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Outdoor furniture for your Barnwood Modern garden

We’ve all seen it around, but don’t have a name for it yet. It’s a distinct style; it’s veryView full post »

Gorgeous shade options: using canvas

 It has been hot in San Diego this week, and it has me thinking about good shade options for summer. One of my favoriteView full post »

Modern fountain: the vertical trough

Not enough space, isn’t that always the issue?  I started to fall for these vertical trough fountains forView full post »

Modern outdoor living space, perfected

I love this garden. Really, love it. I almost don’t want to say any more about it, because I don’t want toView full post »

Bauer Pottery: classic California is back

This is one of my favorite styles for a garden fountain: a seat height basin with a gorgeous centerpiece to catch yourView full post »

Trend garden color: teal

 I get obsessed from time to time with a color. I had a pretty long obsession with red. I’ve flirted with darkView full post »

Sage Outdoor Designs in San Diego Union Tribune

We are proud to have a Sage Outdoor Designs project featured in this weekend’s San Diego Union Tribune homeView full post »

Selecting outdoor planter pots: Campania

In the world of planter pots, and especially precast concrete planters, there is a little bit of nice out there….View full post »

A beautiful New Year to You!

Here at Sage, we want to wish you all a happy New Year! Here is a little beauty for you care of Dominique VorillonView full post »

Okay, I admit it

This is something that will probably get me in trouble for admitting, so don’t spread it around too much: I’View full post »

Great color for your outdoor room: Fermob

Color: I get a little (okay maybe more than a little) tired of neutral colors. There is a lot of beige and grey to beView full post »

Construction: Made by hand in the USA

Okay, it isn’t quite Thanksgiving, but in San Diego this week it is cool and cloudy and it is forcing me to admitView full post »

Fall color in San diego is when…. the aloes bloom?

Ask a landscape designer what it is that makes it fall in San Diego, and you won’t get a simple answer like theView full post »

Arty aeriums

These little aeriums are from Flora Grubb gardens in San Francisco. I love how delicate and whimsical they are, likeView full post »

Floating deck

I love the clean, modern look of this swimming pool and its floating deck by Three Sixty Design. Especially because ofView full post »