Shed Style: Architecture, Interiors, and Ornamentation In The Garden

Here’s what I’m reading - a blogging “meme” (or is it a “tag”?)

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:45:03 +0000

I’m the kind of person who may be vaguely aware of a trend but I don’t have a clue what it’s actually called. Case in point: the hip blogging term “MEME.” I kept hearing...

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Gifts from the Gardener

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:16:39 +0000

The month of November seems to generate an abundance of magazine articles about being “thankful.” For many of us, the notion of giving thanks is top of mind this season. Not only am I...

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Tree Houses (Huts? Sheds?) in Manhattan

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:42:19 +0000

Alerted by my British shed-pal Alex Johnson, of www.shedworking.co.uk, to news that a village of tree houses had sprung up in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park, I was determined to see the...

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Architecture and photography

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:56:48 +0000

Welcome to my 101st post on Shed Style. I guess it’s a bit of a milestone, and I have been wanting to do something special to mark the accomplishment. For bloggers who post constantly, finally...

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Watch Stylish Sheds on TV

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:27:04 +0000

Our friend Linda Lehmusvirta, producer of the very popular Central Texas Gardener, has begun to post her segments on You Tube. Bill Wright and I appeared on the show a few months ago with host Tom...

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Autumn Gardens in Oregon

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:12:10 +0000

An early morning scene outside the guest room window at Mary-Kate Mackey’s in Eugene October in Oregon - you can’t beat it. Earlier this month, I traveled there to lecture to the Hardy...

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What’s a Grotto?

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:37:01 +0000

Dare we call it a “Stone Shed”? Does the idea of hanging moss, dripping water and a dark, quiet enclosure come to mind? Call it a cave, cavern or hollow and you’re getting close to...

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Home of the (Los Angeles) Times

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:22:56 +0000

Here’s how “Seeing the Light,” my story in today’s Los Angeles Times’ HOME section begins: When Alan Smart was a kid, he discovered an old trunk in an antique store and...

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Arts and Crafts architecture, then and now

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:11:55 +0000

Our beloved Seattle bungalow, updated from its 1924 origins My interest in garden design from the American Arts and Crafts era is connected with the affection we have for a 1924 Seattle Craftsman...

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Modesto Garden Club and Lavender Hollow Farm

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:04:53 +0000

I have my father to thank for my two-day trip to Modesto earlier this week. That’s because a year ago, as my folks were driving from Seattle to Phoenix, they stayed overnight at the home of Sue...

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