That's a helluva lot of Mums....
and where can I find a chair like THAT???!
Showing newest posts with label Vintage Garden Ideas. Show older posts
Showing newest posts with label Vintage Garden Ideas. Show older posts
Monday, November 17, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Vintage Garden Ideas
I got a ton vintage books and one magazine on Sunday, prepare for the deluge...
This is from a 1978 House Beautiful's Gardening and Outdoor Living...
as always, click on th photo for more detail...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Vintage lawn furniture- heck, it's antique!
Dan and I went to the mega-depressing Michigan City Zoo today. I told him it was depressing last time I went- but he retorted, correctly, that it had been about 20 years since then. But I was right. It's still depressing.
We both grew up going to the outstanding Brookfield Zoo, which is still somewhat depressing- (and no doubt it's even worse since my friend Kate stopped working there last month, ha!), I mean- zoos are fun for us... not the animals...
Anyway- what's cool about the Michigan City zoo is that it's less than a block from the beach and it funnels upwards on a sand dune to a towering observation deck (closed!). Most of the structure was built by a WPA project and I love stuff made in that period. It's old style meets the beginning of the modern age. I wouldn't mind this bench in my backyard...if you know what I mean...
The landscaping/grounds keeping was more depressing than the sad lion kept in an enclosure Wolfgang (my cat) would bore of in minutes.
Here's a funny video I took at the zoo. There's a sadder one on my You Tube channel, of a zebra that wanted in with the other zebras so bad he was banging himself up. I'm sure there was a good reason for it-
And a video of some tiny alligators doing nothing...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Vintage Garden Idea of the Day- refreshing as a gin rickey
So I'm a little amped about vintage yard furniture... This furniture kills me, actually the whole staging of the shot kills me.I want to live in this world.
Click to read about bamboo fences...
From The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorationg and Home Improvement FEN-FRA 1970
(I'd sure like to find the rest of a set of these!)
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Vintage Garden Idea of the Day
How Chic- I would much rather see this than the backyard plaything atrocities that are de rigueur nowadays...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Vintage Garden Idea of the Day
From 1968's Better Homes and Gardens New Garden Book. I have 3 of them- all different years. I could just post cool things from them full time, yo.
Friday, July 04, 2008
thinking about it...
This fabulous glider set is on auction on eBay right now. It's not close by- but it's a conceivable drive. It's not cheap either, but it's worth it and I've been dying for a glider since I found out they existed. Damn. That paint color chokes me up it's so pretty.
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