I SPY An Industrial Shabby Chic Pendant

I SPY  An Industrial Shabby Chic Pendant Light Fixture

measuring 9" dia. x 9" W 7" H x 12" Overall H

"The Five-Bulb Compact Pendant Chandelier (9” x 9”) is an industrial blow-torch of light and crystal. It features five refrigerator bulbs in a tight symmetrical pattern lubricated by a colorful flow of crystal which plays with and amplifies the light.

Crystals may be rearranged over time to change the look and feel of the piece." 

Retail 1499.00

I can see this pendant fixture being fantastic in just the right place.

I love industrial design touches.

This would be perfect over a kitchen sink!

Or several over the eat-in counter in a kitchen, over a kitchen island.....

heck I can see this pendant in a bathroom, master closet......

or over a the bar in a hip new restaurant....

I like it.

How about you?

Where would you put 

this light fixture?

Mom, I know....you would put it in the garbage.

Five-Bulb Compact Pendant Chandelier
from Michael McHale Designs
Fon: 646 496.8864

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Fresh Eyes

Mondays....................

*Our thoughts form our world. Your mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Through the thoughts you run through your mind every minute of every day, you can create a rich, rewarding life or a living nightmare. Remember, there is no objective reality. We see the world through our own set of unique lenses and we all have the power to interpret the world in a positive way if we so choose.

 As one wise thinker said: “we see the world, not as it is but as we are.” 

*By Robin Sharma

I know I don't see myself as I am. 

I am so sure.....that I always look older, fatter, and shorter than others see me.

It has been said that 'the more harshly we judge ourselves,

the more harshly we will judge others.'

I think this is true.

How do I see others?

Do I see them greater than they are?

Do I see them as being less significant than they are?

I need to see things as though I were looking through a keyhole.

If I were to look through a keyhole.....

I would be unaware of what is on the other side.

I couldn't prejudge what or who was on the other side either.

I will practice this all week.

Sometimes I need a Fresh Set of Eyes.

How about you you ?

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More About Gordon Hayward's Gardens

Get a load of these magnificent garden settings!!!!!

In 1978, Gordon Hayward began writing for Horticulture Magazine, where he has since published over fifty articles. He now is a contributing editor for Fine Gardening Magazine. Gordon Hayward has also written nine books, six of which remain in print. *See below at the bottom of my post

L E S S O N S   T O   B E   L E A R N E D   

F R O M   V I S I T I N G   G A R D E N S 

"Visiting a garden, whether public or private, is a rare treat, in part because it can help us see our own garden more clearly. What we get out of visiting a garden, however, is not up to the garden; it’s up to us to ask the right questions. Too often we don’t get all we could out of a visit because we walk into a fine garden looking to see what we like and don’t like about it. Our own judgmental attitudes get in the way of learning new principles of garden design. And once we pass judgment, we often limit ourselves to the question, “What’s that plant?” In this one-hour lecture, Hayward will show 40 pairs of slides he has taken of grand gardens through America and England. Throughout he will show you how to look at grand gardens so as to gather new ideas for your own more modest garden. This lecture comes out of an article Gordon Hayward wrote for the April, 2002 issue of Horticulture Magazine." 

ABOVE: Rosemary Alexander’s Garden in England

 

Gordon Hayward

Planning,planning,planning.




T H E   W I N T E R   G A R D E N

When designing a garden that is interesting 12 months of the year, those of us who live in the northern half of the United States must carefully consider what our garden looks like in the winter. During the seven month growing season colors and textures abound, but in late October we cut back perennials, remove annuals and bring in delicate garden ornaments and furniture, thereby exposing the layout and structural elements of our gardens. Those elements form the backbone of the winter garden, and they lie in gazeboes, pergolas and garden sheds, as well as in paths, hedges, stonewalls, evergreens and lasting perennials such as ornamental grasses. Detail within that structure lies in winter-tolerant garden ornaments, as well as the form, line and color in twig and fruit of many deciduous trees and shrubs. Because we spend so much more time in the house in winter, view-lines from doors and windows into our winter gardens become especially important. In this one hour lecture, Gordon Hayward uses pairs of slides that both he and Richard Brown, a professional garden photographer, took to show around fifty different places in the Haywards’one and one half acre garden in both summer and winter in order to illustrate design principles you can apply to your own garden to give it greater winter interest.
ABOVE: A design for a garden in Southern New Hampshire.

Want more?

You can stay at this cottage. Click here.

They think the North Cotswolds is the most beautiful part of England. Somebody must agree because the whole area, including Blockley, was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty a few years ago.

His Books:

Go to his site here.

Gordon and Mary Hayward
508 McKinnon Road
Putney VT 05346

802.387.4766

email: gordonhayward@comcast.net

I can't get enough.

Can you?

XX's

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It's Coming On Springtime....

Gorden Hayward 

is a brilliant landscape designer.



Hayward offers amateur landscapers these guidelines:

"Don't be afraid of straight lines in forming bed edges, lawn shape, and paths, especially near the house. After all, your house is geometric; make beds near it geometric, too. Then let beds and paths curve as you get away from the house."





"......avoid putting all planting beds around the perimeter of your house 
and the outer perimeter of the lawn. "












Is your garden ready for spring?


Read the article in Traditional Home here.


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Meet Buster Barman

I am Buster Barman.

My Dad is JOHN BARMAN.

Here is my Dad. 

John Barman

with Ali Wentworth, one of his Manhattan clients.

I know a kid  thinks that their Dad's are handsome....

but, my Dad is.

  And he is a design genius too!

These are just a few of the design jobs that my dad has done.

This one is in N.Y.C.

And that's where I live with with my Dad too.

I will show you my house in another post 

if Renee will let me, 

Buster Barman,

come back and do this  'guest blogging' 

bit again. 

*ask her to have me back when you leave a comment.

Have you seen a black sofa like this one?

I always thought that the colors in this room were scrumptious.

Renee said that she loves the colors, the antique chairs, including the all the other 

eclectic touches that make this space a design winner.

This is an old job....

you can tell from the quality of the picture's reproduction.

I had to scan this one from an old magazine.

But it was published. And that is something!! Right?

My Dad is great.

Check out the dining chairs....

they don't match, but they match.

This a cozy spot.  I can't remember where this shot was taken....

but 

I seem to remember taking a well deserved nap on those red stripes.

Sometimes watching Dad work makes me tired.

Speaking of tired, my paw and my index toe is getting tired from all this typing.

Cool huh?

My dad, John Barman did the Manhattan apartment of George Stephanopoulos and his wife, Ali Wentworth. Their art collection includes a work by Peter Dayton and a series by Jeffrey Lewis in the living room and a Donald Sultan painting in the dining room beyond. Armchair and sofa fabrics, Bergamo.

(architectural digest)

My Dad,  John Barman installed paneling in the dining room, 

then painted it bright orange. I love it!

Below you can go to a home in Ohio that my Dad did.

It was in Architectural Digest.

And let me just say 

that I am intimately familiar with the grounds.

They are Lovely. Don't you Agree?

Buster Barman

click here to see the whole Ohio Farm

I know a kid might think that their Dad can do anything, 

that nothing is impossible, that no mountain is too high, 

but it is true when it comes to my Dad - John Barman.

Would you guys like to say anything to 

'Buster Barman?'

* be nice....remember....

it is his Daddy.

Should I have Buster back for another post?

Buster is interested in design and has told me that he has much to say on the subject.

John Barman  
click here for some Architectural Digest.
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