The Spring of Things
You'll be sitting pretty as the weather gets warmer with beautiful benches, funky housewares and soft skin.
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Benches in Bloom
Beckon the call of alfresco lounging with one of these ornate garden benches.
While you devise your plans for landscaping the backyard, don’t neglect an important part of the garden—a place to rest. Among the purple iris, yellow tulips and pink Gerbera daisies, pop a little added color with these red and marine-blue, high gloss teak wood benches ($1,200/each). Feel good as you relax in your garden knowing the benches are also for indoor use—ideal for the end of summer when the bench can be used in an enclosed porch, mudroom or entryway.
Available at gardenhousedecor.net.Benches in Bloom
Beckon the call of alfresco lounging with one of these ornate garden benches.
While you devise your plans for landscaping the backyard, don’t neglect an important part of the garden—a place to rest. Among the purple iris, yellow tulips and pink Gerbera daisies, pop a little added color with these red and marine-blue, high gloss teak wood benches ($1,200/each). Feel good as you relax in your garden knowing the benches are also for indoor use—ideal for the end of summer when the bench can be used in an enclosed porch, mudroom or entryway.
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High Five
The smart practice of regular hand sanitizing is a definite lifestyle must. Frais (frais.com.au), an eco-friendly hand sanitizer, contains a natural, non-toxic blend of eight essential oils, including ginger, orange, basil, grapefruit and cardamom to naturally moisturize and disinfect your hands. From left to right: Frais pump ($29), Frais mid-sized ($7) and Frais pocket ($3.50). For an organic soap that also smells great while keeping hands clean and fresh, try these 4-ounce bars ($11/each), ranging in scents from (top to bottom) oatmeal, pink grapefruit, lavender and unscented from Love & Luck; loveandluckshop.comHigh Five
The smart practice of regular hand sanitizing is a definite lifestyle must. Frais (frais.com.au), an eco-friendly hand sanitizer, contains a natural, non-toxic blend of eight essential oils, including ginger, orange, basil, grapefruit and cardamom to naturally moisturize and disinfect your hands. From left to right: Frais pump ($29), Frais mid-sized ($7) and Frais pocket ($3.50). For an organic soap that also smells great while keeping hands clean and fresh, try these 4-ounce bars ($11/each), ranging in scents from (top to bottom) oatmeal, pink grapefruit, lavender and unscented from Love & Luck; loveandluckshop.com -
Living on the Edge
If you’re in search of eco-friendly and funky housewares and clothing, Edge Home, a women’s and home accessory line, has vintage patchwork bags, such as this cloth bag ($48) by Edge Women, and this reclaimed wood with vintage wallpaper frame (from $88 and up) that will keep you on the edge of earth-friendly finds.
Available at The Picket Fence, 5425 Walnut St., Shadyside; 412/246-0350, picketfenceshadyside.com.Living on the Edge
If you’re in search of eco-friendly and funky housewares and clothing, Edge Home, a women’s and home accessory line, has vintage patchwork bags, such as this cloth bag ($48) by Edge Women, and this reclaimed wood with vintage wallpaper frame (from $88 and up) that will keep you on the edge of earth-friendly finds.
Available at The Picket Fence, 5425 Walnut St., Shadyside; 412/246-0350, picketfenceshadyside.com.
This article appears in the March 2010 issue of Pittsburgh Magazine.
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