Located on a secluded cul de sac in McCormick Ranch, this remodeled beauty will stand out from the rest. A top to bottom remodel with high-end materials has created one of the finest homes in the area. The home features a living room with wood floors, built-in bookcases, high vaulted ceilings, and a two-way fireplace. The comfortable family room is pre-wired for a flat panel TV and has 5-channel surround sound installed. The kitchen has Brookhaven...
Color trends for 2010 take inspiration from a variety of social and economic influences. In addition, living space personalization continues to act as a driver for color change, with accent walls or niche areas appropriate for small doses of high impact, bold color, while using more subtle hues on broad wall areas. Debbie Zimmer, paint and color expert with the Paint Quality Institute(sm), states, “More and more homeowners are taking on the task...
Price Pfister®, a leading manufacturer of kitchen and bath fixtures, today announced the availability of its Petaluma™ Two-Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet. Unique in the fact that most retail kitchen pull-down faucets are only available in single control configurations, this latest offering from Price Pfister expands the availability of this functional design to consumers while providing a clean, transitional look to complement today’s kitchen...
Enfis Group Plc., an innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced a development that further narrows the gap between LEDs and traditional light sources. The company has introduced its next generation of fully-controllable white LED lighting products for myriad high-quality general illumination applications. Enfis will be making these systems available immediately through its North American distributors and specialist partners. Last...
This non-toxic spray, called FreezePruf™, from The Liquid Fence® Company, lowers a plant’s freeze tolerance up to 9.4° Fahrenheit, depending on the species, and enhances its resistance to frost. The protection lasts up to 6 weeks and works on all plants, including annuals, fruit and vegetables, tropicals and trees. The nontoxic spray will be available at garden centers and home improvement stores in September. FreezePruf is an industry exclusive...
The deterioration of the housing market has trickled down to affect remodeling activity. The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) projects that homeowner improvement spending will be declining at an annual rate of 12.1 percent by the third quarter of 2009. Clearly, plummeting consumer confidence has caused reluctance among homeowners to start a major remodeling project. Today, people are looking for ways to get a big change in the look...
After extensive interviews with pros, and testing to meet rugged construction site requirements, Hyde Tools’ design engineers announced a breakthrough in “the one tool most needed for nearly every trade.” “Pros told us they can’t carry a lot of heavy tools in their tool belt and they need a tool that can work for hundreds of jobs, ” said Hyde’s Director of Product Development Corey Talbot. “Our research...
When Michael Schwartz, an Eco-Solutionist for Waste Management, Inc.’s Green Squad unit, attended the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Boston a couple of weeks ago, his goal was to see if aluminum could help the movie industry go greener. He didn’t expect to also win an Apple iMac encased in recyclable aluminum. But he did. Schwartz was one of hundreds of visitors who stopped at the Alcoa booth to discuss aluminum as a green building material....
American Community Properties Trust announced today that it has reached agreement on a third amendment to the Company’s sales agreement with Lennar Corp., and has sold its interest in a joint venture to the homebuilding company. The Company also announced that its Board of Trustees authorized a cash dividend of $0.10 per share on common shares outstanding. The dividend will be payable on December 29, 2008 to shareholders of record on December...
Data through September 2008, released by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller(1) Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, shows continued broad based declines in the prices of existing single family homes across the United States, a trend that prevailed since 2007. The decline in the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index — which covers all nine U.S. census divisions — remained in double...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
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The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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