http://www.doorsixteen.com Home-making in the Hudson Valley Wed, 07 May 2008 20:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My mother and I spent a couple of hours clearing out all of the remaining weeds and grass in the garden. I feel so inspired! She also helped me to come up with a pretty great new design for the landscaping, and I'm going to try to break it down ... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/05/07/clean-slate-dirt-plywood/ I really love this rug. (I can't wait until Fritz is 100% with the housebreaking so we can have rugs again.) http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/05/06/tangiers-rug-from-west-elm/ In an American Idol shirt, no less! Hysterical. I definitely think this is worthy of closing out the week. Have an excellent weekend! Irish Blood, English Heart (Tuesday, 4/30) All You Need is Me (Monday, 4/29) http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/05/02/morrissey-on-craig-ferguson/ The pots are saying: "Hey ya!" Make your neighbourhood more alive I love this idea! These flowerpots are by Maija Louekari (I've mentioned her before). So fun! What would you make pots on your windowsill spell? I'm thinking "Go away!", personally, but that's not very nice of me. Maybe this is an ... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/29/flowerpots-by-maija-louekari/ Look! It's a fence! We knew we couldn't do it ourselves, so we broke down and paid someone to come and install a fence for us. It makes a massive difference, despite the rest of the garden still being no more than a few clumps of grass on a plot ... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/28/new-fence-newold-chairs/ Even though we've driven by Hudson Valley Office Furniture in Newburgh dozens and dozens of times since we moved here, we never took the time to go in until last week. What an amazing place! They bill themselves as being a supplier of "nearly new" office furniture, but as it ... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/27/scavenged-faux-saarinen-table/ Fritz is 50% larger than he was two weeks ago (which means he weighs three pounds!), according to the vet! He's also done with his shots, which means he can learn how to walk on a leash instead of being carried everywhere. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/26/hes-huge/ Fritz has turned into a MANIAC. A teething maniac. Sigh. I know it's all part of being a puppy, but WOW. I don't remember Bruno being this crazy. Bruno doesn't remember being this crazy, either, but he's dealing with it. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/24/dont-let-those-innocent-eyes-fool-you/ Los Angeles architect Fritz Haeg narrows the divide between residents and their communities with projects like Edible Estates, an international effort to convert front lawns into working food gardens. Watch it all the way through. It'll make you feel great, I promise. (From Dwell.) http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/24/edible-estatesanimal-estates/ Yes, really! The roughing-in work is FINALLY done on the upstairs bathroom. Everything incoming and outgoing has been replaced, so even though this photo doesn't look beautiful, this is serious progress. This week we'll do some work to reinforce the joists, then next week (hopefully) the tile guy will come ... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/04/22/plumbing-in-the-bathroom-really/