Home & Garden Blog

What was cool and fresh in other Home and Garden Blogs?

• Check out the witty and practical list of Top 20 Household Uses for Velcro at Apartment Therapy, Los Angeles!

• Florian Kräutli has created a Magnetic Curtain! The key feature of this curtain is it’s ability to take any shape you desire, due to the magnets embedded in the material. Finish reading the full article at Moco Loco…

• Hmmm, revolving door generates energy? Designed by Fluxlab and described as “an ingenious sustainable energy harvesting idea that makes you wonder why no one else has thought of it before.” Finish reading about the pics and pans of this concept at Treehugger.com!

This week in Smarter Home and Garden:

• Shop our vast selection of Tropical Plants! Perhaps they will bring you luck, success and above all a tranquil and beautiful garden…
• Never want to pay an electrical bill again? In fact you can receive money from Power, Gas and Electric for saving so much energy! Watch the short Youtube clip from designer Michelle Kauffman’s Modern and Green Living Home Designs.
• Looking for discount home decor, check out the Retro Mirrors offered by Chiasso, tre’ Chic!
• Happy Valentine’s Day! Write a funny comment on our hairy Photo of the Week!
• Discount Shelving Deal from Wrapables.com! The Growing Together Shelf Unit with Tube Vases is a contemporary option that will help decorate and organize your entertainment center, DVD, CDs and much more.

There is nothing quite as tranquil and beautiful as a Japanese themed garden! Check out the following exotic and tropical plants you can purchase to add a touch of the orient to your home and garden today. With its beautiful braided trunk, the Asian money tree is not only of unique visual interest, but some believe that good luck follows with each unfurling leaf. The large tree has bright-green leaves and a substantial trunk with a visual creativity that is offset by the square, white ceramic pot.

The Large Traditional Money Tree featured is offered by Red Envelope and retails for $65.00!

Upgrade the energy of your home, your luck and your life with this auspicious plant. In Feng Shui philosophy, the lotus bamboo is believed to bring prosperity and blessings. It is named for its leaves, which form the shape of the inspirational lotus flower, signifying purity, peace and the higher spirit.

Sold exclusively at Red Envelope, The Lotus Bamboo Traditional Plant retails for $38.00!

Practiced for centuries in China and Japan, the art of bonsai captures nature’s beauty in a confined space. Not your traditional bonsai tree, the exotic, tropical Sago palm brings a bit of paradise down to earth. This plant is easy to care for, the miniature version adapts to indirect light or full sun and needs only occasional watering.

The Palm Bonsai Exotic Tropical Plant is sold for $50.00, at Red Envelope.

Durable and beautiful water lilies, with a floating arrangement of three lilies grouped together. A lovely way to add bold color to your pond. Free weight and green anchoring line included.

Water Lily Cluster costs $10.39 at Drs. Foster & Smith.

Hopefully these plants inspire you to create a little piece of tranquil heaven on earth, a remote respite where you can de-compress and center your Zen!

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