glamping.

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I’d hang out here all summer, really.

Isla Gealach of Cheeky Pea has an amazing new picnic set at this month’s FaMESHed - the Cassie Backyard Barbecue set. It’s all you need to throw an awesome backyard bash – the table, the grill, the pool, the cooler of soda, and the food. THE FOOD.

Those burgers look so real! And the hot dogs with their grill marks! And the cheese! THAT CHEESE. ♥ Mouth-watering. 3d food printer, anyone?

Check out the Cassie Backyard Barbecue at FaMESHed! [SLurl]

credits from first pic:

table (with cushions), grill, cooler, lanterns, soda and chips (by the pool): Cheeky Pea – Cassie Backyard Barbecue (Isla Gealach)
towels (next to the pool): Dutchie – stack of towels (Froukje Hoorenbeek)
fan: *Art Dummy! – breeze. (Gala Charron)
hello sign: floorplan. – hello pallet (Tegan Serin)
clubhouse: fri.home – garden clubhouse (Darling Monday & Tegan Serin)
daybed (in clubhouse): floorplan. – naptime daybed (Tegan Serin) *currently available at Collabor88
step stool (in clubhouse): floorplan. – step stool seat (Tegan Serin) *currently available at Collabor88
chandelier (in clubhouse): MudHoney – Addison Chandelier (Rayvn Hynes)

one more chapter.

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I love committing to a theme. This room is a mash-up of two sets available now at FaMESHed: you’ve got a super cute bedroom from Tegan Serin and floorplan., and then there’s a  classic office from fri.home, which is a collaboration between Tegan and Darling Monday of fri.day. You know what I love best about their collaboration — aside from the awesome furniture? The fact that floorplan. stuff and fri.home stuff goes so well together – it’s like a megastore that just happens to be split between two locations. Or some other analogy that is more profound. Your choice.

I desperately want a shabby old card catalog in RL. 3-d printer, anyone?

I love the books-as-headboard idea – from a distance, it looks sorta artsy and geometric, and it’s only up close that you realize ‘oh hey – books!”. I like that. And I predict that little book on the nightstand, the one with the pages formed into a heart, is going to become one of my favorite decorating accents. Love.

See these sets at FaMESHed! [SLurl]

*credits from first pic

bed: floorplan. – bibliophile bed (Tegan Serin) *
bedside table and sconce: floorplan. – bedside table, bedside sconce (Tegan Serin) *
single book (on bedside table): floorplan. – open heart book (Tegan Serin)*
bench: Second Spaces & flowey. – Morning Coffee Bench (Elle Kirshner & Flutter Memel, for Atelier Kreslo) **not currently available
card catalogue: fri.home – irma card catalogue (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *
trumpet: BALACLAVA!! – Marchin’ On – Trumpet (Uriah Eulenberg)
flowers (on card catalogue): floorplan. – lilac planter (Tegan Serin)
stack of books (on card catalogue): fri.home – gilderoy bookstack (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *
rug: nordari. – brownish. rug (Jordan Giant)
loose papers: floorplan. – wall paper (Tegan Serin)
large pile of books (on the floor in the corner): Tartessos Arts – Classy Pile of Books (Nico Griffith)
floor plant: Dutchie – Aglaonema (Froukje Hoorenbeek)
desk: fri.home – alastor antique desk (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *
chair: fri.home – pomona desk chair (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *
desk lamp: fri.home – william lamp (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *
typewriter: Tartessos Arts – Old Typewriter (Nico Griffith)
books (on desk): {af} – Tied Books (Apple Fall)
books (on bed): floorplan. – open book (Tegan Serin)
wall art: fri.home – filius feather frames (Tegan Serin & Darling Monday) *

mecca.

It’s almost Expo time again! ♥ From the official press release:

Home & Garden Expo 2013: Relay for Life

From 24th May 2013 12PM SLT to 2nd June

Sims open:  12PM SLT on May 24th

Are you ready for the biggest home and garden event of 2013?

Bringing together over 100 exhibitors of the very best homes, gardens, landscaping and interior design products in Second Life, plus an additional 30 creators from the ever popular breedables sector in the second annual Breedables Fair, the Home & Garden Expo for Relay For Life 2013 is a fundraising event not to be missed.

The Expo is an annual highlight for those that love seeking out the latest home and garden products and combined with a full entertainment schedule, hunts, raffles and silent auctions plus items designed just for this event – you can be sure of finding stylish new products to give your home a fresh look.

This year’s Expo will feature 8 regions full of home products, 2 sims just for the breedables fair and 1 entertainment sim where you can take a break from shopping and party in style: there is going to be a lot to see and do at this year’s Expo!

Shopping in Second Life is always fun and each Expo exhibitor will be selling special new items for Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society so you can shop and help cancer patients and their families in real life too.

The Home Expo and Breedables Fair crew hope you will enjoy visiting this year’s event and wish you a lot of fun exploring the sims and decorating your homes!

