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Weekend Brunch at the Arboretum

By ben smithson On March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In life, misc, photography

Erin and I went to a birthday brunch for our friend Sarah on Sunday. We all packed up something yummy to eat and drink, and then met near the front gate. Sarah picked a nice spot just past the women’s garden and we set up our spread. It was a lot of fun to watch [...]

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Planter Boxes & Starter Plants

By ben smithson On March 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In gardening, house

It rained CATS AND DOGS most of the weekend. So I got busy building out a whole new set of planter boxes. We still had left-over cedar hanging around the house from when we built the fence, so other than the price of a few boes of fasteners, these planters were built on the cheap!

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Sneak Peek

By ben smithson On March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In video

Here’s a sneak peek on a project that I have been working on. It’s for my local, East Dallas coffee that’s located inside my breakfast taco joint. Stay tuned!

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Yuccas, Cedar Raised Beds, and Backyard Arranging

By ben smithson On March 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In gardening, house

This weekend Erin and I did some re-arranging in the back yard. We also made a trip to Ruibal’s and cashed in on our gift card (thank you to my parents). I also made 3 2′x2′ planters using left-over cedar from our fence project.

The pink and yellow benches are from Matt’s El Rancho. [...]

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Seed Starting

By ben smithson On February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In gardening

I’m expanding the garden this year. Even though Dallas has barely emerged out of “drought” status, I’m going to tough it out.

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Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames

By ben smithson On December 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In architecture, art

This is goin’ green, 1949 style. Enough said.

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Neil Swanson – Guitar

By ben smithson On November 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art, home recording, music, video

I shot this a few weekends ago and finally got the edit done. Neil asked for a documentary-style approach, where he could talk about his passion – what he does, how he picked up guitar, and how he makes a living doing it.

I’m happy with the way that this piece turned out. The color [...]

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New Pendant Light

By ben smithson On November 2, 2011 · 1 Comment · In design, house

We got a good deal on this beautiful Stonegate pendant light. It fits perfectly in the space, and with our sense of style. I’m very excited to have Robin and Keynan visiting – they are very handy and have made so many cool changes in our home in the [...]

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2011 Pumpkin

By ben smithson On November 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In art

I gave a wacky design a shot this year. It didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted, and it was a late-night carving session after a huge dinner. So I was tired. Nonetheless, it looks cool!

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ModMen Party

By ben smithson On October 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In video

Erin helped host a ModMen part with Rachael from Deer Dallas this past June. I put a video together while at the party and never got the go-ahead to post it. We were waiting and waiting for DeerDallas to go live. But no progress – eeek! I saw that the photos [...]

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