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A roof garden makes your home greener

June 07, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Artist Scota Rakison has one of the most enviable views in London. From the roof terrace of her Barnes house she can see a great, wide lazy bend of the Thames, and on the other side, a fringe of acid-green willows, boathouses and the well-kept grass of the Civil Service ...
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State houses become stately homes

April 15, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

The perimeters are the giveaway. Amid the bustling neighbourhood of townhouses, duplexes, apartments, flats and family homes, it's odd that the fences are all the same. Pen-like, the 1.2m flimsy aluminium spikes and rails are sufficient to mark property boundaries, but leave an openness for all to see. Backyards, front-yards and ...

Interior Decoration - office arrangement advice

March 23, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

An American director of bank, guest to explain his investment in a feng shui-a simply based the new design of its complex of offices, explained him: "look at, they is three thousand years of good direction and experiment!" Principles of shui of Feng are based on the ancient Chinese philosophy ...

Aging gardeners should adapt

March 17, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Nobody likes to talk about growing older. But we all do. As the years pass: poorer eyesight and balance. Less strength and range of motion. Greater reaction to the heat and cold. The gardener should think about these things and adjust as he or she grows older to make time in the yard ...

Pittsburgh celebrities to get ‘dream’ rooms at home show

March 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Home & Decoration

With her husband's hectic schedule, Erin Ravenstahl, wife of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, says she doesn't have much time for formal entertaining at home. "Besides, I'm not a very good cook," she adds. But for her "dream" formal dining room, the city's first lady chose some elegant furnishings and her favorite flower, ...

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