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Garden Guide

10 easy ways to create a rustic garden in any space

Claudia De Yong, Houzz
Oct 10, 2016 | 10:12 am
Houzz rustic garden
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Rustic gardens are great havens for wildlife and work well even in the smallest urban spaces. If you hanker after a more rustic, lived-in feel for your garden, start by visiting local vintage markets and snap up some wonderful bygone treasures, from old tools to stone troughs, window shutters, metal gates, zinc buckets, and worn cobblestones. If you’re feeling creative, look for discarded pallets or driftwood to turn into handmade furniture or garden ornaments.

Here are 10 ways to add rustic touches to your space:

Build in country-style fencing. A rustic hardwood fence will not only look great but can last for years. The wooden stakes in a fence like this can be attached by taut, twisted wire or nailed to horizontal bars. Using tree trimmings from a sustainable, well-managed forest where pesticides aren’t used will help ensure the health of our woodlands, which are a haven for wildlife.

Get creative with containers. Using different styles of containers will help you achieve a more rustic look for your urban garden, balcony, or roof terrace. You can use so many things as containers for plants: tin cans, zinc buckets, stone sinks, animal troughs, vintage wooden crates. Just make sure you provide drainage holes at the bottom and choose the correct compost. Containers can be gathered and made into a small tabletop collection, much as you might arrange a group of photo frames and other ornaments inside the home.

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Welcome wildlife. In addition to installing bird boxes, a birdbath, and bird feeders in your garden, consider adding an insect hotel to encourage beneficial creatures. You can buy ready-made ones or easily construct one from an old pallet or any other recycled wood. Fill the gaps with dead wood for stag beetles, wood lice, and centipedes. Cut bamboo canes into bundles for solitary bees. Fill other areas with dry sticks, straw, and dried leaves for many garden invertebrates and tiles that newts and frogs can hide beneath.

Branch out. To create height and add interest, use handmade hazel or willow obelisks. Willow and birch branches can also be woven into other rustic features if you have the space in the garden for items such as pergolas and arbors. Obelisks can be used to support climbers in large pots even if you don’t have a garden. Choose a pot that’s the right size for the obelisk and push the canes into the soil, so the structure won’t get blown off by the wind. Plant clematis, sweet pea, roses, and other climbers that do well in pots, although you’ll need very big, deep pots to establish a good root system.

Draw Up Plans for Your Rustic Garden

Pick up a pallet. Pallets are such versatile items: Use them in the garden to create anything from benches to vertical gardens, vegetable gardens, tables, tool storage, and much more. If you want to use a pallet as a vegetable planter, make sure it hasn’t been treated with or exposed to harmful chemicals — and be warned that most of them have. To support plants, you’ll need to get crafty with landscape fabric and a staple gun. Look online to browse various techniques for using these to create the necessary plant pockets to turn your pallet into a planter.

Pave your way. For a really rustic touch, mix paving with old bricks, worn cobblestones, and irregular flagstones; hunt for a good mix at local salvage yards. Gravel also works well for a rustic mood and looks good mixed with bricks and among clusters of scented plants, such as thyme.

Let your plants wander. Self-seeding plants drive some people to distraction, but for a rustic feel, they are to be encouraged — as long as you don’t mind where they appear! Varieties of self-seeding plants include granny’s bonnet, toadflax, forget-me-not, foxglove, and poppy. Also consider introducing mind-your-own-business between the gaps in paving, and soon it will naturalize, creating a soft, verdant mat.

Weave in natural seating. There are various ways to create rustic seating. You can pick up old metal or wooden garden tables and chairs with a wonderful patina at flea markets and vintage shops. Or you could find local craftsperson-made wooden benches, tables, and chairs. Don’t be afraid to mix and match different types of chairs. To enhance the seating area, add galvanized steel containers planted with trees or perennials.

Create the Best Outdoor Seating Area

Step up your displays. Repurpose an old ladder as a plant stand to add vertical interest. Painted or left untreated, ladders are great for displaying many different plants and work just as well indoors as outside. Plants will get more sunlight and air circulation than in containers on the floor, which will help with flowering and avoid diseases. Scour vintage fairs and flea markets to find old metal gates, shutters, window,s and all sorts of similar pieces to add to the rustic feel. You can easily pick up galvanized steel buckets and watering cans too, which work well on ladders as decorative items or can be used as planters with drainage holes drilled in the bottom.

Go modern-rustic. For a real rustic garden, you’d normally use discarded old mirrors, sash windows, painted wooden shutters, old doors, and metal gates to create focal points. For a more contemporary take on the rustic look, however, use smooth paving and furniture with clean lines. Add other touches by decorating a green hedge or fence as you would a wall in the house: Hang outdoor pictures and mirrors and stained-glass panels, creating the feeling of an outdoor living room.

