Saturday, October 31, 2009

Poison ivy

A beautiful native plant, poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a wicked plant (at least for those of us allergic to it - and that's about 85% of us).

The fruits are excellent for birds ~ check.
Fall color is fabulous ~ check.
It's native ~ check.

But.... its oils are not a happy combination with human skin and we react badly with rashes and itching.

Happy Halloween!

Casual Home

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Enjoy casual home decorating by choosing artwork that compliments casual interior design. Just the right casual decorating accessories can add a romantic touch to master bedroom and bath.

Home Furniture

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We can help you beginner complete any home decorating or furnishing project with style and a price that can fit any budget.

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Transforming your personal sprees into a spa like retreat is worth some attention. They are the easiest and least expensive to decorate in a home, although that unique room is mostly neglected. Consider a collection of small mirrors in decorating frames to add glamor to your bathroom. Choose colors that soothe your mood.

Home Decorating

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Create a Home

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For all the people out there that are ready to take the next step in life and buy and decorate their house, there are many places to go to for advice. If you're in the business of interior design and have tips for the general public, one way to enhance how-to articles would be to create podcast for people to listen to.

Bedroom Decorating

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DesignMyRoom allows you to decorate a room virtually using either your own photo or one of the rooms in their library. I’ve tested it and I can tell you that with this tool you can see how a room would look with a certain floor, paint, fixtures, furniture, etc. Objects can be resized, rotated and moved around the room. The next step, the company says, is to allow users to upload their own images and insert them into the room. They’ve also paid attention to details – notice the shadows behind the clover and the lamp, for example, and the light coming into the room from the windows. Take a look and tell me what do you think, is easy !

A fitted bedroom

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This is Best Interior design collection of Comfortable and luxurious bedroom design in modern style, beautiful combination between bed, bed cover, wall decor, furniture and curtains. A fitted bedroom furniture is very suitable for this interior design. You can choose bedroom packages from the internet with bedroom furniture online. You can also placed bedroom office, bedroom furniture store. The pine or rustic bedroom furniture may make your interior more beautiful.

Nautical bedroom

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Unfathomable Spa! whose waves are years! Ocean of time, whose waters of deep woe Are brackish with the salt of human tears! Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of mortality

gives soothing effect.

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look at the combination of this bed room.Furniture colour of bed, side tables, cupboard, dressing table even chair, all are in same texture. And it looks very good to eyes. Bed sheet and wall hanging are also making combination with the room furniture.

bedroom

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Establish the room's restful tone with a serene hue around the bed. Then, relive favorite trips by elevating vacation photos to art with a trio of classic, gallery-style frames. Misty Spring, $35, Freshaire paint.

Modern Apartment Interior Design in Brussels

The pictures below are trying to capture the design of an apartment in Brussels. The project belongs to Agence Andrée Putman and gives a new and modern meaning to contemporary living. There have been many opinions expressed regarding this interior design and this is one of them : “When Agence Andrée Putman designs a duplex for a Brussels heiress, it’s clear that women rule” (Judy Fayard).














Country Home

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Country Home Decorating can actually be broken down into several specific styles, or themes, all of which fall into the larger category of Country.Learn more about each of these diverse country interior decorating styles and what makes them unique. You might find a particular favorite theme, or you may choose to blend more than one together to create your very own unique look

simple-home-decor

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This room is probably one of my favorite rooms I have ever done. Even though I designed it for a showcase house back in 2000, I think that the design holds up pretty well.

Amazing Home

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Amazing Home Decorating Ideas To Create a Classic Look

victorian style

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Designing a home and decorating it the way you want is a lot more than merely putting a few objects together that serve the purpose. It is often a wise thing to have a running theme across your home as it will give the right idea on how to accessorize and make shopping a lot easier. If themes are what you are going how about the instant classic – the Victorian style of decorating interiors. It brings a touch of royalty, a sense of class and adds timeless charm. Going Victorian though is a lot harder than picking contemporary styles and design as you are trying to recreate the past. But here are a few simple tips that will you with that task.

Moroccan home decor

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The Goods: Morocco is known for its handmade works like carved doors and columns, hand-woven carpets, Moroccan mosaic tiles, wood lattice screens, encaustic cement tiles, zillij tile, terracotta tile, Bedouin tents, Berber ethnic rugs, zellige mosaic tiles, intricately painted tiles, lanterns, leather goods and silver tea sets.
Color: The North African country borders an ocean, but is also a desert oasis, resulting in a warm and cool color palette. Earth tones combined with various shades of blue, red, green, yellow and pink are common, as are texture and pattern in Moroccan inspired interior design and home decorating.

Friday, October 30, 2009

A waste-free conference

I went to a Georgia Environmental Educators conference today focused on Outdoor Classrooms. What a cool conference! I tagged along with two of my best buddies (they're both nature and garden lovers, too).

