Fabric Sale - Duralee

The Duralee fabric sale is extended until May 15th:

Up to 30% off

I still love the spring freshness of Thomas Paul Fabrics... Find them at Duralee and use them in lots of ways...

Aviary - Maize - Love this chair

  

Whither water?

I love the arcs of this photo: the way they complement each other, with nature mirroring the man-made world, or perhaps the other way around. Although the author and photographer Jonathan Waterman was traveling the Colorado River in part to learn about the loss of water as a resource, I'd say he's got a sculptor's eye.

Waterman will speak May 2 in Mountain View as part of POST's Stegner lecture series, giving glimpses into his experiences following the length of the Colorado River: mountains, mudflats and all.

And it seems likely that a call to action for the river will be involved. Waterman is quoted on his website thusly: "Distant cities, including some of the fastest growing in the nation ... depend on its waters and have transformed it into one of the most diverted and litigated rivers in the world. The Colorado now reaches the sea only in the wettest of years and the Delta, once one of the greatest desert estuaries in the world, has been reduced to a veritable wasteland."

Pictured: Strontia Dam and the waters of the Colorado River heading for Denver. Photo by Jonathan Waterman from "The Colorado River, Flowing Through Conflict," his book with Peter McBride.

Unique Places

1. Thank you for Fucking, Austria.

Fucking is a small town in Austria (population 150). Deikenal this small town named "Fucking" more or less since 1070.
The most popular in this city is road markings with the name of this town, sometimes a lot of English speaking tourists who stopped just to take photos. In fact, this one lane into the lane most often stolen in Austria. City residents have a special budget to replace the road markings were stolen.

2.The Mojave Lonely Phone Booth.

 The Mojave Phone Booth is the only phone booth in the Mojave National Preserve which attracted the attention of many people in 1997, because the location is not reasonable. Booth this one is 15 miles from the nearest highway interstate, and miles and miles from any buildings. People sometimes call this booth just to get a andseveral others traveled to the location of this booth to answer the phone , oftenthere are camping in the vicinity . The story inspired the making of the movie Mojave Phone Booth, which was released in 2006.




3. Climb the Rabbit’s Hill. 

Colletto Fava is a 1,500 m altitude hill in the southern Piedmont region in Italy. In 2005, a giant pink rabbit was built beside the mountain. Members of the Viennese artist who founded the group is not just hope people will pay attention to their work, but also for climbers interested in climbing and resting on it. Why should a rabbit?.

4. A Christian Chapel decorated by the bones of 40,000 people.

  
















he Sedlec ossuary small Christian chapel, located under the Cemetery Church of All Saints in the Czechs Republic. The ossuary contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons artistically arranged to form the decoration and equipment for the chapel.


5. A museum devoted to the Penis.

  











The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavík, Iceland, is a museum dedicated to the phallology. The museum currently has 154 specimens displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde, or dried in display cases. The museum attempts to collect penis specimens from every mammal in Iceland, including several species that are endangered or already extinct in Icelandic waters. 

DuraLee Sale!

DuraLee has beautiful fabric for upholstery and drapes.  Why not pay less and order here from

River  Red Interiors?  It's our Spring sale! For the rest of the Month get up to  30% off. 

Email us the fabric style and color and we'll email a Paypal quote. Your fabric will be on it's way to you within 2 days on UPS ground.  How easy is that!!!

Duralee now distributes Clarke & Clarke a distinguised UK company of fine fabrics and wallcoverings:

Astoria Velvets Collection - Aqua  This collection is 100% natural, highly durable and appropriate for contract.

Palio/Aqua 

Florica Collection - 100% Cotton

Arabella - Chocolate/Aqua

Celeste -  Chocolate/Aqua 

Scandia Collection - 100% cotton

Anja - Summer 

 

Nissa - Summer

Unique and dangerous housing

Manarola (Italy) tempat paling berbahaya di Italia.

Its location in Liguria, Manarola. The city is said to be the oldest city that has stood for thousands of years ago or around the time of Roman rule. Difficult to call exactly when, only a document of ancient Roman times, called on the existence of this town was oncea place where wine producers.

And it was still visible until now where the vineyards are still scattered along the streetsof the city. If you visit there you can enjoy a stroll through the vineyard. The roads in Viadell'Amore (Path of Love) you will find buildings that are brightly colored degung on the edge of a cliff.

The real-deal meal?

The basil goes in the side; ginger and limes on the other side; coconuts on top. Twist the dials and the machine spits out real, honest-to-goodness Thai food. You might want to stand back, though. One sign reads "LASER IN USE."

This is the very clever, slightly snarky creation of Purin Phanichphant, a student in Stanford's MFA joint program in design. His tall machine "Authenmathai" is actually an art project that taunts society's quest for authenticity, while giving technology a kick in the shins as well.

Could you really get good Thai food with the help of spiciness dials and "Fish Sauce Quality Control" monitors? And we haven't even mentioned the dials marked "Advanced Flavor Fine-Tuner (For Thai People Only)."

Phanichphant's work is currently on exhibit at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery as part of a show called "Off The Table." Other food-themed projects of design and art are also up in the gallery through April 17, with a reception set for April 14 from 5 to 7. Bring your own sriracha sauce.



Pictured: "Authenmathai" by Purin Phanichphant. Photos by Rebecca Wallace.

unique homes

1.Kettle House.

Kettle House in Texas, the United States does not just look like a kettle but it also can function properly.

2.Stone house.

Stone house in Portugal is one of the best examples of naturalelements that come in use. It is unique when we see, but the housewas really uninhabited.

3.Crooked House.

This curved house stands as an example of one of the bestarchitecture ever made. Arch structure makes it one of the mostunusual houses in the world.

4.Cubic house.

Cubic houses in Rotterdam, the Netherlands is a collection ofhouses that together form a geometric cube. Interesting factor hereis how a house maintained so as not to fall.

5.Dome House.

Dome House in Florida, the United States is the scenery beautiful white house with unique architectural dome.

Reclaim It !

I love the patina of aged decor especially reclaimed wood. It has that rustic weathered look and feel that speaks of character and experience.It's already had a full life and instead of being discarded someone has recognized it's beauty, value and richness and reclaimed it. There are species of wood no longer available unless they are reclaimed.  Every plank tells a story of a former life. Much of the salvaged wood comes from old rural barns or factories built during the American industrial revolution.  Once considered garbage this wood is being cleaned up and reused to bring depth and age to new homes and commercial spaces. How green is that?

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