Happy weekend, and hope you’re keeping cool, wherever you are. (Psst.: Here are some tips for cooling off without AC, if you need.) And if you’re looking for inspiration while you’re kicking back in the meantime, here’s what’s on our radar lately:

- Currently on our backyard-inspiration board: this incredibly chic patio from 1963. (Hat tip: Fan.)
- Just say ahh (and bring a mat or towel) to Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s meditative soundbath on 7/20, with live music from a Grammy winner. Ticket info here.
- Oooh, what a simple and beautiful birdhouse.
- Need more reason to crush on Josh O’Connor? Here ya go.
- For the planners out there: Perfect Earth Project is hosting a discussion panel about green burials and other ways to sustainably prepare for death. Ticket info on the 7/19 East Hampton event here.
- Curb-appeal-maxxing in Cape Cod.
- Bloomist is taking 20 percent off its houseplants (including kokedamas) through June 30, with code 20FRESH.
- Frazzled? Rest your eyes here.
- “I want,” writes Fan, simply, of this great little lamp.
- Have a quilt that’s on the small side? Here’s how to style it.
- Ooh, a new dinner table from Pinch for gathering ’round (hat tip: Margot).
- Love this: the inconvenience store.
- Instagram follow of the week: @landfolk_com, for all the Scandi summerhouse inspiration.
- Annie’s smitten by Sézane France’s vintage home collection of rattan loungers, woven baskets, and more.
- Perfect for a heat wave or the at-home bar, courtesy of Sub-Zero.
- Want to move into Sienna Miller’s thatched cottage? It’s for sale.
- And ICYMI: our picks for eating outside all summer long.
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