So fresh and so clean

By Platt Dana Architects

From remodelista.com

tin house

Mustard Experiments

Lewis' pal makes the best mustard. We will try to replicate for a sprout sandwich using the following recipe:

Brown Sugar Mustard Glaze for Grilled Meats Brown sugar has its own unique and wonderful taste. 1 cup packed brown sugar 2/3 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/3 cup mustard - spicy brown or dijon to your taste 2 tablespoons honey 2 cloves minced garlic 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
Method In a medium saucepan stir together brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, honey, garlic, & celery seeds. Bring to a boil. When boiling, immediately reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes until thickened, stirring often. To use, brush meat with some of sauce during last 10 minutes. Pass around whatever is left over at the table. For extra kick, add a few drops of hot pepper sauce . Contributor: Roger Manley.

craig's pick

He likes the wood slats, the "variety", it goes, "all over"

2 Dressing Ideas

• Olive oil, Balsamic, Garlic clove, 1 T honey, blend

• Peanut oil, dash of sesame oil, dash of soy sauce, ginger, lime juice
  

Also from Mark Bittman

I've been looking for a recipe for this:

Miso-Ginger Dressing

Adapted from “How to Cook Everything,” by Mark Bittman (Wiley, 2008)

Time: 5 minutes

1/4 cup peanut oil or neutral oil, like grapeseed or corn

1/4 cup rice vinegar

3 tablespoons mild or sweet miso, like yellow or white

1 tablespoon dark sesame oil

2 medium carrots, roughly chopped

1 inchlong piece fresh ginger, cut into coins

Salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Put all ingredients except salt and pepper into a food processor and pulse a few times to mince carrots. Then let machine run for a minute or so, until mixture is chunky-smooth. (If you want it smoother, use a blender.) Taste and add salt and pepper to taste.

Yield: About 1 1/4 cups.
From NYTIMES

Make your own perfume oil

What you need:
1 Package of bamboo skewers from grocery store or craft supply store.
Essential Oils or Natural Soap (like Mrs. Meyers)
1/2 Cup Water
Bit of Vodka
1 Container (we like the ones pictured because they aren't the usual glass ones, in fact you could use one of those vases from ikea and just paint it).

What You Do:
To make the oil concoction, mix 4-5 drop of oils into about the half cup of water. Add the vodka as an emulsifier to keep the oil and water mixed. Pour this into your container, add the reeds and flip them to refresh the smell.

Flower

This wallpaper is largely chargedFrom Trove...

best granola

Insipid:

1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.

2. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

Non-fiction

i'd like to read this sometime

party lights

party on marc

deck and screen porch

A great chardonnay: under $15

dreamy windows

via garden rooms

growing

I have been unable to resist (and who can?) the living wall

tile

tile everywhere

via apartment therapy

Books to read: therapy

relational psychotherapy, a primer, DeYoung

Transpersonal Pyschotherapy, theory and practice, eds. wellings & mccormick

psychoanalysis, behaviro therapy, and the relational world, wachtel

mobile

a la Alexander Calder

via cb2

Could repaint to your own palette

hourglass

Great for having a visual reminder of the hour

Clean Air

The following plants improve indoor air quality. 5-7 plants per person. The Areca palm creats oxygen during the day time, the mother in law's tongue at night and the money plant purifies air. The peace lily is also good, but poisonous for cats.

Money plant o

Sansevieria "Mother in Law's Tongue"

epipremnum aureum

money plant

peace lily

big canvas

oh boy

via automatism

penny

via apartment therapy

keeping it simple

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simple farmhouse

Turns out the whole place is great...

Novel idea...wood stove in kitchen. I like it

great animal sculptures all about

wooden mantle

studio out back

via apartmenttherapy

inside outside

great bathroom color