kitchen backsplashes
The balanced rock sculptures by Michael Grab rely on gravity and demonstrate spectacular stone art works which are inspiring and amazing. The land artist creates fabulous towers and orbs of small balanced rocks using just creativity, patience and an astonishing sense of balance.
The art of stone balancing has been practiced by various cultures around the world for centuries. Grab says that he personally finds the process of balancing rocks to be therapeutic and meditative.
Over the past few years of practicing rock balance, simple curiosity has evolved into therapeutic ritual, ultimately nurturing meditative presence, mental well-being, and artistry of design.
Inspiring balanced stone sculptures
Beachfront Unit in Carpinteria Shores with panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean...Walk to charming seaside town of Carpinteria...Rarely on the market, beautifully remodeled bath, balcony overlooking water and sand on what's called the World's Safest Beach...onsite management, elevator, income-producing with summer and winter rentals.
Perched on over 5.54 acres with heavenly ocean, mountain & valley views, sophistication has been maintained throughout what is truly one of a kind rustic compound. Featured in Architectural Digest, built in 2000, modern elements have been seamlessly blended with reclaimed barn wood to create this stylish yet understated magical estate. Main house-2 bdrms, 1 bdrm guest hs. & 2 bdrm caretakers hs. Incredible opportunity.
Small repairs are a part of staging your home interiors for sale that pays off. Combined with decluttering, organizing, light and elegant interior decorating, quick fixes prepare properties for sale that brings profit. Clean and neat look turns into beautiful home presentation and helps sell a house quick and for the best market price.
Small things often create big changes. Some necessary house repairs bring the biggest return. The profitable sale depends on a variety of factors, – house location, time of year and market condition, but there are general recommendations for staging home interiors and attractive curb appeal that apply to most homes and include necessary renovating and home staging projects that return rewards.
Today home buyers want hardwood floors, and it would pay off to have the floor carpeting removed and wooden floors refinished. If your house has a plywood sub-floor, then replacing the old floor carpet with new made of natural or eco friendly fibers carpeting in light color is a good idea for staging home interiors for sale and expecting a profitable and quick sale. Neutral colors and eco friendly products are wonderful choices, and green and healthy floor carpeting is one of the best for home staging for sale. Replacing chipped or cracked tiles, cleaning and refreshing the tile grout help sell homes faster.
Modern living room designs in bright green color feel fresh and inspiring. Spring decorating brings beautiful interior color schemes including fresh green color shades. Combined with light home fabrics, complimenting yellow and blue accents, stylish red , pink or purple touches and natural light, green color schemes brighten up modern interior design welcoming the spring season and staging home interiors in style.
Juicy green color shades transform living room designs into new, attractive and inviting spaces, dramatically changed by bright spring decorating ideas and colorful accents. Home fabrics and textiles, decorative accessories and lighting are wonderful elements of modern living room designs that define the mood and are easy to change for a new season.
Window curtains and floor rugs, sofa throws and cushions, furniture covers and vases, wall artworks and chair upholstery fabrics, lamp shades and indoor plants pots are nice ways to refresh modern living room designs with bright green color, inspired by spring decorating. Little things make a big difference, adding beautiful details to interior design and coloring it for spring.
Spring decorating with yellow and green color scheme
Unique kitchen sink can be very decorative element of modern kitchen design. Functional and Attractive, modern kitchen sinks beautifully accentuate kitchen interiors and create gorgeous and ergonomic triangles with kitchen appliances. Selecting the right kitchen sink for your home helps create practical and aesthetically appealing modern kitchen design.
Large, wide and deep kitchen sinks are comfortable. While selecting a kitchen sink consider large sinks which are great for small tableware and large pots, pans and colanders. Resistance to chemicals, heat and mechanical damages is important quality of kitchen sink material which helps sinks look like new for years.
Kitchen sinks creates beautiful accents for interior design and decorating. Indoor plants, towels, decorative vases and attractive drying racks look beautiful, adding warmth and relaxing feel to modern kitchen designs. Indoor plants and kitchen towels add harmony with attractive prints and matching your kitchen colors.