At Home with Kim Vallee

HOME + GARDEN, OUTDOOR space | August 20, 2009

The Art of One-Pot Gardening Taught by Sunset Magazine

Sunset magazine is a West Coast lifestyle magazine that I enjoyed reading every time I went to California. I love it so much that I became a subscriber a few months ago. The Sunset gardens are open to the public. The gardens are located at their headquarters in Northern California. I marked it down for [...]

HOME + GARDEN, OUTDOOR space | July 23, 2009

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Etcetera Hanging Garden by Vincent Vandenbrouck for Edition Compagnie

One cool space saving garden accessory featured on the August 2009 issue of Living etc is Etcetera Hanging Garden designed by Vincent Vandenbrouck for Edition Compagnie. It holds vertically 3 rows of 3 terracotta pots. Perfect for plants or fresh herbs. This design is a few years old. I like the concept behind Etcetera. It is [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | July 7, 2009

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Kitchen Compost Pails for my Eco-Friendly Watch

More and more people are composting. Composting starts with a kitchen compost pail to store your vegetable peelings, fruit scraps, egg shells, coffee grinds and and other organic waste before you transfer them in your outdoor composter. If this wish to join this trend, you will be glad to know that they are many compost pails [...]

TRAVEL | June 9, 2009

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Fairmont Hotels’ Bee Hives for my Eco-friendly Tuesday

Did you know that an hotel chain is fighting against the shortage of bees? In June 2008, the Royal York in Toronto installed three hives as a natural extension of their decade old rooftop herb garden. The rooftop apiary was established in partnership with the Toronto Beekeepers Cooperative and FoodShare. Both initiatives deliver fresh local [...]

GIFT IDEAS, Gifts for HER | April 20, 2009

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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for a Design-Savvy Mom

Four unique gift ideas that say to your mother that she is special. + Since I have a thing for apple and bird feeder, it will come to no surprise that Apple Bird Feeder caught my eye. $25 USD at Modern Tribe + Desk Tidy designed by Daniel Black and Martin Blum will look great in the [...]

ENTERTAINING, PICNIC | April 12, 2009

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Feeding the Birds and the Kids | Best of the Web 2009.04.12

Problogger’s 31 day challenge homework what to write a link post today. Therefore, I highlight 3 fabulous ideas I spot today on the Web. They are all related to everyday family life situations. + This Swedish design bird house is designed to feed smaller birds. Each one furnishes four feeding holes. I love the design of [...]