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  • Kitchen Hungered for Update
  • Augusta Chronicle, The (1/21/2007)
  • Kim and Peter live in a ranch-style house with their daughters, Sarah and Christie. Their home looks like the others in the neighborhood, but inside they had a kitschy kitchen that hadn't seen a renovation since the 1950s.Despite the family's love of retro, their cramped old kitchen was just not cutting it and they desperately needed an efficient space.
  • Thomas LightingShow Time: IBS Preview
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/19/2007)
  • The International Builders' Show is back in Orlando, Fla., for a third year, and the NAHB expects it to be bigger and better than ever. The event at the Orange County Convention Center Feb. 7-10 promises to include the most exciting new products for the home building and remodeling industries. There will be more than 1,600 exhibitors from the United States and around the world. In this issue, catch a glimpse of some of the products and materials that can help you save time and money and attract new customers. Walking around the Builders' Show may not be as fun as spending time at Disney World, but it's certainly more educational.
  • New Arrivals: Forward Thinking
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/11/2007)
  • The best new products, hand-picked by Building Products Magazine staff. Part of the Elements line of bathroom fittings for the home, the Sereno suite achieves a timeless minimalist look to complement today's modern bathroom, according to the manufacturer. The Sereno single-lever lavatory faucet features ceramic control components, aerator, single-hole mount, and metal construction. It is available in polished chrome, Radiance satin nickel, or Radiance polished brass, and operates at 2.2 gallons per minute.
  • LincolnWood Countertops
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/9/2007)
  • Craft-Art Wood Countertops. The company offers four new light-colored wood options: elm, quarter-sawn sycamore, and spalted maple and sycamore. The spalted woods (shown) are created by applying, then killing, a naturally occurring fungus to the wood, creating dark graining outlines. 404-352-5625.
  • New Arrival: 2nd Floor Bath Suite
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/4/2007)
  • The 2nd Floor bath suite offers bath furniture and fixtures with natural wood veneer finish options. The suite includes several console, countertop, and undercounter washbasins; bathtubs; shower trays; toilets and bidets; storage units; and mirrored cabinets. 888-387-2848.
  • Countertops
  • REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2007)
  • A look at the latest in countertops
  • New Finishes Take Concrete From Dull to Dazzling
  • Omaha World-Herald (12/28/2006)
  • Dec. 28--Concrete doesn't have to be dull as dirt and gray as a January day. Two options are staining and epoxy finishes, typically similar in price but different in appearance. They hired Todd Rose, who has been staining concrete for eight years, working for Stephens & Smith.
  • NO STONES UNTURNED ; Stone Forest Sells Basins, Sinks and Tubs in Addition to Its Garden Fountains
  • Albuquerque Journal (12/19/2006)
  • When Stone Forest earned a prestigious "Secret Source" honor from This Old House magazine this month, the firm's partners were flattered, but bewildered. This Old House magazine cited Stone Forest as a "secret source" of handcarved stone garden fountains, but the magazine doesn't know the half of it. Nearly nine years ago, the 17-year-old firm went into basins, sinks and tubs for baths and kitchens, and that side of the business is now 75 percent of its sales, Cahill said.

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