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Let’s check out what’s happening in the world of Home and Garden Blogging!

The Icebergs are melting at an alarming rate and may soon be a thing of the past! However innovative architects Julien de Smedt and CEBRA just won a competition to build a housing complex at the Aarhus docklands development in Denmark. With the global change growing exponentially, waterfront views may be in all our futures.

Finish reading at “Iceberg” housing project by Julien de Smedt (Yanko Design Blog)

Is your old floral wallpaper peeling off for the hundredth time, check out the newest light technology in wallpaper!!

Read: Is your wallpaper running? (Landfair Furniture Blog)

One of our favorite finds of the year are these beautiful geometric tables fashioned from scraps of reclaimed sheet metal from car parts, by Brooklyn based furniture store Nine Stories Furniture.

Check out full post at: Tables from Reclaimed Car Parts ( Inhabitat)

Editor’s Note:

It continues to amaze me all the wonders in technology that keep pushing the boundaries of design in furniture, home decor and houses. Our world may be falling apart but innovative designers continue to find ways to slow the decay.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to send me any tips or ideas you would like to discuss.

Michelle

Happy Earth Day! Since Earth Day is supposed to be about finding a global perspective on the state of our environment, I decided to dedicate this post to interesting advancements in “green living” on a global front.

In Milan…

Droog Design displays a “Touch of Green” to their design work. I don’t know if this is sellable or is just proving a point, Above is “One day paper waste,” a table that shows one days’ paper waste in a more static form. They note, “Does it help the environment to recycle a one day gathering of paper waste from the office into a resin treated piece of furniture? Maybe not literally, but the intention to limit waste is at least one step in the right direction.”

Regardless the message to me is loud and clear, amazing what can be created by just one day of waste! We should definitely start supporting architects and designers who choose to utilize this by product into sustainable furnishings.

(Source: Treehugger.com)

In Australia …

Big things are happening in Sydney. First Earth Hour, which began in Sydney, went global last month. Then, the city unveiled its brand new 2030 vision, which outlines the steps that the city will take to reduce its emissions by 60%. And now, a new project planned for the outskirts of the city will become the most sustainable development in Australia.

Finish reading at Inhabitat, Australia’s Greenest Development.

In Scotland …

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is offering $20-million for any individual or company that can harness the power of the ocean to create renewable energy in an environmentally friendly fashion. This is the largest dollar amount offered by any nation to spur advances in energy technology and is hopefully a sign of things to come.

(Source: science.propeller.com)

We are making awesome progress folks, it warms my heart to read about all the global attempts to tap into new sources of energy, creative uses of by products, and innovative architectural designs that will literally re-shape the way we see the world.

It’s sad that we must get this bad before everyone starts caring and making bold strides to change, but hey I guess it’s better late than never, right?

Happy Earth Day Everyone! 

In other Home and Garden Blogging News!

What could be more refreshing than casting off your carbon shackles with a bunch of solar balloons? Our favorite environmental architect visionary, Joseph Cory, of Geotectura has seized this dream with an award winning way to take solar energy to the skies. Truly inspiring technology, go to Inhabitat to finish reading full post!

Amazing handmade embossed cards for their unique seed-embedded feature. The “Scraped From the Barrel” collection are handmade paper oak leaf cards embedded with lavender seeds that can be coaxed to germinate. Read more at Apartment Therapy, Los Angeles!

For bold or neutral palettes, the beauty of the Mistral Dining Room Set is its chameleon-like ability to transition from room style to room style, as well as from color palette to color palette naturally. Paolo Cattelan designed this dining room set with modern style and elegance as priorities. Finish reading at Padstyle.com!

Read more about “The Step Chest” at Landfair Furniture Blog …their main claim to fame is that their contemporary pieces are made from reclaimed wood so as to be more environmentally friendly.

Given all the rain we have been receiving, read ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: Rain Power! at Inhabitat.

This week in Smarter Home and Garden Blog:

• Check out the wonderful craftsmanship on these artistic lighting fixtures, Hot Air Balloon Chandeliers!
• It’s just about game time folks! Whether your a Patriots fan or rooting for the underdog the New York Giants, make sure you throw the Super Bowl Party of the year. Find Super Bowl Party supplies and Super Bowl Ideas at Smarter Home and Garden Blog.
• Here comes the LOVE… shop for Valentine’s Best Discounts and save money on Valentine Flowers, Valentine Chocolates and assorted Heart Candies!
• The LOVE continues, read about unique Valentine Gift Ideas and shop for Heart Shaped Pancake Molds, Heart Cake Molds & Heart Jell-O Molds to spice up your Valentine’s day!
• Last but not least, see the Valentine Gifts Deal of the Day! Save 20% Off all Valentine Gift’s at Mikasa!

Honestly this is one of the coolest and most inventive stories I have read in a mighty long time, please read about eco-architect Mitchell Joachim’s visionary ideas about how to grow living treehouses from ficus molded around frame structures. Displayed below is a video from Mitchell Joachim explaining the details of how they work. Joachim does better justice to his imaginative ecological designs than I am able to do in a mere post, so if you have any interest in living tree houses (and you should), check out the video below.

YouTube - Watch VIDEO: Grow a Treehouse with TerreForm

To read more about “Living Treehouses”, click here.