the farmhouse/apron sink

So fresh and so clean!

In soapstone:

In the bathroom:

In stainless steel:

In teak:

In hammered copper:

Photos: Tigerweet, urbanorganickitchen, Michael Smith, House Beautiful, HB, Craig Kettle via HB, Apartment Therapy, Graham's Cottage, Patty and Chris, P&C, William Garvey, aaagoldy

Living Art, Part 2: Succulents + Vertical Gardens

From AT House Tour in Austin

Mmm succulents! Seeming to be able to withstand so much neglect, these plants have been going beyond the wreath and the centerpiece. Living art!:

Sunset images by E. Spencer Toy

Sunset Magazine's Modern Cottage was designed by Casper Mork-Ulnes of San Francisco's Modern Cabana. Very cool prefab!

Tillandsia wall in the Bardessono Hotel in Napa Valley. Epiphytic air plants attached via metal rods that only require weekly misting. By local Flora Grubb and recently featured in NY Times.

Sempervivum succulents seem ideal meh?

From Flora Grubb Gardens

Vertical gardens have been around for a while starting with Patrick Blanc's living walls, but have recently been making a splash, as they act as living works of art perfect for small/urban spaces and require less water than traditional grounded gardens (perhaps much less of a splash, then?) Vertical farming is also an a' growin movement.

Make your own vertical garden! Kit from Smith & Hawken.

Vertical gardens around the world:

Residence Antilia - Mumbai, India

CaixaForum Madrid

Big in Japan!

The Netherlands

Meanwhile, I am missing my little succulent (I think it's some sort of aloe?) that roommie Lauren is taking care of for me :(

Flora Grubb
415.626.7256
1634 Jerrold Ave

San Francisco

Modern Cabana

602 Minnesota St.

San Francisco

Bardessono

6526 Yount Street

Yountville, CA 94599

The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City

By Patrick Blanc

Flickr find: Isabelle Greene's garden design

Living Art, Part 1: Pooktre Tree Shapers

Garden Chair

Living furniture by Pooktre Tree Shapers

Superbed

I found this old blurry picture of Superbed. Lauren's Anthro bedding, my DIY blanket cover, the DAAWAT rice sack bag Lillian made, and the sleezy album covers look pretty goddamn cute together! Going to miss those two conveniently placed (for spying) windows!


I wrote a paper for an art history course comparing Superbed to reliquary chasses of the Middle Ages (of course, lawl-ing all the while). As much as I'm enjoying the new internship and having free time to craft, I absolutely miss going to class/discussions/deadlines/Cornucopia's chocolate stand/DABs.

Bellavia!

I made a notebook! This was a test run, made absolutely free with:

• Scratch paper
• An old album cover
• Needle and thread
• Elmer
• Binder clips
• A bit of elastic and ribbon
• And of course, an onset of CRAFTYMOOD!

First folded pages individually to ensure consistent edges. Because I was using scratch paper that had been marked on one side, I played around with exposed faces and booklets before settling on uniform faces. Sewed each booklet of five leaves together at the fold, then sewed six booklets together at four points of the binding.

I used an old vinyl album cover for the bookcover. Don't hate! (Although I seem to have a history of destroying vinyls. Wutevuh, I do wut I want!) So I scored, folded, and trimmed...

Added a ribbon to the binding:

And a pocket to the back cover for tidbittish papers:

An elastic to the back. And donezo! Front:

Rear (lawl):

What a productive crafting session to end a fulfilling day of going to open houses around the City with my parents! Have to work on sewing the binding much more tightly and alter the placement of the elastic. Should also get a little border rounder to clip into uniform smooth edges.

Sorry, Chuck Mangione Quartet + Orchestra!

Lately I've been

Sharpening colored pencils.

Avoiding anything crafty besides making several postcards and thinking about making notebooks.

Gifting really belated Christmas gifts. Joe for Joe's wall:
Sitting, reading on the deck and unable to resist a bit of spying on the Nachbarn :)

In my first days at new workplace. Great space and so much natural light!
Thinking this is (at first glance) right, but I don't think anyone cares anymore.

Starting several books/Having no desire to continue reading them.

"Well. Hello, everybody. Hello! Hello there! When you’re all so nicely sitting there and listening to me, I’m deriving a great deal of pleasure from each and every one of you, as if you were chocolates I was eating.” - upcoming "Grasses of a Thousand Colors," Wallace Shawn