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Where to Eat

Fort Worth Clone - Where to eat in Dallas right now: 5 cool new restaurant discoveries

Teresa Gubbins
Nov 13, 2022 | 7:41 pm
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Cathedral Italian Bistro
Veal osso bucco with polenta from Cathedral Italian Bistro.

The arrival of August means a new edition of Where to Eat, CultureMap's monthly feature on best restaurants to try. The theme is new openings, but not just any run-of-the-mill newbie. These are new restaurants with a little twist.

Here's where to eat in Dallas right now:

Atipico
The name means "atypical" and it's an accurate description of this independently owned restaurant from Mexico City that just opened at the Union building near downtown. It boasts a sprawling, ever-changing menu including bowls, salads, and entrees, catering to a variety of dietary preferences, plus juice, coffee, wine, and cocktails. For breakfast, there's the Atípico Bowl, with fruit and granola. At lunch, it's a sirloin burger stuffed with cream cheese, cheese fondue, arugula, and dried tomato. Dinner is fettuccine with a three-cheese blend of Roquefort, gouda, and parmesan served on artisan bread.

Autonomous Society Brewpub
New craft beer spot just opened in a charming little brick building in the Cedars District outside downtown. Autonomous is the brainchild of Dean Weaver, a home brewer for more than 30 years who has earned accolades and awards for his brand, called Deanitude, which makes European-inspired beers such as pilsners, saisons, IPAs, and porters. The brewpub is an outgrowth of that venture and will create a place where beer fans can enjoy his beers as well as those from other craft brewers, along with some bites.

Brentwood
New concept from Dallas-based Vandelay Hospitality Group is in the former Houston's location near Addison at 5318 Belt Line Rd. and picks right up where Houston's left off, with dishes such as a brown rice veggie burger, French dip, Prime rib, San Francisco ribeye, filet with tomato gorgonzola salad, and Durango chicken topped with salsa verde. They're aspiring for a "sophisticated lounge" vibe and that includes a dress code of sorts: collared shirts and pants for men, no hats, no tank tops, no overly provocative clothing, athletic wear, and flip-flops as too informal.

Cathedral Italian Bistro
New restaurant in Plano is from chef Luke Rogers, an energetic enthusiast who appeared on Food Network's Chopped. featuring housemade pasta, pizza, Italian entrees, steaks, and desserts. Signature dishes include Bistecca Fiorintina, a 38-ounce Prime porterhouse steak, veal osso bucco with creamy mascarpone polenta, vegan roasted cauliflower with garbanzo beans medley, and whole branzino, roasted in their stone hearth oven with succotash, caper butter, and charred lemons. There are cool garlic knots by pastry chef Daniel Rosales, served with wagyu beef tallow "candles," which Rogers calls just a different highly creative take on bread and butter.

LimeHoney Modern Mexican Restaurant and Bar
New fast-casual Mexican restaurant from a pair of industry veterans just opened at The Shire at CityLine, the mixed-use retail and office property in Richardson, where it's doing a lighter menu than your run-of-the-mill Tex-Mex or Mexican establishment. Dishes include Elote Ribs, Chicken Skewers, Mexican Shrimp Cocktail, Ceviche, Tuna Crudo, and Brisket Enchiladas featuring brisket from sister restaurant 42 BBQ Smokehouse + Market.

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Up, up, and away

Fort Worth Clone - Tallest building in Texas to include new hotel for stays with sky-high views

John Egan
Nov 13, 2022 | 7:30 pm
Fort Worth Clone - Tallest building in Texas to include new hotel for stays with sky-high views
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Waterline is scheduled to open in late 2026 as the tallest tower in Texas.

Texas’ tallest building is set to grace the capital city's skyline three years from now. At 74 stories tall and 1,022 feet high, the downtown Austin mixed-use project — carrying the new name of Waterline — is scheduled to open in late 2026.

Construction is underway at 98 Red River St., near the Austin Convention Center.

Developers of Waterline released specifics about the project September 6. Word surfaced in June 2020 that the Red River site would be home to the state’s tallest building, but the developers hadn’t confirmed the height.

In verifying the height of the building, developers Lincoln Property Co. and Kairoi Residential, along with investment partner PSP Investments, also unveiled details of Waterline such as:

  • 251-room 1 Hotel Austin, the first Texas location for hospitality company SH Hotel Resorts’ sustainability-focused 1 Hotels brand.
  • 700,000 square feet of office space.
  • 352 high-end apartments.