For full information and all the latest updates, please visit the Home and Garden Expo website:

http://slhomeandgardenexpo.wordpress.com/

I’m currently scrambling to get all my Second Spaces stuff ready for Expo, and I’ll be blogging highlights and goodness once the Expo is open! Exciting!

candy pink.

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A new kitchen from Cory Edo and Trompe Loeil – the Retro Kitchen – available in, like, a trillion colors. A trillion gorgeous colors. This color is candy pink and it’s my #1 favorite. ♥

The Retro Kitchen (available right now at FaMESHed) comes with a rezzer to give you an easy set up like the one above, plus you also get standalone versions of each cabinet and appliance, so you can build your own configuration. That’s good planning right there.

I love the shine that Cory gets on her metal accents, and I totally love how she uses her brand as, well, as a brand. I also prefer a fully stocked cabinet, and Cory includes a bunch of plates and glasses and whatnot – color coordinated, of course – to make it easy to achieve that lived-in look.

My music soulmate, Tegan Serin of floorplan., recently released the adorable Apothecary Chest you can see under the windows. This one is for all your favorite teas.

And that’s my new favorite chandelier, courtesy of Rayvn Hynes and MudHoney. I love the shape of it and all the little dangly details! It’s also available in several colors, so be sure to check it out!

See the Retro Kitchen from Trompe Loeil at FaMESHed! [SLurl]

Pick up the Apothecary Chest at floorplan.! [SLurl]

Light up your life with the Addison Chandelier at MudHoney! [SLurl]

*credits for first pics

kitchen cabinets and appliances: Trompe Loeil – Retro Kitchen (Cory Edo)
muffins: LISP – Bistro Muffin Case (Pandora Popstar)
milk: POST – Mortrud’s Milk Bottle (Van Auster)
kettle: LISP – Kettle Decor (Pandora Popstar)
cookbooks: POST (Van Auster)
wall art: [Commoner] – Scrabble Wall Art (Emery Milneaux)
pot (in the sink): POST – All-Purpose Scullery Pot (Van Auster)
colander: Picnic – antique colander (Nyasyousa Oh)
chandelier: MudHoney – Addison Chandelier (Rayvn Hynes)
daisies: The Loft – White Daisies Pot (Colleen Desmoulins)
chocolate cake: Tres Blah – Pastry Mania – Chocolate Cake (Julliette Westerburg)
salt & pepper: POST – Fairlawn Salt & Pepper Shakers (Van Auster)
lemonade crates & bottles: {vespertine} – Lemonade (Amelie Knelstrom)
dining chairs: The Loft – Roxanne Chair (Colleen Desmoulins)
chalkboard: {vespertine} – daily chalkboard (Amelie Knelstrom)
canisters (on apothecary chest): floorplan. – baking canisters (Tegan Serin)
gumball machine: floorplan. – gumball machine (Tegan Serin)
apothecary chest: floorplan. – apothecary chest (Tegan Serin)
broom: POST – Marquette Broom (Van Auster)
rug: nordari. – weaved. (Jordan Giant)
house: Trompe Loeil – Newport Beach Cottage (Cory Edo)

irregularities.

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There’s a gorgeous new dining room from Rayvn Hynes and MudHoney, available now at this month’s FaMESHed. This is the Ryan Dining set – it’s modern without being cold, with a great pop of color in that red sideboard.

My absolute favorite bit is the table top – I lovelovelove its irregularities and organic rawness. (Note: that may be the most pretentious-sounding description ever recorded on this blog, but I totally mean it. NO APOLOGIES.) But seriously – look at that gorgeous wood and its organic rawness! (There it is again.)

Those chairs are pretty friggin’ awesome, too – great textures. ♥

Check out the Ryan Dining set at FaMEShed! [SLurl]

*credits from first pic:

table, chairs, place settings, hanging lamp, rug, candles: MudHoney – Ryan Dining (Rayvn Hynes)
sideboard: MudHoney – Ryan Dining Sideboard (Rayvn Hynes)
baskets: MudHoney – Coil Basket Blue (Rayvn Hynes)
painting: MudHoney – Zoom Artwork (Rayvn Hynes)
flowers: MudHoney – Yellow Orchids (Rayvn Hynes)
books: {af} Stacked Books, Tied Books (Apple Fall)
birdcage: Cheeky Pea – Sara Birdcage (Isla Gealach)
bottles (inside sideboard): POST – Trio of Salvaged Glass Bottles (Van Auster)
churn: POST – Wayzata Butter Churn (Van Auster)
wire heart (on wall): Cheeky Pea – Sara Photo Heart (Isla Gealach)
plants: Dutchie – mesh plants (Froukje Hoorenbeek)
curtains: [LeeZu!] – Greta Curtains (LeeZu Baxter)
food: PILOT – Fast Food (Kaz Nayar)