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Welcome to a Celebrated Hodgepodge Garden!

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Welcome to a Celebrated Hodgepodge Garden! Felder Rushing's celebrated Mississippi cottage garden, elements of which are featured in countless magazines, is open to all in this HGTVGardens exclusive gallery. Before - high upkeep and uninviting Illustration of the "before" landscape - fairly useless and uninviting, simply grass to mow! Small Enclosed Front Garden With the assistance of a landscape architect, Felder included his front lawn and built a "green roof" entry arbor. The backyard was also reversed - it now faces the home rather than the road. Front Garden View from the Home The front garden is seen from the home, not in the Road, and contains water, fire, round decks, and complete solitude - together with plants that provide texture and color every week of the year Mississippi Gardens Have Winters, Too Even in winter the backyard has texture and colour - including a sizable iron fire pit Back Garden - Where Felder Actually Lives Since Fel

Turquoise: Inspired by the Sea

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Turquoise: Inspired by the Sea An epoxy floor at a personalized shade of turquoise alludes into the ocean not far from this beach house kitchen with DD Allen. (If you like the idea but live inland, how about grass-green sandpaper to elicit an open field?) Throw pillows in vivid shades add punch to the room. Turquoise: Custom Color The Icestone terazzo countertops in this kitchen by Massucco Warner Miller are created from recycled glass bottles that provide the surface a sea-glass-like sheen. The cabinets were painted a pale turquoise to match. When attempting to match kitchen materials, keep in mind that paint can always be tinted to coordinate with your counter tops, cabinets or fabrics, so pick the paint. Turquoise: Chalkboard Contrast All these super-glossy blue wall tiles from the Italian firm Fap Ceramiche add color and sheen into a modern kitchen. "A dose of your favorite color can personalize a kitchen and make it a refuge," says architect Susan Doban, that