Who doesn't love good-looking, smart, and modern furniture? Combine gorgeous aesthetics with clever design and a sustainable attitude, and you get this local Austin furniture maker......
To us, there's something about oilcloth and the outdoors that goes hand in hand. The bright colors and easy clean-up not to mention the all-American patterns that pair so well with this style of fabr...
Frustrated by a lack of really simple, cool outdoor furniture, one of our favorite local landscape designers took it upon herself to design some. So a couple of years ago Judy Kameon and her husband ...
Over the summer one of our neighbors purchased an affordable fire pit (or "hippie campfire" model) for all of us to enjoy, and during the warmer months our next door friends notably enjoyed many of n...
Do you know what we're most looking forward to this holiday season beyond the usual festivities and family meals together? Just finding some time to read. Not "read" as in "read one article in the tub...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
We love the colors, we love the lines, we love that it isn't plastic but it's still for the outdoors!...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
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...
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...
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