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Cool Idea: Stool as Plant Stand
The folks at Sunset Magazine never cease to impress me with their crafty chic makeovers. Believe it or not, this sunny yellow plant stand used to be a metal stool that had seen better days. Sunset staffers removed the seat and sanded and spray-painted the frame.
Sneak Preview: 2009 Sunset Idea House
If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, head down to Menlo Park, CA, for Sunset Magazine's Celebration Weekend. While there are plenty of booths, activities, and displays I'll be sure to hit, my first stop will be this year's Sunset Idea House. Each year, the Idea House features progressive home designs that incorporate green materials and practices with Sunset's love of indoor/outdoor living.
Would You Like to Shop Your Favorite Magazine's Closet?
This coming weekend, June 6 and 7, as part of its Celebration Weekend, Sunset magazine will be hosting a flea market of sorts at its Menlo Park, CA, campus. They've cleaned out their prop closet, editor's sample closets, and Idea House furnishings and will sell a large selection of home and garden treasures which have appeared in the magazine to you! Prices will range from $1 to $20, and all proceeds will benefit charity.
Q&A With Dream Kitchen Architect Cass Calder
Earlier today, I told you about Sunset magazine's Dream Kitchen Contest. Now, I want to introduce you to the man behind the Dream Kitchen's designs, San Francisco architect Cass Calder Smith.
Cass Calder Smith's firm, CCS Architecture, has been building and renovating modern spaces for almost 20 years.
How Would You Design Your Dream Kitchen?
Want to show off your design druthers? Then head over to Sunset magazine's Dream Kitchen of the West digital design program, and vote for what you love. Do you prefer bamboo floors?
Before and After: A Victorian Transformation
Sunset magazine recently featured the 154-year-old Victorian home of a Napa Valley couple that had great bones, but was bogged down with layers of wallpaper and colored with garish blue paint. The home had been neglected for 30 years, but a lot of hard work combined with the couple's pared-down aesthetic transformed it into a welcoming, light, and airy space that any of you would swoon over. To see the transformation, read more
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- Make these stenciled pillowcases.— AT:LA
- Do you live in the Western United States? Enter Sunset's Western Home Awards.— Sunset
- Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the set design of Easy Virtue.— The Magazine Antiques
- Find an accent rug that won't break the bank.— PointClickHome
- I can't help but love this bicycle handle planter.— Craft
- What's the best hostess gift you've ever received? — Shelterrific
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Cool Idea: San Francisco's Urban Farm
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend all day weeding garden beds, helping fix irrigation lines, and water seedlings in a 10,000-square-foot garden. But I wasn't on a rural organic farm, I was in front of City Hall in San Francisco.
Just last week, over 150 volunteers rolled up a huge swath of sod in front of City Hall, and over a few days, established this 10,000-square-foot edible garden.
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- My Marrakesh will soon be acquiring a gorgeous hand-painted ceiling or two.
- Kirsten Hecktermann creates Absolutely Beautiful Things — unique embroidered textiles from antique linens found around the globe.
- AT:LA knows five household uses for Vaseline that mystify me.
- Design*Sponge is loving these gorgeous landscape paintings from Zoe Pawlak, and so am I.
- Poppytalk Handmade's latest Spring market has sprung.
- Sfgirlbybay will be featured in Sunset magazine's March issue. Source
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