Mid-century Modern Landscape Project

After

Before

HGTV's show Outer Spaces is a surprise make over for your yard. Since it's that time of year I thought I'd share one of their more modern projects. Nice!

Modern Container Gardening

Here is a very hip idea. The 21st century answer to small space container gardening, helping those in need and recycling.

"We first saw this amazing idea for a vertical urban garden on treehugger.com about a month ago, and we've been thinking about it ever since. It's absolute genius!  The cool upcycled urban garden shown was made for a poor family of three living in outer São Paulo, Brazil, by design studioRosenbaum, which collaborates with the TV show Caldeirao do Huck in a segment called Lar doce lar (Home Sweet Home)."  jen betterley via Parent Map.

New Icons Awards

Today, I a received an email from Alana Rubinstein from California Home+Design. They have just released the New Icons of progressive design on their website and feature some innovative and creative architecture, interiors, and landscapes. For details on these designed and and to view others, visit their site. Thanks Alana!

Minigarden

Garden any time of year and anywhere with Minigarden. Use them outside in warm weather or inside year round. This gardening system not only provides food and herbs, a composting option and great thermal insulation to you home, it looks amazing.

Modern Birds

Fall is coming and the birds will be migrating. Here are some stylish ways to get them to stop by your house on the way. Via mod livin' and CB2

Modern Planters

WEST ELM Planter
MENU Planter
AUTHENTICS Planters Via Made in Design

WALLTER Planters

SOLUS Planter/Fire Pit Via Pure Contemporary
POD Planter

My recent planter purchase. It was a one off on sale at a locale store. $13

Modern Backyard Birds

Eva Solo has a sleek and interestingly designed group of items for your backyard to attract birds. Don't settle for the norm when it comes to birdbaths, birdhouses and feeders when these modern designs are available.

Dyning Outdoor Bench

The Dyning Outdoor Bench brings natural wood elements to a modern sculptural level. The fluid curves remind one of the flow of water creating a simple yet elegant form for outdoor seating.

Land Ho! By Nola

Inside or outside, the Land Ho planter bench is a great edition to any space. This modern design is sleek and bright and provides not only seating space but space to grow anything you want, flowers, a tree or vegetables. Very cool.

Tina Roeder White Billion Chairs

This is a very cool idea! Tina Roeder has taken the obligatory white outdoor chair and turned it into an original with nothing more than a Dremel and a drill bit. See Appel Design for more images.

Before And After Outdoor Space

The bones were there but Landscape architect Sasha Tarnopolsky removed a small lap pool, which was located just a few feet from the back door, and in its place installed a simple concrete patio that acts as an extension of the dining and living areas. She added a concrete bench at the end of the patio to provide built-in seating and placed a discreet water feature nearby (water bubbles up through gravel from a cistern hidden below). Tarnopolsky filled most of the remaining space with lawn, providing a soft contrast to the hard geometry of the concrete forms. The rest of the landscaping consists of simple, low-maintenance plants. From My Home Ideas.

Organic Wasp and Bee Trap

I've been looking for a non-toxic way to deal with wasps and bees in my outdoor space and I've found this smartly designed organic bee and wasp trap. Now I know these insects do so much for the world of nature, but their encroachment on my outdoor sitting area is making it hard to use, and I don't want to go around spraying bug killer. Here's a stunning option designed by Pernille Vea for Menu.

Outdoor Luxury Furniture

If you're looking for fabulous luxury and modern design in your outdoor furniture here are some wonderful options. The price is not low but they wear so well you'll have them for years to come. My low-priced wooden lounger that I bought last summer already looks like it's taken a beating. Not a good investment! See the Babmar site for all sorts of other options.

Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit was designed to be an outdoor installation. Comprising of 10 separate pieces, Strange Fruit seems to grow amongst most flowers, and when the sun catches the glass, it seems to twinkle in the sunlight. Strange Fruit is sold either per stem, with discounts available with the purchase of 10 stems. The average lenght of Strange Fruit are 400mm + to 1000mm. Bouf.

Connections Lounger

For indoor or outdoor use, the wooden Connections Lounger puts you in touch with the surface on which it sits. A stunning design at Boof,

Outtime Fireplate Grill

This interesting grill and outdoor fire pit has a great base shape that was inspired by natural stones.

Fold It Up Design

Some great little space savers that can be folded, packed or collapsed. Includes a canvas bucket and grill among others.

Sustainable Design

Sustainable design offered at Branch. Some fun and cool stuff.