I was totally inspired by a couple of the presentations -- one in particular about DiscoverLife.org and the interactions between citizen science, researchers, and people of all ages literally around the world and the other about certifying pollinator habitats (a Monarchs across Georgia initiative). I'd heard about both organizations before, but not about these projects, so I was delighted to learn about them.

But, the highlight of participating in this conference was the focus on having a waste-free conference. Remarkable. From being able to put our banana peels and apple cores in compost buckets, to using washable plates and cutlery in the school cafeteria, and no excess paper conference printing (uh, they actually relied on us to remember which programs we signed up for and print it out, so they sort of cheated), it was quite the most progressively green conference that I've ever been to.

The school where we met was a remarkably green school, too, with interesting gardens, from vegetables to butterfly gardens to a secret native garden/backyard wildlife habitat). Their cafeteria is not only relying on washable plates, but is recycling everything else, including the composting operation for organic waste.

It was an old school, but one has been totally rebuilt recently, and just reopened a year ago. It was impressive, and the classrooms where the sessions met (at least in the sessions I attended) were full of great materials, and interesting connections to the natural world.

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some great home

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These days’ people are looking forward for some great home decorating ideas so that they can reveal their modern lifestyle. Home decoration makes your house look attractive and thus; inspire others to do something of that sort. The basic goal behind home decoration is to provide a certain feel for your house.

Decoration of Home

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Interior Decoration of Home Decor is the art of decorating a room in order to make it great to look at and easy to use with the existing frame of the room. The goal of the successful interior design is to give the home owner a look for the room that reflects their personality. Interior decoration uses things like paintings, paint, wall paper, light fixtures, floor plans, curtains and carpets. They base the whole design on the room itself.

Cotton Candy Newsletter

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Brought to you by Cotton Incorporated, this monthly newsletter features the hottest Lifestyle Monitor™ consumer info along with fascinating fun facts about cotton. Each month, you'll receive the latest edition of COTTON CANDY – complete with download able images. We invite you to use any content you like, and only ask in return that you give attribution to Cotton Incorporated.

Cheap Home

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First of all, you must look around and make a list of what all items you have that you would like to reuse. If most of the furniture in your home is in a sturdy condition, do not replace them. Just get the polishing done and, if possible, get them upholstered again.

your home

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Just starting out? When embarking on a decorating project, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the choices you must make and steps you must take.Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your home decorating:Get inspired. Peruse decorating and living magazines, watch makeover shows on tv, read books on decorating styles, and click through the hundreds of websites on the topic (hint: a simple search on "home decorating" in Google will keep you busy for a long time!) Sometimes, you just have to see what others have done and go from there than try to visualize the whole thing yourself.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Out in the woods

It was a lovely and mild fall day (exceptionally mild, to be sure, for the end of October). My morning 'work' involved taking new SC Master Naturalists around the Garden for a couple of hours. Woo-hoo! I wasn't behind my computer in the office (darn), and I was delighted with the opportunity to share the Garden with these folks.

Gardens are wonderful places for people to connect with nature in a friendly place (ours is almost 300 acres and includes not only managed gardens, but also woods, streams and ponds, meadows, and an arboretum). And gardening is more often than not a portal into an expanding interest in nature and wildlife. Birds, butterflies, bees, toads, garter snakes, woodchucks (hmm), rabbits, beneficial insects, other insects, etc., etc. visit a wildlife-friendly garden.

Natural habitats have become more and more fragmented and disturbed, so our wildlife-oriented gardens, especially those that are full of native plants, become important connections between patches of natural diversity here and there.

We're stewards of an old house, but I'm so pleased that we've been able to restore the landscape to something that's hospitable to wildlife. That's what's important.

The orient decor

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Comparing to other home decor styles, the Oriental decorating style is simple and elegant. People who want a simplistic surrounding often choose an Oriental decor theme. Oriental decor has been popular in the west for many years. The orient decor style is very simple and pays attention to the space required. The polished wood surface, incorporated nature elements, the craftsmanship have made the Oriental Home Decor Style a popular choice even today.

Your Home Decorating

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Is your home in a funk? Learn how to find your decorating flavor and use it in a room recipe that works! Students should bring 5 of their favorite objects that instructor Jamie Meares of Furbish Design will use to help determine your 'style'. She will then show you how to translate that into a stylish and livable home. Class takes place on Thursday July 9th from 7-9pm in Downtown Raleigh.

Americana Home

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Whenever we think about decorating our home in Americana decor style, all things white, blue and red come to our minds, but we should not forget that this is only one of the elements of Americana decorating style. Actually, Americana decorating style includes anything that has come from American history and this is not limited to only patriotic elements.

Home Decor Ideas

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It seems that most of the transformations of rooms that I get to take a very long time. I am about to finish a project that has.

specific decorating

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With so many things on the market available for home decorating, it may be difficult to decide just what your favorite style is. Read here for information about different styles of decorating, find resources for products, and get help deciding which is best for you.Whether you're decorating a single room or a whole house, a cottage or a castle, you'll find our guides to decorating styles helpful.