Home improvement
Home Repair
Home repair scam alert in Cooke County
KXII-TV - Feb 16, 2012
COOKE COUNTY, TX - The Cooke County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a string of scams that have been plaguing the community. Sheriff Mike Compton says when it comes to getting what they want, these thieves will do just about anything.
Interior Design
Senate, House scuttle interior design deregulation
Roanoke Times - Feb 21, 2012
Bob McDonnell's proposal to deregulate interior design professionals across the state. McDonnell suggested deregulating the industry in his original budget proposal, along with a slew of cost-saving measures. But both the Senate and the House have ...
Decorating
Decorating dilemmas: How to use colour and pattern
AOL Lifestyle UK - Feb 22, 2012
By Claire Bingham, Feb 22, 2012 When it comes to redecorating your house it is easy to get daunted about just where to begin. What colour, textures, patterns and paints work well together? Should you choose something high-fashion or opt for a neutral ...
Wallpapering
Would the real Malcolm Berko please stand up?
Lake County News Sun - Feb 20, 2012
My office is furnished with second- and third-hand furniture, two IBM wheel-writer typewriters, a couple of computers and an air conditioning unit that's as old as the original wallpapering and carpets. I live in a modest house, ...
Wainscoting
King Street Station gets more rehab
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Feb 17, 2012
Inside the station, a grand two-story waiting room sported fluted pilasters, polished marble wainscoting and elaborate plaster ornamental wall panels of garlands and cornucopias. Historic photo courtesy the Washington state Department of Transportation ...
Faux Painting
Interview: Selwyn Mills, Author of Confessions of a Color-Blind House Painter
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - Feb 9, 2012
Dr. Mills worked as a craftsman painter, wrote for the National Paint Journal, served as President of the National Painting Contractor Association in Nassau County, New York, and taught faux painting. While painting professionally, Dr. Mills earned his ...
Faucets
Bathroom Renovation
Bathroom Renovation
Architecture and DesignArchitecture and Design - Feb 10, 2012
QUOSS, an Australian-owned company, spent eight years of extensive research and development inventing and designing simple and affordable bathroom solutions to suit the Australian lifestyle. They have patented a world first new technology, ...
Kitchen Design
Smart, Space-Saving Appliances Are Among Latest Kitchen Design Trends
MarketWatch (press release) - Feb 14, 2012
A division of Sears Holdings Corporation, Florida Builder Appliances has been in business since 1978, proudly serving the building, remodeling and kitchen design industries and homeowners with six showrooms throughout the state.
Kitchen Makeover
Firehouse Seeks Kitchen Makeover
myfoxny.com - Feb 21, 2012
After six firefighters landed in the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning from their own stove, they took matters into their own hands and entered a $25000 kitchen makeover contest sponsored by Ikea. The firefighters made a YouTube video that got ...
Automotive Repair
Wood Flooring
Developers investigate flooring after cancer claim
China.org.cnChina.org.cn - Feb 21, 2012
Real estate developers are investigating a type of wood flooring produced by a Shanghai-based company, after claims it was releasing excessive amounts of a carcinogen. Anxin floors, produced by A&W (Shanghai) Woods Co Ltd, are said to have been used in ...
Vinyl Flooring
Thanks for gift of new flooring
Scarborough TodayScarborough Today - Feb 17, 2012
Vice chairman Terry Oulton said: “One of the things we needed to do at the hall was get some new non-slip vinyl flooring in the kitchen area. “We're in the process of carrying out upgrading work, such as renewing the kitchen units.
Laminate Flooring
Best Laminate is Now Selling “Best Buy” Pergo Accolade Laminate Floors and ...
PR Web (press release)PR Web (press release) - Feb 17, 2012
Best Laminate is now offering a wide variety of Pergo Accolade laminate flooring, which won a “Best Buy” award from Consumer Reports, and just dropped the price of Pergo's Elegant Expressions line. Times are financially tough these days.
Hanging Wallpaper
Wild West Show poster a rarity of 1888 advertisements
Billings Gazette - Feb 12, 2012
The poster itself includes 32 sheets, and would have been pieced together, not unlike decorators hanging wallpaper. "Some of these Wild West pictures are the best samples of pine wood engraving ever seen," the Hartford Courant reported on July 13, ...
Plastering
Plumbing
A Low-Tech Plumbing Challenge Searches For The iPad Of Commodes
Co.ExistCo.Exist - Feb 23, 2012
Can a Gates Foundation-funded toilet-design initiative end a foul practice in the developing world? Chances are that if you are reading this, you have a private flush toilet a few steps from your bed. Your commode is more reliable than your mobile ...
Shelving
Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Roc Nation Shelving Rihanna's “Birthday Cake” Remix?
India TodayAllHipHop - Feb 20, 2012
by Sydney Lace February 20th, 2012 @ 2:40pm By now, we've all heard the rumors about Rihanna's popular “Birthday Cake” track being remixed to feature Chris Brown. The rumor is all but confirmed at this point. Well, according to Sandra Rose.com's ...
Tiling
Tiling: The need runs deep
Park Rapids Enterprise - Feb 18, 2012
To help prevent erosion mainly in agricultural fields, landowners are turning to tiling more and more. Some pieces of land have eroded into large gullies due to extensive water running through fields. With tiling, the water is diverted underground and ...
Brickwork
Brickwork accredits BWR BB ratings for ARPL's NCD
Moneycontrol.comMoneycontrol.com - Feb 8, 2012
Brickwork Ratings has reaffirmed ' BWR BB ' (Pronounced BWR Double B) for Akarsh Residence Pvt. Ltd.'s (ARPL) issue of Secured Non Convertible Debentures (NCD) of 100 Crore (One hundred Crore). Instruments with this rating are considered to have ...
Metalworking
Inolex's Tyler Housel to Present at SCAQMD/ILMA Joint Symposium on ...
MarketWatch (press release) - Feb 21, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- It has been known for years that certain metalworking fluids and direct contact lubricants produce volatile organic compounds (VOC), which can have a measurable health and environmental impact.
Brazing
New brazing process could end oxy-acetylene dangers
ACR News - Jan 27, 2012
These dangers could one day be a thing of the past if a new euro2.62m European project to develop a new ultra-safe brazing system is successful. The Heating & Ventilating Contractors' Association (HVCA) is one of a number of companies and organisations ...
Carpentry
UpKeepers Handyman and Home Improvement is Now in SW Florida
Sacramento Bee - Feb 21, 2012
UpKeepers offers the homeowner one stop shopping for all your home's needs like bathroom and kitchen remodeling, flooring, window replacement, carpentry, roofing, painting, drywall, door installation--literally anything in and around your home.
Masonry
Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor Lighting: Cree lights gas station and food mart; ATL airport to go LED
LEDs Magazine - Feb 15, 2012
Still economics are important and the savings are attributable to both the indoor and outdoor lighting. Indoors, 27 Cree 304 series pendant SSL luminaires replaced 330W fluorescent fixtures. Barman expects the retrofit to achieve payback in 2.5 years.
Stairbuilding
Fireplaces
Fireplaces in $11M Home Were Made of Drywall, Officials Say in Manslaughter ...
ABC NewsABA Journal - Feb 16, 2012
Despite the home's hefty pricetag, the fireplaces in place at the time of the blaze did not meet building standards and presented an "extreme immediate and imminent hazard," according to an affidavit attached to an article in the LA Now blog of the Los ...