The height of Waterline will eclipse that of Texas’ current titleholder by 5 feet. Houston’s 75-story JP Morgan Chase Tower stands 1,002 feet tall, making it the state’s tallest high-rise.

Of course, Waterline also will reign as Austin’s tallest building. The 66-story, 875-foot-tall Sixth and Guadalupe tower under construction in downtown Austin will temporarily hold the title of Austin’s tallest building.

“Downtown Austin offers one of the most dynamic markets and skylines in the nation, and we’re excited to help drive its ongoing transformation,” Seth Johnston, senior vice president of Lincoln Property, says in a news release. “Waterline marks a new milestone for downtown not only because of its height but also because of the positive impact this project will have on improving connectivity, enhancing public amenities, and attracting more people to this beautiful area of downtown.”

Developers say Waterline will serve as a new gateway from the Central Business District to the Rainey Street entertainment district. The developers will add two pedestrian bridges over Waller Creek from the west, as well as three pedestrian and bicycle access points to Waterloo Greenway from the east.

The development team is contributing $1 million to the Waterloo Greenway initiative to help pay for improvements to the 1.5-mile trail connecting the University of Texas to Lady Bird Lake.

Designed by renowned architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, Waterline will feature floor-to-ceiling windows, warm textures, and native stone.

“Waterline will offer a truly unique experience with unrivaled views, world-class amenities, and a thoughtful design that connects the building’s interior with the project’s unique natural surroundings throughout the building,” says Michael Lynd Jr., CEO of Kairoi Residential. “We’re thrilled to introduce Austin’s next iconic project.”

The building’s ground floor will offer 24,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space overlooking Waller Creek and the Waterloo Greenway.

1 Hotel Austin will occupy the next 13 floors, with a ballroom and meeting spaces on the 14th floor, and a rooftop pool with food and beverage service on the 16th floor.

The office portion of the tower will occupy 27 stories, with a 14th-floor amenity deck offering 24,000 square feet of landscaped outdoor space along with a bar and lounge, indoor meeting spaces, and a prep kitchen for special events.

The apartments will take up the top 33 stories. Residents will enjoy access to two pools on the 41st floor, along with a lounge, bar, kitchen, and co-working space. A movement studio, workout studio, and steam room will be one floor above, in addition to soaking tubs, hammocks, a barbecue pit, and a dining area.

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Markets to Watch

Dallas-Fort Worth named the No. 2 real estate market to watch in 2023

Arden Ward
Nov 11, 2022 | 2:10 pm
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Fort Worth's a shining star in more ways than one.

The real estate market may be changing, but Dallas is still one of the hottest in the U.S. as we head into 2023.

The Urban Land Institute (ULI)'s annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, released October 27, names Dallas-Fort Worth the No. 2 U.S. market to watch in 2023, behind only Nashville.

The report, a joint project between ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers, "provides an outlook on real estate investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues throughout the United States and Canada."

It is based on surveys and interviews with real estate industry professionals.

After an in-depth analysis, the report identifies the top U.S. markets to watch, based on overall real estate prospects. Austin, San Antonio, and Houston join DFW in the top 15, at at Nos. 4, 12, and 14, respectively.

A top trend heading into 2023 is the continued "normalization" of markets following the post-COVID boom. Notes the report: "Almost every market in the country received lower ratings for both investment and development prospects this year, illustrating that outlooks are darkening just about everywhere following the brief post-COVID exuberance shown in last year’s survey across a variety of metrics."

However, it continues, "the pandemic seems to have reinforced some trends, notably the dominance of what we called the 'Magnet' markets — many of which are in warmer Sun Belt regions — at the top of the Emerging Trends 'Markets to Watch' standings."

Those "Magnet" markets include Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and others. The report further categorizes markets into subgroups, with DFW, along with San Antonio and Houston, falling into the "Super Sun Belt" group.

"These markets are large and diverse but still affordable, forming powerhouse economies that attract a wide range of businesses. Despite their large population bases, most are among the fastest-growing markets in the United States. Moreover, their economic performance has been solid through thick and thin," the report states.

"Though every market lost jobs during the pandemic recession, recovery has been much quicker and more complete in the Super Sun Belt markets. These metro areas collectively have the highest average rating of any subgroup, as it did last year."

Austin is classified as a real estate "Supernova," defined as a smaller metro area (1 to 2 million residents) that has "exploded into prominence over the past decade or so."

According to the report, Austin has the highest investor demand of any market, with DFW just two spots below. DFW, meanwhile, tops the list for development/redevelopment opportunities, with Austin at No. 6. Both metros boast the strongest local economies among the markets studied, with Austin at No. 1 and DFW at No. 2.

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