Known for their striking hand-blown glass garden globes, our friends at Allsop Home & Garden have just introduced some amazing new outdoor lights, the Moondrops Rechargable Tealights. Soft, elegant lighting equipped with a photo-light sensor that turns itself on at dusk, off at sunrise. Great for an outdoor sitting area or indoors for an intimate glow. Find them [ here ].

Let this outdoor chair embrace your butt cheeks as your thoughts cascade among the flowers in your spring blossoming garden...and stuff.  FARFALLA chair and table set designed by Gaspard. 

Let’s yourself flow with the spring breath on a butterfly wing. Handcraft weaving chair with new pattern is inspired by the touch of spring. Butterfly is representing the lightness and softness of the awakening season. The poly rattan is weaving by hand on the white metal mesh. This chair and stool bar is appropriate for both indoor and outdoor use. - via gaspardlive.com

Tired of boring old garage doors rather than painting them this summer - add a new graphic billboard to the surface. They attach easily by velcro to the edges of the garage door (the standard up and over style) then trim the edge to fit. Made by style-your-garage.com they are available in single and multi-door designs and ship worldwide.

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Thanks to Di at Designers Block UK for finding this one! See all the design at the manufacturer site.

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Don’t overlook the small accessories to go on your balcony.  Rephorm, designed by Michael Hilgers, carries some interesting modern and very functional pieces to accent your balcony.  If space is an issue on your “balcon-ette” (short for tiny balcony in my book), then you cannot go wrong with these accessories!  They carry oil lamps, planters, bird feeders, and umbrellas.  Now I wish I had a balcony!

Fireball Oil Lamp

Cube planter

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If you’re a big hunting buff, you will definitely want the upper edge to conceal yourself before going in for the big kill.  Designed by Andy Cuttitta, UltimateCamo has some very unique and visually effective camouflage gear for your hunting needs.  The finely detailed bark pattern mimics actual bark in that “it changes color in different light; it blends consistently at all distances and will not “blob” at long range like many other patterns”.  Elmer Fudd would be wishing he had this gear for hunting his wabbits!  Maybe this camo fabric could be put to use in home decor? - Just a thought for those naturists out there!  Definitely keep an eye on their site for more products to come!  Other key features according to UltimateCamo include:

- The tree’s natural branches and leaves serve as a three dimensional compliment to our pattern rather than being a one dimensional part of it.
- With UltimateCamo’s pattern you will not need to buy seasonal sets of camouflage clothing to match the constantly changing foliage on and around the trees.
- Our bark pattern blends with the dozens of types of oak trees as well as ash, cottonwood, sweet gum, maples, poplar, and several other common deciduous hardwood trees.
- The effectiveness of our bark pattern is not affected by variances in vision type of the animal.

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I love when I come across a company that addresses my only two addictions ... style & gadgets. 
Slide Design out of Italy does just that --- With their perfect blend of high design and a little kitsch, they produce a great line of products made of high grade plastic for indoor and outdoor use. 

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LED’s are so great and eco-fabulous, I just love them!  Try LED flex strips under your platform bed or behind your cabinets for a discreet lighting effect that will really set your room off.  LED flex strips can be purchased from many online LED distributors or a store near you; there are many colors to choose from.  If you need accent lighting outdoors for the deck, you can also weatherproof the strips by coating it in any clear flexible waterproof sealant.

Spanish design firm brings us Piramide outdoor lighting for your springtime enjoyment. The lights are made of polyethylene and stand 72” tall so they make quite a statement in the garden. They use fluorescent bulbs so expect a REALLY long extension cord if you want to recreate this beach scene!

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New addition to the solar product line at puremodern.

I’ve never been a fan of the garden gnome.  They creep me out and remind me of the WalMart garden center.  UNTIL TODAY, that is!

While digging through vendor catalogs from our last trade show, I came across Vitamin Living , a really obscure British company that creates things that make you go “WTF!”.  Just my kind of company!  Among their cool accoutrements are the little gnomes made of bone china with VERY cool patterns… from faces to skulls and my personal favorite, angel wings.  Suitable for indoors or outdoors—each gnome is about 8 1/4” tall.

Illuminate your pathways at night without the need for running low voltage wires through your garden or decking. The Solar Bricks are traditional shaped flush mounted pavers that you simply swap out for existing bricks. The light comes from the LED array that gives off up to eight hours of light from its charged solar cells. No wires to run or bulbs to replace so you get years of trouble free use. Sold online in pairs for just $59.

To continue my recycling mood this morning - I’ve revived this item from my files - the Biobench from Julian Lwin. Constructed from cardboard mailing tubes, locking straps and grass seed - just add water and sun and instant garden (well...almost...) Over time the tubes are intended to degrade into a mulch covered by the spreading grass.. My fear (and that of others) is that while this looks great when it’s starting and quite lovely at the end… the ‘process’ isn’t that attractive… Honestly, it’s composting...watching that happen is right up there with paint drying

Feathered friends dine in style.

German manufacturer Blomus introduces this new stainless steel bird feeder. for all those birds (and homeowners) not willing to settle for the mere plastic and wood models.