Patio & Backyard Furniture

Whimsical, modern - at times off-topic - but striving to bring ideas for the best patio / outdoor furniture and backyard decor on the web. http://www.OutdoorPatioShop.com

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The Great Northern lights visit a quiet home...delighting and surprising its occupants!

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IMHO, the pool would look a lot better with some colorful Polywood Adirondack Chairs!!

September 11, 2012 – Just Right Federal-Style Home

760 North Sea Mecox Road Southampton, New York $1,675,000 | 3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms

Very special home over looking fine farm fields. Three bedrooms, three full baths, 9 ft ceilings on first floor with grand living room, den/media room, semi formal dining, gourmet kitchen and laundry. Exceptional gardens with great lawn and hedged pool.

For more information about today’s 10am Special, please visit corcoran.com.

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Hand-built floating cabin in Perry Creek, on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine.

Photographed by Marcus Peabody.

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Adorable!

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I couldn’t possibly let a super cool urban gardening gif like this go without a mention. The gif is of a new gardening concept by French designers Nicolas Barreau and Jules Charbonnet. The idea is sort of a cross between a vertical garden and a trebuchet, and I have to be honest, it makes me very nervous.

I’m one of those people that look up a lot while walking around the city, and I’m constantly surprised by the rickety-looking rigs used to hold air conditioners in place. All this thing would need to turn into a hurtling projectile is one weekend with no owners at home and a misdirected thunderstorm, hurricane, or tornado (hey, it happens! I experienced it first hand!). So while I applaud the effort, I’m going to go ahead and hope that these take a verrrrry long time to make it to New York. ~AR

(via A Bridge to Nature: Barreau & Charbonnet’s “Volet Vegetal” Urban Gardening Concept - Core77)

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The beauty of this design is that it works like a swing.  When you're ready to close the windows, simply detach the rings on the bottom bar, swing the planter into the house and close the windows....no worries in a storm!

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Saw this here.  The Hole Measuring Tape allows one to draw straight lines and circles with precision.  

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I want this for scrapbooking!!!

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Fireworks become flowers in the hands of one creative photographer. There are no words. Click through for all of David Johnson’s inspiring work. Gorgeous! ~AR

(via How a Photographer Created Images of Fireworks Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen - Megan Garber - The Atlantic)

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Island Cabin on Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada.

From submitter Gibson Withag:

The cabin has no electricity or phone, and sits on a small island, only accessible by boat. It is connected by a swinging bridge to another tiny island. Together they are under an acre in size.

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Isn't it scary to walk on that bridge if its windy??

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For $3,200,000 I would hope for more than drab, worn out patio furniture.  Someone needs to stage this terrace!

419 West 55th Street - Apt: PH Midtown West, Manhattan $3,200,000 | 2 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms | Approx. 2,163 sq. ft.

This spectacular Penthouse apartment has almost 2200sqft of interior living space, 1400+sqft of finished outdoor space and a separate Studio unit! Loft 55 is a restored turn of the century building with only 24 homes. Access this apartment through a keyed elevator that opens directly into this stunning loft-style space. It is beautifully finished with 12’ ceilings, wood floors, oversized skylight and gas fireplace.

For more information about today’s 10am Special, please visit corcoran.com.

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One of my clients just purchased this set for her back patio.  Set around the firepit, these deep outdoor couches make an amazing outdoor conversation area.

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Sweet Susans spend one last day in the sun...

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The Lost Gardens of Heligan

The Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The style of the gardens is typical of the nineteenth century Gardenesque style, with areas of different character and in different design styles.

The gardens were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century, and still form part of the family’s Heligan estate. The gardens were neglected after the First World War, and only restored in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programmes and books.

The gardens now boast a fabulous collection of aged and colossal rhododendrons and camellias, a series of lakes fed by a ram pump over a hundred years old, highly productive flower and vegetable gardens, an Italian garden, and a stunning wild area filled with primaeval-looking sub-tropical tree ferns called “The Jungle”. The gardens also have Europe’s only remaining pineapple pit, warmed by rotting manure, and two figures made from rocks and plants known as the Mud Maid and the Giant’s Head.

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Truly where the wild things are!

I want to visit these gardens on my next trip to England - amazing!

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A-Frame in Sainte-Rose du Nord, Québec. Canada. Submitted by Francois.