My Urban Garden Deco Guide

I was browsing a great site I recommend for all deco hunters: Decofinder.com .

It is a portal dedicated to deco and has a huge selection of products, in an amazing range of styles.I discovered one can now have heated towels beside ones pool! Love the idea if not the design!

I really love benches - specially for dinner tables. This one is from the new Terra range designed for Tribu.It is a chic, sober style and seems a great choice for a hassle free home with lots of guests! More at www.TRIBU.com. As with all sober designs, a simple fashionable cushion updates it year on year.

The line is made of Canax which consists of an unbreakable hightech polyester core, providing strength and stability, and is covered with hemp which gives it a natural look and feel. The material is very userfriendly thanks to its UV-resistant, fire-retardant and stainrepellent properties. The Terra line consists of an armchair, sidechair, casual armchair, carver, lounger, chaise longue, footstool and poufs.

I worked for 15 years in the over consumerist world of advertising and would hardly be described as a green hippy. However I am part of the new community of people who realise there is no alternative than to really, deeply change and that we may even find it a nice and fun process!

I am a firm believer urban gardens are  great allies in the challenge ahead even if they have almost no green plants out there and their owners may have indulged in some rather un- eco friendly furniture/ designs.

They can play a role in many ways.They can help change our pace and expectations from city living.That is quite powerful in itself.

I was just watching 'The 11 th Hour' produced by Leonardo di Caprio . I thought it  adds to the debate in more ways than one. Whilst 'The Inconvenient truth' by Al Gore is very fact based, Leo's film goes a little further by exploring the psychological dimensions involved.This is not a green blog so I will spare you the full story but I will  relay 2 simple thoughts. One expert says the problem to lift our resistance to changing our ways is that we need to change the objects of our desires. Today we can identify zillions of brand names and only a couple of plants. Until we make this type of knowledge about the earth  'cool' we are up against the brick wall of consumers current value system.  The film also promotes slowness.Taking time. Time we have at our disposal if we gave up frenetic shopping and over working to fund the frenetic shopping.

I believe a well planned outdoor space, using  the great new designs can give you lots of options to do sport,indulge in gourmet life,  laze about or enjoy nature even if only a minute space. No need to run out in a car to rush away from the city...

For those who are interested : I really find  these 3 films a basic must for any family today.

 Solar may be the power of the future but certainly not a glamourous one...yet. I love the Tree of Life created by Artemide and Lovegrove , seen in the city of lights: Paris!

Tectona may be an absolute A lister when it comes to quality, somehow they seemed to stay stuck in a time warp.Well, that is over. They have worked on a new line with superstars Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and I love the result. The line includes a large variety of furniture to allow permutations and flexibility. Bravo!