almost finished.....

As most of you know, The French one and I have been working towards completion in our ongoing garden re-design project. Whew. That's a mouthful. To inaugurate our new deck and to celebrate our bdays (11 days apart) we had a few people over and I, being totally lame, forgot to take pictures during the party.

To make up for it, here are a few photos of the ongoing progress. We are soooooo close to being done, but here's what we have so far........

This is my courtyard. The parasol is a new piece from Droog Design through Sywawa in Belgium. We have these at the shop - in a beautiful kelly green and this lovely, pristine white.....

This photo is taken from the table with the white parasol. These seating pieces are both by Fermob, from the Luxembourg collection. Love the orange......

..same courtyard, different wall.....and the beginning of my agave collection....oh yeah - and a super cool ponicirus in the silver pot. (Hardy Chinese orange)

.....last courtyard picture and more of my agave collection.......


This shot is from the new deck and boardwalk down into the lounge area - I love this sectional - so comfy! We used the Duralee outdoor octopus fabric and Aqua Velvet by Holly Hunt - so incredibly durable... This is a seriously lovely place to sit and enjoy a cocktail. There is a stack of cozy blankets on the sectional in case it gets chilly.......

This is from the boardwalk looking up at the new deck.....I can't believe it is finished! SO COOL! 64" square teak table and woven wicker chairs by Schou, HUGE red pots in the background (48" tall) by Rotoluxe, Marimekko Unikko umbrella by Fatboy and gorgeous orange lantern by Not Neutral...... I love my space!

That's it for now.....more later!

One more event....

Last week we had a two day notice to put together a luncheon event for 70 people in a French bistro style. We provided the furnishings, did the staging, did the flowers, etc. We used a great palette of bistro furniture by Fermob in chartreuse, navy, silver, turquoise and white, colorful outdoor rugs by The Rug Market and white bistro chairs by Eurostyle. Our flowers/plants were all in French Onion Soup bowls...beautiful roses, moss and myrtle topiaries. We did a chalkboard street sign for the menu and has fun litre carafes on each table. Our napkin rings were simple coordinated ribbon. It turned out lovely! Such great colors. The bummer is that I could not get great photos since I did my final fluffing of the even at 6 am before the lighting guys got there and the photos are on my iphone. Rumor has it though, that someone at the event took great photos so hopefully I can get my hands on those. What these photos do not show are the clusters of plants around the stage and the event "entrance" which featured a great Luxembourg bench by Fermob and a cool light-up pot by Rotoluxe. So stay tuned for better photos when I get them. That was quite a 2 days...but we pulled it off and the client was happy. We love a happy client! YIPPEE!!!