Thursday, September 30, 2010

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home exterior swimming pool





Minimalist Design House with Black Parallel concrete walls



Wilson House, is a Minimalist Design House with Black Parallel concrete walls, designed by Denton Corker Marshall. Yarra Valley is located in north-east Melbourne.Two thin rectangular sheet - roof and floor - lying on a sloping hill above the vineyards that stretch on the main road. Land of black metal plates supported by a series of parallel concrete walls perpendicular black pigmented. One end is based on a hill, the other cantilevers 11 feet beyond the retaining wall. plaque hangs above the roof, separated by full height windows to the front and end, and returned with two screws that attach to the length of the green between the plates. Each dish is 50 meters long and 11m wide. their uniqueness and clarity of the collar is strengthened by -2 m depth on the front and rear and 5 feet on the overhang projection - exterior wall. Cover plates supported by steel columns inside.

Enjoy the Finest Luxury Outdoor Grilling in SW Ranches


The Lynx Professional Grill is the perfect high-end outdoor grill for any luxury home. Any backyard, within Landmark Ranch Estates, is the ideal place to host an outdoor shindig and Lynx products are just the thing to have on display.


The extravagant Lynx Professional Grill is available in both a free-standing and built-in models. The grill is made of stainless steel and has instantly become a favorite amongst luxury consumers who are enamored with its clean and sophisticated design.


With the endless amounts of space afforded by any custom home purchased in Landmark Ranch Estates, there has never been a better time to own a Lynx Professional Grill as well as, their other high-end products .

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Finding Inspiration

Before there were blogs to view there were magazines.  I adored Country Home (so upset when that disappeared I wrote the company - to no avail).  I had a subscription from 2002 - until it's demise.  I have loved Country Living for over a decade.  Remember when Country Living used to put out a separate Christmas Issue in October?  Adored that and started haunting stores for it in early October just to get a copy as they usually went fast.

Here in Canada I have had a subscription to Style at Home for about 13 years too.  So.... what this means is I had a lot of magazines.  When I moved, 3565 km to be exact, it was a paid for move so I didn't care what I packed.  Coming back home to beautiful Alberta was on my dime so I had to reduce the pounds.  The best place to reduce was my collection of magazines.  I'm sure I had about 100 + pounds.  So before the chaos of the move set in I started cutting.

I discovered by cutting out the pictures of the homes  that I loved it afforded me more time with what I wanted and less time being bothered by ads. I purchased two folders, 1 for Country Home and another for every other picture I had loved.



And I started to fill them.  They are so full  together they are about 9lbs!




 I had collected some treasures along the way,


I picked up this brochure when I went to Shabby Chic (the Newport Beach store).  It just has furniture in it but they all look comfy and soft.

As well I had this brochure,


This was for a beautiful decor store in Vancouver that has changed hands now.  This store was in a large warehouse and these stairs are painted concrete. It was an amazing place. 

Here's a peek inside.



All my stuff got moved in in early July and I have been unpacking and painting and then a few weeks ago I realized I had not found these folders.  So I started opening boxes and peeking around and still I could not find them.  I went to bed trying to remember where I had packed them (5 months ago).  I woke up thinking I should check somewhere important.  Sure enough, packed in a plastic container with family pictures, hiding at the very bottom, under everything precious were my folders - relief!

I had pictures of inspiration,


From Country Home, done by Michael Mead and inspired this:


and pictures of my dream house,



                 

These 3 pictures are from Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion - Dec. 2006


Inspiration is everywhere, sometimes it's in cheap plastic folders.

Until next time,
Patricia