This week, we shared 20 stellar outdoor shower ideas, 13 favorite native shrubs for the shade garden, 10 on-trend silvery pendant lights, eight pros deft at turning regular houses into passive ones, seven spa-like sunken baths, and one new camp-style lakeside retreat. More finds below:
Above: Our friend, designer Hollie Velten-Lattrell, recently stayed at Prospect resort in the Berkshires: “It was an absolute delight. Swedish countryside meets Mill Valley meets Upstate. Just heaven.” For more on the lakeside cabin resort, see Margot’s story for Remodelista. Photograph by Allie Goldberg, courtesy of Prospect.
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A free online video course on how to save seeds? From Floret? Count us in! (Hat tip: Laura.)
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Currently coveting: limited edition dishes borne of a collab between Heath and Salmon Creek Farm.
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Pamela Anderson is on a roll. (And we love it.)
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Scroll through this peak-summer gallery of photos when it’s dark, cold, and gloomy in a couple months.
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How dreamy is this garden shed?
- A new hyper-local native plant nursery in L.A. (“a secret weapon against wildfires”). Hat tip: Kier.
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And now, kintsugi with wood? Taking notes…
- Saunas for indoors and out, coming soon.
- So many of our favorite makers, architects, designers, and creatives are in the Wallpaper* 400 (see: Lindsey Adelman, John Derian, Rita Sodi and Jody Williams of The Commerce Inn, ceramicist Virginia Sin, Laila Gohar of Gohar World, and former Remodelista Considered Design Awards judge Sheila Bridges). Bravo to all, and browse the list here.
- Do we need a pink sofa? Now that we’ve seen this one from Howe London, we think yes.
- It’s not September yet, but for those who can’t resist school (or office) supplies, Margot’s admiring this good-looking board for keeping everything in order.
- “I’ve loved stationary designers Goods Gang forever, and now they’ve got a paperless version on offer,” says Annie. “Wish I was having a summer party so I could send it out.”
- A summer house in all-over green.
- And a low-key, totally unfussy bungalow in Austin.
- Ooh, rhubarb + rose + stripes.
- Proof that olive can be a neutral.
