Magazine: Phoenix Home & Garden
I voraciously go through shelter magazines and I especially love to find out about new ones.? Subscriptions are like an addiction for me, unfortunately.? Monica Zeuli kept telling me about this “awesome” magazine she subscribed to, Phoenix Home & Garden, and?she finally brought in a few issues for me to devour.? Then, she gave me a gift subscription for my birthday!? I just got my first issue (May 2009) and it is all about the Power of Color.
They focus on?the Southwest style and even?have gorgeous landscape articles that include “regionally-suited advice for growing plants in the desert”.??The few times I’ve traveled to the Southwest, I’ve loved the organic, harmonic relationship the design style has with nature.??(The Gorgeous Hubster and I even briefly came up with?the sorta-plan to retire in Sedona — I think we were blissed out?after taking a balloon ride up the Red Rocks.) In the?issue, editor Linda J. Barkman?talks about how in the 80s and 90s the most popular Southwest color style?was the vanilla palette of “Scottsdale White”.? That has all changed and she provides two pages on?”desert-appropriate” color swatches (along with manufacturer and number) which range from Soothing to Enveloping to Energizing.? That alone is worth the magazine purchase.??Here’s a few peeks at the issue:
On the left, an interior photographed by Werner Segarra and featuring a gorgeous cobalt blue?finish.? On the right, ceramic columns by Joseph Gower brighten up the exterior landscape.? Photography by Michael Woodall.? Love the patina finishes on those colums…who’d have thunk they were ceramic?
On the left, a?neutrally glazed interior.? I’d like to point out that?the faux artisan incorporated the speakers seamlessly.? The?holes of the grill were not plugged up to?create a ghastly finish.? (I notice these things).? On the right,?a distressed ornamental Indian doorway.? Look at the detail along the top — I would be so happy to walk through those every day.? Both photographs by Werner Segarra.
They have great resources on their website (check for the free e-newsletter), along with?subscription info.? Until tomorrow!
