As the old saying goes, if California sneezes, the rest of the country catches a cold – if you want to know what trends are going to be emerging over the next year, you simply have to look at what our trendsetting state is up to. That goes especially for landscaping, as southern California is […]
McKinsey & Company reports that consumers spend an annual $1.5 trillion in the health and wellness sector. The report says that the wellness market is only expected to rise, categorizing the space across six dimensions: health, nutrition, fitness, beauty, sleep, and mindfulness. Unique Experiences The greatest shift of all is that consumers are now more […]
Spending time in the fresh air, enjoying some sunlight and walking bare feet on the grass; these are some of the best pleasures you can enjoy if you have a beautiful landscape for your property. Sitting in the garden with your family can revive and refresh your mind. Below we have listed few amazing benefits […]
There are many advantages to living in our perpetually sunny state, but chief among them as far as our interests lie is our ability to do landscaping all year round. The sun never sets on California, and although we can’t be classified as tropical, we are the closest thing to it! That means landscaping projects […]
It appears that summer has truly arrived here in Southern California, with temperatures breaking 90 degrees for the first time in what has seemed like an endless 5-6 months of an unusually cold and dreary winter. Our characteristic cloudless blue skies have finally returned, and with them comes a happy, if unrelenting, sun! While we […]
A weird concept that we’ve been playing around with recently goes like this: what if you moved certain rooms in your house and made them completely outdoors? What would they look like, and how would you design them to best make use of the open space? It’s fun to think about, in a mind-bending way; […]
“Another potential tenant decided to go with a unit across the street, Mary Anne.” “Another one?! What is going on?!” Mary Anne groaned as she set the phone down and rubbed her eyes. The third prospect in as many weeks had passed up her Encinitas beachfront condo, preferring to stay in another unit in the […]
Photo by NoMow Turf – Look for home design design inspiration As the number and length of draughts increases and the price of water seeming to rise every year, many in Southern California are deciding to forego the usual natural lawn and switch over to artificial grass. There’s a number of reasons so many are […]
Beep! Beep! Beep! Sandy Sanders laid on the horn. She couldn’t be late again, or her boss would never let her hear the end of it. Of course, her boss was her mom. Her parents had started a home and family blog, called “Sander’s Home: when she was little, and she had recently begun writing […]