I will admit to being a longtime customer of Crate & Barrel. So many purchases over the years! From housewares, to planters, to sheets, or even our sofa—C&B are well represented in our home. As such we get the paper catalogue from time to time and I was paging through the "late spring" issue when I found myself asking "What were you thinking!?" (which may have actually came out as #FFS... or "what the..."). A photo from their website...![]()
Although the actual pages (scanned) from the catalogue tell the story best. It's the Abaco collection photo spread that got me all worked up
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I mean really! Would anyone actually do this?
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Dig up an agave that is, roots and all, and then plop it down on your fancy (white) side table...
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It's not like that little table is a potting bench and they'll be back in just a minute with soil and a container to pot that agave up, am I right? No it was placed there by some stylist who thought it looked, well, stylish. Good lord this has me thinking back to the time the Sundance catalogue shared an image of an agave plopped in a dish on a bedside table, however at least this one doesn't look like it would injure someone, sitting there on the end table.
Then there's this awkward photo, ouch! I have a couple of those Lophocereus marginatus (Mexican fence post cactus) and while the spines are short I still wouldn't want to end up with them in my skin, and this chair is just too damn close for comfort! "Oh hey, why not squeeze in there next to the cactus, cozy up!"![]()
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I'd love a backdrop like that to my patio, rather than the bamboo stock tanks...
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Seen any crazy garden photo shoots lately?
Weather Diary, March 29: Hi 55, Low 37/ Precip .04 
On the other hand I really liked—loved—the spread for the Morocco collection...
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