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Formica Corporation Expands High-Pressure Laminate Collections With Refreshing New Colors, Patterns, Textures
- ebuild (10/20/2006)
- Taking a cue from the global marketplace, Formica Corporation, the leading surfacing industry innovator who monitors design trends from around the world, introduces an array of new high-pressure laminate (HPL) colors, patterns and textures for 2005. Offering a spectrum of trend-forward surfacing solutions for commercial architects, builders and interior designers, Formica Corporation's newest laminates incorporate the latest global influences in colors, exotic wood grains, interesting finishes and modern and retro patterns.
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New Formica Solid Surfacing Offers Natural and Man-Made LooksI
- ebuild (10/20/2006)
- For years, solid surfacing has replicated the colors and textures of natural materials such as stone and granite. Now, with the growing trend for combining natural and man-made materials in interior design, Formica Corporation provides both options with its new solid surfacing introductions. In addition to materials evoking nature's beauty, the surfacing industry innovator offers a new design twist: man-made materials that mimic other man-made materials.
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Looking to the Future with a Nod to the Past - Formica Corporation Relaunches the Classics
- ebuild (10/20/2006)
- As a leader in surfacing trends, Formica Corporation is introducing the Classics Collection as part of their ongoing commitment to offer architects, designers and homeowners trend-forward building materials in contemporary styles and colors. Design themes for 2005 are incorporating more vibrant colors and graphic patterns reflecting a similar optimism of the 50s, when the Classics were originally launched. Additionally, the housing market may play a significant role in this retro trend as well. Many of the homes purchased today by younger homeowners are ranch and bungalow homes of the 50s and 60s.
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Introducing Embellish By Caesarstone, Quartz Surfaces Created Exclusively For Architects And Designers
- ebuild (10/19/2006)
- Introducing Embellish by CaesarStone, its first line of quartz surfaces created exclusively for designers and architects. Inspired by Italian designer and color expert, Roberto Cannovaro, the collection includes eight of the hottest colors for 2005-2006: Tequila Sunrise, Apple Martini, Rosemary, Mocha, Brick, Cinder, Cement and Iceberg. Ranging in price from $50 to $80 per square foot with installation, CaesarStone products are available through kitchen and bath showrooms, architects, designers and builders nationwide.
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Bathroom Furniture Collection Vanity
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (10/12/2006)
- The Bathroom Furniture collection includes four vanity styles with coordinating mirrors and slow-closing doors and drawers, including the Mersing vanity made from bamboo and Burmese mahogany. The vanities are made to resist moisture with a catalyzed polyurethane finish, the maker says, and they come in standard vanity sizes for retrofitting. 920-457-4441.
- Solid Prospects ; Upscale Housing Market Target for Chinese Stone Pieces
- News Sentinel (9/5/2006)
- Four Knoxville businessmen have formed an importing business -- Heritage International Trading Co. -- to bring marble lions, fireplace surrounds, fountains and other carved stone pieces direct from China.The partners are real estate executive Oliver Smith IV, restaurateur Simon Ho, developer and broker Dean Rutherford and Cliff Walker, a principal in Triton Stone Group of Knoxville, a distributor of polished stone slabs throughout East Tennessee.Smith and Rutherford also are partners in Triton, which will be the distributor for Heritage's products.
- Sealers Can Stain Stone Countertops
- Augusta Chronicle, The (8/20/2006)
- I have heard you should not use putty to seal the faucet because it could stain the granite and discolor it. There is no indication in my instructions not to use putty on a stone counter, so I wanted to ask an expert. If I don't use putty, how do I achieve a watertight seal between the faucet and the countertop?
- Lights Fantastic
- UPSCALE REMODELING MAGAZINE (7/1/2006)
- It's technical and artistic, tangible yet ethereal, all at the same time — it's lighting. It can affect mood, aid or hinder functionality, and even become a focal point. Here are a variety of options in decorative fixtures, ranging from modern and minimalist to fabulous and funky, sure to add pizzazz to any room in which they are included.
- Countertops
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2006)
- The Plot Thickens
- REMODELING Magazine (1/1/2006)
- No one knows solid surfacing more intimately than fabricators — they're the ones who form it into gorgeous and durable countertops and other surfaces that delight homeowners. So it's no surprise that two fabricators have come up with a new way to do solid surface.
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