Green Living Home

Posted on July 18, 2011 by brian yalung

Partitions are a great way to properly define space in a home or office area but bulkiness and the limited flexibility has become something that makes people think twice on using them. Nevertheless, the Bablo is a sliding partition that can be used here and there as you please.

The Bablo is an inflatable and freestanding screen partition that comes with a sliding design concept. This makes it useful anywhere in an area, where the inflatable sides can be even laid on the ground to be used as an alternative form of lounging or relaxing for people who need to chill out. The inflatable nature of the Bablo is complimented by the use of glossy and transparent materials that are incorporated into the porthole-shaped openings.

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It’s been two weeks that I have been on the road with my family and this is the last of the pre-written posts. On monday, I will be back to writing real time. (Tell me — did you even notice I was away?

Mr. Studio ‘g’ spent hours and hours updating our tunes lists on our ipods before our road-trip departure. He proudly sourced and scheduled over 6 hours of new music for our trip. I hope by now I am not already tired of his latest collections. Are you headed out for a summer jaunt? Here is his much smaller collection of road trip inspired tunes. Mr. Studio ‘g’……

Riding along American highways requires (like everything else in life) a soundtrack, and American radio is too unreliable to provide a good one. On the last major (American) road trip we went on, Rochelle and I found FM coverage spotty at best, and learned that the AM in ‘AM radio’ apparently stands for ‘Anne Murray’ at least in major swathes of the midwest (this was in 2004). So bringing your own mu

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When a garden has this kind of backstory….

“In 1915, the pioneer settler known as Cougar Annie arrived on the west coast in Hesquiat Harbour and homesteaded on this wilderness property. She bore 8 of her 11 children here, outlasted 4 husbands and carved a magnificent, magical garden out of a thick and foreboding rainforest. The remoteness of the area brought inherent risks to Annie and her family; cougars prowled endlessly nearby, sensing easy prey. Ada Annie Rae-Arthur shot and trapped dozens of the animals and thus emerged the legend of Cougar Annie.

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Posted on July 16, 2011 by brian yalung

Here are new modular seatings that should make outdoor comfort even more animated. The Koppla Modular Platforms are circular seating creations, offering an added boost to people wanting more interaction when they are in the outdoors.

The circular seatings were designed by Ana Velez Botero, Juan David Buitrago and Manuela Marquez to offer a unique and aesthetical type of an outdoor piece. The Koppla Modular Platforms are made of raised metal discs that form niche gardens where the circumferences intersect. They can be great benches for parks and probably for homes with a large backyard that should be delightful to stay on when special occasions are held.

As this type of flooring become more and more popular, bamboo has a lot of positive qualities. Native to Asia and built there thousands of years, bamboo was popularized in the world by companies that have incorporated modern technologies used for flooring solutions. As a result, bamboo flooring is quickly growing in popularity for both business and households.

There are many benefits of bamboo flooring so bamboo floors are a good decision for the individual who wants to know, the floor would last for 20-25 years. Read more text…