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- Functional Fashion: Bathrooms Meet Luxury: Design By D'Vontz
- Tulsa World (6/13/2007)
- For generations, the bathroom has existed as the most utilitarian of household spaces -- a necessary room set aside for basic usefulness rather than for beauty or a showcase for style.Greg Hoff and John Kellerstrass saw an underserved niche and set out to put bathrooms on a pedestal and blend fashion with function.In 2004, the former high-end home remodelers founded a bath and plumbing design company, D'Vontz, offering sleek, contemporary pedestal and vessel sinks, vanities and vanity counter tops, bath tubs, faucets and drain works.
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Swanstone Vanity Tops Any Way Your Customer Wants Them
- ebuild (6/12/2007)
- Gorgeous bathroom design starts with the elegance of a Swanstone reinforced solid surface top in lengths up to 122 inches. Then, your customer can choose from a variety of bowl and mounting options, such as a seamless undermount granite or solid surface bowl in a matching or contrasting color. A variety of drop-in and unique vessel bowl options also are available, and the bowl can be placed anywhere your customer wants it.
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Swanstone Offers an American Classic -- The Chesapeake Vanity Top
- ebuild (6/12/2007)
- The Swanstone Chesapeake vanity top is the latest addition to the growing line of vanity tops from Swanstone solid surfacing. Part of the company's American Classics Collection, this center bowl vanity top offers consumers strength, balance and beauty with a functional design. The Chesapeake design offers a larger bowl, thicker edge and taller backsplash that will complement the look of any home or business. Molded into a single unit, the Chesapeake is ideal for either new construction or a remodeling project.
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Swanstone Unveils a Classic Look in Vanity Tops
- ebuild (6/12/2007)
- The Swanstone Europa vanity offers consumers a sophisticated and contemporary look, backed by proven quality and the Swanstone name. Swanstone is authentic solid surface. Color and texture run all the way through and cannot wear away over time or through use. This clean, tasteful look features a 1 1/2-inch ogee edge and a taller backsplash that is a perfect complement to both traditional and transitional decor. The bowl is larger than most standard vanity tops and the top is 22 1/2-inches from front to back.
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Bring Organic Designs to the Bathroom with Swanstone Vanity Tops and Bowls
- ebuild (6/12/2007)
- Swanstone's Hilo Vanity Bowl (TRI-1815 HL) offers a clean-lined, European look that fits seamlessly into the flow of the bathroom sanctuary. The Hilo is incredibly versatile--it can be installed as a vessel bowl that sits above the countertop, as a drop in that sits on top of the countertop, or as an undermount sink, flush with the countertop. Swanstone's Contra Vanity Tops offer a variety of sink and countertop combinations with a sleek, contemporary design that fits subtly but functionally into modern décor. The sink fits seamlessly into the countertop, either in the same solid surface design or in a contrasting design. Choose from 29 solid surface colors for the vanity top and four bowl colors, or mix and match as desired to create a custom look.
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Enlighten Your Designs with the new Zen Series from Silestone by Cosentino
- ebuild (6/8/2007)
- Silestone Quartz countertops are not only clean, safe and green, but they also offer a sense of inner peace. Well, at least the new Zen Series has the name. This Silestone color series of five peaceful colors transcends the ordinary countertop color spectrum with a subtle plum color, two warm browns, a deep gray and several fresh shades of white.
- C and C North America Introduces a More Durable, Elegant Marble
- ebuild (6/8/2007)
- C and C North America, the makers of Silestone quartz, now introduce Marlique, a marble surface more durable than quarried marble and more luxurious than cultured marble. Unlike ordinary marble, Marlique Marble has a much lower liquid absorption rate and needs very little maintenance to keep its lustrous glow and ultra-smooth surface. Marlique Marble is a tremendously versatile surface, affordable and is an excellent choice for vanities, shower walls, tub decks, or any other bathroom surface
- Spanish Maker of Countertop Material is Ready to Make It Big in the U.S. Market
- Houston Chronicle (6/7/2007)
- Jun. 7--MACAEL, SPAIN -- For more than five centuries, workers have excavated white Macael marble from quarries that rise like stone fortresses in this rocky region of southern Spain. The industry employs more than half the 6,000 residents of Macael, where a marble sign marks the town's entrance and giant blocks of marble form some of the fences. In 1990, the family acquired the Silestone technology from an Italian company.
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All Stars: Building Products Presents the 2007 MVP Award Winners
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/7/2007)
- Each year, Building Products' Most Valuable Product Awards competition singles out an elite group of new products worthy of special recognition. This year, 32 products--ranging from a limestone veneer to a water-conserving showerhead to steam-assist ovens--have been deemed the latest crop of top-notch products by our panel of expert judges. These products offer ways to make your job easier, your projects more stunning, and your business more profitable. And they just might add a little fun back into your work day.
- The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Kathleen Merryman Column: Do-It-Yourself Kitchen Remodel Tests Civility
- The News Tribune (6/4/2007)
- Jun. 4--Six months ago, I thought I'd made all the changes my kitchen needed. Granted, the fronts to the drawers came off if you pulled on the handles, and the gold flecks had worn off the Formica counter top, and we had to wash the ceiling every month because we didn't have a vent. I'd found a tall, deep, cheap shelf perfect for the free-range pots and pans roaming the stove top and kitchen cart.
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