2011 Year End Review - Urban Outdoor Living

Urban Outdoor Living

We had our chance to pick our favorites for the year, now it's your time to share.  You all spoke loud and clear about your favorite posts and topics and we put them together into a Year End Review Top Ten so that if you missed them the first time around you get a second chance.

Number One - Favorite Topic Urban Outdoor Living

Before & After - Don Statham's Rooftop Terrace Garden in Lower Manhattan

Rooftop Terrace Garden in Lower Manhattan AfterDon Statham understands how an urban garden grows. “Even with a lack of space in the city, rooftop gardens are flourishing,” says the garden designer and president of Bloom Design. “Whether you’re looking for a peaceful getaway or a place to entertain, the key is planning, from soil and plants to irrigation and maintenance.”

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Get The Look - Urban Outdoor Space

Photo Inspiration - Jon CarloftisFinding a grand penthouse apartment in a glamorous city, like the personal penthouse terrace of landscape desinger Jon Carloftis, is up to you but the rest of this grand urban space we can help you attain.

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Design 101 - Guest Blogger Sarah Kinbar on Urban Container Gardens

My first visit to New Orleans—just this fall—was a wake-up call for me on the importance of balcony gardens, which are the heart and soul of the French Quarter. Block after block, my eye was drawn to the balconies decorated with the most useful of garden accessories: glorious planters, alive with trailing ivy and pothos, bright with geraniums and petunias. There’s a reason these plants are standard fare for planters—they’re so easy to care for, they make a bold statement visually and they graciously accept the home of a small planter filled with healthy soil.

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Design 101 - Urban Outdoor Living

Rees Roberts + PartnersFor the urban dweller having a functional outdoor living area has become an important amenity.
And with space at a premium they are seeking imaginative ways to expand outdoors.

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Exceptional Spaces - Urban Outdoor Living

Urban outdoor living on rooftops, balconies and small garden spaces has captured the fascination and desire of city dwellers to expand their living space with outdoor living. This week we are featuring examples of exceptional outdoor living spaces as well before and after projects and ideas on how you can create your own urban outdoor living oasis.

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