Home & Garden Blog

Wow, super cool! Check out the design work from Juan Pablo Maza. Plot #35 from the Ordos Project is not your typical villa. You won’t find it in Spain, France or Italy. This one is inner Mongolia. The flat landscape is known for some of the most amazing blue skies on Earth but living there is harsh with high winds and extreme temperature grades.

Architect Juan Pablom Maza created a large underground home to take advantage of the ground’s natural insulation but the most striking feature is the suspended living area abouve ground surrounded by a forest of beams! Beautiful!!

(Source: Yanko Design Blog)

While at Smarter Home & Garden Blogs: 

• Boxed Martini Candles - Great Gifts or Wedding Favors
• Discount Mulitmedia Storage Cabinet - Antique White Finish
• Discount Bedding - Low Priced Throw Pillows
• Mazal Tov - Discount Bar Mitzvah Picture Frame
• Hello Gorgeous! - Check Out This Edwardian Home Bar
• Discount Floor Furnace - All the Heat at a Fraction of the Cost
• Easy Deal - Check Out this Red Easy Rider Couch
• Plum Crazy Tiffany Table Lamp - Discount Home Decor
• Discount Dinnerware - Gibson Royal Quilt 30 Piece Set

Enhance your dining experience with this formal dinnerware ensemble. The Royal Quilt 30 piece dinnerware set from Gibson provides service for six.  The set contains plates, bowls and cups  that feature a sculptural quilted patterin in white porcelain.

Here is a zoomed in image of the elegant and graceful design that adorns the sides of the dishes. Beautiful, right?

30 pieces for only $84.99

If you are interested in  shopping for the Gibson Royal Quilt (30 pc. set) - Click here!

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Simplicity, functionality and frugality. All adjectives that speak to me.

Check out the Clothes Pin and Memory Stick from poor.pl. No instructions required, just stick it into your computer and then clip it onto you clothing when you’re done…

(Source: Yanko Design Blog)

While at Smarter Home & Garden Blog …

Pretty Pink Aprons - Stay Clean & Beautiful this Thanksgiving

Low Priced Dinnerware - Traditional Sauce Dishes

Montreal Antique Alley - Renaissance Furniture

Low Priced Cookware - Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker

Holiday Decor Deal - Gingerbread Men Candle Light

The free standing Chimo burns Ethanol for an eco-friendly and very cozy experience that won’t break the bank. Shown here are the two models, round $1389, and square $1480.. finish reading at FurnitureStoreBlog.com!

Not all Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL’s) are created equal! As many converts to the energy-sipping bulb are aware, some are simply better than others; at warming up more quickly, providing good light quality, and lasting as long as advertised…continue reading at Treehugger.com!

Drink up! So unabashedly unadorned, the Liquid Serving Set by Fusionware soars to the top of my mental list of top designs. The slim proportions and warmth of the stoneware make these vessels perfect for serving up almost anything, see more at Pure Contemporary.

This week in Smarter Home & Garden we covered:

• See the sofa that every AA member dreads….“An Alchoholic’s Fantasy Chair!”
• Grow your very own fresh herbs at home to perfectly season all your home cuisine..
• Discover the multiply uses for discount paper lanterns.
• Spend $100 get $100 back on all products and Christmas Decorations at Frontgate.com!
• Check out the Sketchy Furniture Youtube clip that will boggle your mind!
• Save money on our Deal of the Day! Discount serving pieces for only $14.99 that will surely be a hit at your next Holiday party.

Piece together the perfect condiments and hors d’oeuvres for gatherings and cocktail parties with this 4 piece sectional serving dish from Wrapables.com.

These sectioned dishes piece together to create the best mix and match triangular serving piece. The round bowl sits in the center while the three other glass pieces fit perfectly around the bowl. Each glass dish features a different etched pattern. One features dots, one features a diamond pattern, while one features a diagonal stripe pattern. Perfect for parties!

Constructed from handcrafted glass it is sold as a 4 piece set, originally $19.95 it is currently on SALE for $14.99!

To purchase this 4 Piece Sectional Dish, click here.

To shop for more great savings on Dinnerware & Serving Pieces, click here.

So as I stood in the aftermath of my families Thanksgiving dinner, huge black trash bag in hand, making my rounds threw the kitchen and living room, and pool room, picking up discarded bowls, dishes, cups, spoons, forks..napkins, I thought to myself; “Wow, this is a whole lot of trash!” And that was just one Thanksgiving dinner, imagine the accumulated trash across the country!

Which is why I made a mental note to search for biodegradable plates, cups and utensils as soon as I got back to blogging. The set featured above is from Branchhome.com and is made of plates, cups and bowls that are 100% biodegradable, compostable sugar cane fiber (bagasse) that is a byproduct of the sugar refining process. (Supplies of this material are virtually unlimited worldwide. The use of bagasse products eliminates the dependence of traditional wood fiber-based materials in disposable tableware. Since bagasse is traditionally burned for disposal, the diversion of the fiber into the making of tableware prevents harmful air pollution.) Source

The potato-starch cutlery is sturdy, attractive, reusable, and suitable for hot foods up to 220° F. It will biodegrade within 180 days in a commercial composting facility. Cutlery is sold in sets of 50. (Each set includes 50 forks, 50 knives and 50 spoons.)

On top of the benefits to the earth and atmosphere, these utensils are friendly to your wallet as well! They are very reasonable. Check out the prices and quantities offered below:

16 oz. Bowl (pack of 50): $8.50
12 oz. Cup (pack of 50): $9.00
7″ Plate (pack of 50): $6.50
9″ Plate (pack of 50): $9.00
9″ Compartmentalized Plate (pack of 50): $9.00
12″ Oval Platter (pack of 10): $5.50
Fork, Knife, Spoon (50 of each): $14.00
price:
Starting at: $5.50

Anyhow I ordered 1 set of 50 of each for Christmas and New Year’s, just thought it would be a good idea to spread the word.

To purchase or learn more about featured item, click here.

To shop for more Biodegradable Plates, Cups and Utensils, click here.

This dinnerware set is from Mikasa’s casual china category and it is from a collection called Arch.

This dinnerware set is inspired by the arch, one of the oldest and strongest architectural elements. Pale blue arches intersect with the beige overlaps. Slightly raised outlines contrast with the fields of color they bind. The ARCH dinnerware is dishwasher safe. And feel free to warm your plates in the oven - they can take the heat.

Was: $24.99

On Sale : $7.99

Save: $17.00 (68%)

Mikasa: Clearance and Retired Items

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