This summery weather makes me think about outdoor living, and Karkula on Walker Street has the most beautiful line of outdoor furniture. The owner John Erik Karkula has curated a collection of  sexy modern furnishings, and for me the most noteworthy is Paola Lenti‘s furniture, which he has exclusively. As soon as you enter this gorgeous, cool white showroom you are enticed by color, texture, and modern, opulently scaled furniture. What I like most about these sofa, chairs, and side tables is that they look like indoor furniture—but due to the materials, they’re ready to be plopped poolside or on your terrace.

About the author: “Buzzer 22″ is a new column by Ghislaine van Loosbroek Viñas, who was born in the Netherlands, schooled in South Africa, and has called Tribeca home for 20 years. (Want to guess which buzzer is hers?) Her firm, Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design, has been designing residential and commercial spaces—half of them in Tribeca—since 2000. She also blogs for Interior Design.

Previous “Buzzer 22″ columns:
• Let in a Little Northern Light
• Seeing the Light at trans.LUXE
• Looking Upward for More Space