Roller Shade Fabrics

July 29, 2008 Filed Under: Construction

Hunter Douglas Contract offers manual and motorized roller shade systems with their GreenScreen line of non-offgassing, PVC-free fabrics for commercial buildings. The flame-resistant, polyurethane-coated polyester is available in five degrees of openness, from blackout to 25 percent, with optional metallic finishes for reduced solar gain. Custom colors and openness factors can be specified.

South Shore 3168060 Vintage Nightstand in Classic Cherry

May 13, 2008 Filed Under: Home Improvement

South Shore 3168060 With a bold, traditional design, the Vintage Nightstand in Classic Cherry is certain to add class and style to your home’s decor. Featuring a Classic Cherry finish that exudes character and depth, this nightstand will dramatically enhance your bedroom. The Vintage Nightstand in Classic Cherry also includes two spacious drawers, making it as practical as it is beautiful! Features: -Constructed of engineered laminated wood... 

Textile machinery import up 80 pc at euro 11.5 mn

January 14, 2007 Filed Under: Construction

Textile industry’s burgeoning capital goods imports to meet the growing business opportunity in the quota – free regime are reflected in the rising imports from UK in the last two years. Textile machinery import stood at euro 11.5 million in 2005-06, a 80% jump over the previous year, according to Mr Alan Little, director, British Textile Manufacturing Association (BTMA), an apex body for textile trade in UK. A strong player in synthetic... 

Parsons Brinckerhoff Completes Rosa Parks Transit Center in Detroit

July 27, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Construction
Parsons Brinckerhoff Completes Rosa Parks Transit Center in Detroit

The Rosa Parks Transit Center, a new multimodal facility in downtown Detroit, has been completed. The $22.5 million project was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) on behalf of the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT). Located at Michigan and Cass Avenues, the Rosa Parks Transit Center is a 25,000-square-foot indoor facility with over two acres of exterior transit access. It enables customers to make connections to 21 DDOT bus routes, the... 

Interior Design and Decoration

November 16, 2008 Filed Under: Architecture

Addressing interior design and decoration from the ancients to the moderns, this text describes the dominant influences of fashion design and focuses on the close relationship between interior design and the architecture of our times.   With the Sixth Edition of Interior Design and Decoration, Stanley Abercrombie continues continues

EUROTILE, a new generation of professional floor coverings

February 16, 2009 Filed Under: Construction
EUROTILE, a new generation of professional floor coverings

In order to complete its range of interlocking PVC floor tile TRAFICLINE®, the company Groupe TLM creates a new concept of tiles for a better comfort of use and maintenance. Intended for all collective and industrial buildings, the tile EUROTILE® combines flexibility, resistance and aesthetics. A set of worldwide patented innovations The original and technical features of the new tile EUROTILE® lie in the completely invisible connection system,... 

Carolina Cottage Prairie Dining Table, Antique Black

May 10, 2008 Filed Under: Home Improvement

Tables like these used to be a part of the prairie house kitchen, a table that was used not only for serving the family’s meal but also as a work table for kneading bread dough, holding crocks for pickle making or rolling out pie crusts for baking. Kids probably even used the table for doing their reading, writing and ‘rithmetic homework. While you may not use yours for such activities, you will find it a handsome piece for your dining... 

Hide Your Toilet!

June 19, 2011 Filed Under: Home Improvement
Hide Your Toilet!

Hide your toilet with this Julien BenchToilet which incorporates a sliding exotic wood panel concealing the fixture while doubling as a powder room bench. So great so unique and so attractive and unbelievable such a decorative solution to a typically unattractive fixture. via

Shriver Family Maryland Estate Placed on the Market for First Time

September 15, 2008 Filed Under: Real Estate

The Family of Ambassador Robert Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics and sister to President John F. Kennedy, announce that their beloved Potomac, Maryland estate at Harrington Drive, shall be made available for sale given the increased time that said couple have been recently enjoying with their Family in Hyannis Port, Los Angeles and Miami. Designed by the esteemed firm of Smith Blackburn Architects, the classical... 

The Malibu Estate by Nicole Sassaman

August 17, 2011 Filed Under: Architecture
The Malibu Estate by Nicole Sassaman

Today’s interior inspiration is coming from the interior designer Nicole Sassaman. Through her latest project designing a modern interior of The Malibu Estate, Nicole shows her great keen aye in presenting, designing, changing the old school design interior into a modern one with unique contemporary aesthetic design. This Malibu estate has a great room that opens up to a pool and outdoor kitchen. The eight-foot-long fireplace is a long linear...