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The New Outdoor Rug: 10 Perfect Patterns for Tile Patios
Borrowed from Moorish influences, patios with patterned tile are everywhere these days. Call it the new outdoor rug. As effective as a rug when it comes to transforming outdoor space into an instant...
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Steal This Look: The New Indoor-Outdoor Bedroom
A wall of glass silently slides open and suddenly you don't know if you're outdoors or in. And you don't care, because either way the California coastal breeze feels so good. LA-based architect Barbara...
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Coastal Treasure: Shelldance Orchid Gardens in Pacifica, California
In Pacifica, a foggy coastal Northern California town, Shelldance Orchid Gardens has been tucked away on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean since 1976. Named after the abundance of shells in the...
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Deep Water: 10 Modern Plunge Pools and Spas
The best part about a mini-piscine? Sprawling estate not required. Here are 10 of our favorite petite pools—hot and cold, above ground and below. Above: In Cape Town, designers Rupert Smith and Warren...
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Hardscaping 101: Design Guide for Paths and Pavers
Wondering where to begin when it comes to paths and pavers? If you're choosing materials or designing a path or walkway, start with our Paths and Pavers Design Guide: We've explored the pros and cons...
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The Bison Chair by Alite Designs
We like a piece of outdoor furniture that can serve more than one purpose. Enter the Bison chair by Alite Designs, a San Francisco-based maker of outdoor gear and furniture. Inspired by "Eames’ iconic...
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Water's Edge: A Saltwater Courtyard Garden on Bainbridge Island
On Washington's Bainbridge Island, where saltwater and high tides are a daily reality, a pair of clients asked Seattle-based Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape to transform their front garden into...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Bohemian Surf Shack in Topanga Canyon
“It all began when we were invited to see our friends’ cabin in Topanga Canyon,” says Mason St. Peter, of how he discovered the Southern California artists' enclave imbued with decades of mystical...
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Trending on Remodelista: California Creatives
Gearing up early for our holiday markets in SF and LA, Julie and the Remodelista editors are conspiring with California creatives to find the best new housewares, ceramics, and linens. Join them for a...
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Current Obsessions: Citrus Blossoms
Read on to see what we loved this week: Above: From wood chips and dead bushes to rocks and succulents. Photograph by Jordan Reid. Need to find us? We'll be in one of these tree houses. Above: Not...
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Top 5 in Garden News: Flowers are Fading, Plants as Individuals, and Nature...
This week in the world of gardening: plants as "individuals," flowers are dying out, and listen to a birdsong while you can. Flowers Are Fading Above: Lilacs via Lilac Love: A Guide to Spring's...
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Table of Contents: Italian Masters
We're channeling the Italian masters this week. Join us for a renaissance in garden design, outdoor furniture, and modern clay pots and planters: Above: For more of this Tuscan garden, see Outbuilding...
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Paradise Found: Designer Dan Pearson's Modern Garden for a Medieval Castle
Nearly three decades ago when the Italian newspaper baron Prince Carlo Caracciolo bought a crumbling medieval pile of a place called Torrecchia Vecchia (an hour's train ride south from Rome), he...
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From Italy with Love: Raw and Rustic Planters from Flò
When it comes to planters, I gravitate towards organic vessels made from rustic materials that mimic my plants' natural habitat. So it is not surprising that these rough-hewn vases and plant trays from...
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La Dolce Vita: 10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Italy
Italian romanticism starts in the garden: oversized squashes in September, fragrant orange blossom year-round, the drama of a green cypress, and lightness of a single olive tree. When we think of the...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Kitchen Workstations
Some of us are heading indoors for the coming season; others are able to entertain outside for months to come, particularly those living in southern climates. So it's no wonder that when it comes to...
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Fioraio Bianchi Caffè: Food and Flowers from Milan's Poet Florist
There is only one restaurant inside a flower shop in Milan—or maybe the flower shop is inside the restaurant? This much is known about Fioraio Bianchi Caffè: order the fresh pasta with clams (and...
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Landscape Architect Visit: A Hazy Dreamscape in Northern Italy by Cristiana...
A native of northern Italy, Turin-based landscape architect Cristiana Ruspa of Giardino Segreto creates the sorts of gardens you see in a dream, with hazy swaths of color against a distant horizon. In...
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Made in Milan: Outdoor Furniture from Paola Lenti
Milan-based design house Paola Lenti's outdoor furnishings are known for clean, simple lines and comfortable proportions. We particularly like the new 2015 collection: Above: Two Rams daybeds sit side...
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Gardening 101: How to Prevent Cracks in Terra Cotta Planters
Clay pots are as classic a garden feature as they come. (See our favorites in 10 Easy Pieces: Terra Cotta Planters). The best ones aren't the little machine-made pots that run a dime a dozen. We like...
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