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Look: Local Outdoor Furnishings Resource
Austin

With the Fall weather taking a firm hold on our part of Texas, many Austin residents have been spending more time and energy updating their outdoor spaces. We're bringing you today a local Austin res...

Austin Artisan Profile: Zachary Aric Zamora
Austin

Variance Vessels, by local artisan Zachary Aric Zamora, are a series of multi-functional cement and aggregate sculptures. Beautiful and useful, they work for indoor and outdoor spaces! See more about...

Home Infatuation's New Line of Plastic Outdoor Rugs

Many folks are now looking to decorate their outdoor entertaining areas with formerly indoors furnishing and decorative items, bringing out comfy seating, living room style tables, lighting, and even ...

Gumtree = Craigslist
Melbourne

The problem with Craigslist, is that it hasn’t really caught on here in Australia. But luckily we have gumtree to fill the gap. Gumtree hails from the UK and was set up to cater to all the Aussie, K...

Bamboo Solar Garden Light

The last month or so we've been looking all over online for solar lighting solutions to add to our front garden. Unfortunately, most of the lights we've seen don't exactly match what we're looking for...

"Spaceless" Hideaway Balcony Furniture in Action

A couple months ago Jonathan posted about the Spaceless hidden balcony furniture system, an ingenious patio table and bench incorporated flat into wood decking. Creator Sandy Lam has posted a video o...

Really Ornate Birdhouses

Can't afford that Nantucket Cottage? Not a problem, just pick up a miniature version and let the birds live in style. Of course, you could always go for a more streamlined modern bird house but why ...

Best Sources for Cheap (and Cheap-ish) Hammocks

We're ready for some serious laying around this summer, and nothing is better than a hammock for being lazy, ice tea and great book in hand. We've been looking around and have found some great resour...

Ikea Sommar Pillows

We've been into the ikea summer collection since it debuted but hadn't noticed these cushions until we startled looking for something to do double duty as a cushion on the couch and a nice pad on the ...

Go Speed Racer! Lami Chair

Yes, we're suckers for a racing stripe. Aren't you? We loved these chairs at ICFF, they reminded us of vintage European racing posters or classic Porsches, not that we really know anything about eit...

Urban Balance Wave Wicker Hammock

The 4th of July weekend is almost upon us, hopefully meaning some of you will be enjoying a relaxing afternoon in a hammock, sipping a lemonade or mint julep in the backyard. For the modern aesthetica...

Raw Studio Hanging Chairs Collection

We thought these hanging chairs looked awfully familiar when we realized they looked like oversize versions of the transforming apple trivet we posted awhile back ago. They also remind us of paper mob...

Art Deco Outdoor Furniture

We love the colors, we love the lines, we love that it isn't plastic but it's still for the outdoors!...

Malibu Solar Powered Landscape Lighting

One the last, but important finishing touches in our Green @ Home garden makeover project will be to install some landscape lighting, both for aesthetics and also to illuminate what can be an unsafe d...

West Elm Square Metal Armchair On Sale!

Last year West Elm's Mid Century outdoor furniture was a big hit for its simple shapes and good prices. This summer they unveiled more comfy loungy furniture. But don't forget about this classic tha...

Conran Shop Cloth Table

Nothing like a table cloth to snazz up a plain old table. But sometimes we don't care for the clean up duty when entertaining outside, as what starts off as a pristine white table cloth can sometimes ...

Patio Umbrellas by WW & Co.

In designing an outdoor space, shade is as important as light: to provide a respite from the midday sun, a cool spot for an alfresco lunch, a spot for reading the paper or shelter from a sun shower. ...

The Floating Bed

The lovechild of a hammock and a circular bed, the Floating Bed looks like an interesting outdoor furniture option; it rocks/moves like a hammock but also provides a more stable resting space thanks t...

Look! DIY Pergola in Echo Park

ATLA reader David wanted to share his DIY outdoor summertime solution inspired by one of our past posts: "I was inspired from a pic you guys had posted of a 4 poled pergola with a nice fabric. Well m...

Outdoor Tension Rods and Drapery

We've been trying to figure out what to do with a commons area between our apartment buildings that we think has a lot of potential for al fresco entertaining. An interesting idea is to treat the outd...

Pagoda Style Patio Umbrellas

We've been looking for a patio umbrella for a little while now. We knew we wanted stripes for the festive look, but didn't realize how much we wanted a pagoda style shape until we saw these:...

Solar Umbrella

With the weather so warm and mellow here in Los Angeles, it's certainly now grilling and outdoor dining season. One of our neighbors kindly purchased a picnic table for everyone to use situated inbetw...

Relax Planter from Green Form

Time to just kick back and relax, right? Well, since California is officially in a state of drought, planting a lawn to kick back on probably isn't the greatest idea, but you can get a taste of it wi...

Grill Green This Summer

We're just about to replace our dying Weber Smokey Joe grill with something a bit more substantial for our summer grilling needs (we're torn between the Big Green Egg, the classic Weber One-Touch with...

Outdoor Blanket from Ballard Designs

Whether for a beach party at Zuma or at an outdoor screening at the Holllywood Cemetery, a good picnic blanket's one of the necessities of summertime in Los Angeles. If you don't have one, it's time ...