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Posts by: Pat Anthony
The Box Kitchen offers an excellent alternative to a custom kitchen by providing the look but at a very competitive price. The company provides smartly designed kitchen components, with high quality hardware, excellent craftsmanship and a choice of colored laminates and/or rich wood veneers. Their product is made up of modular boxes [...]
Eco Ceravolt by Favemanc is a modular ceramic exterior cladding system that features a reinforcing cellular internal structure for strength and durability; an exterior insulating layer to improve building performance in both hot and cold and a modular-style anchoring system that facilitates easy snap-together installation without cutting or drilling.
According to Formica its new 180fx collection of laminates is closing the gap between real and faux.There are five natural-stone designs featuring featuring a premium-level, softly polished Etchings finish and highlights from tiny fissures similar to that found in granite and stone. The product captures the true scale and visual drama of [...]
Cambria has launched two new designs, Laneshaw (right) and Armitage (left), which capture the natural veining of marble and granite while offering the strength of quartz. Both materials continue the company’s tradition of being named after a location in Wales or England.
Agate is a new state-of-the-art glass mosaic tile collection from Stone & Pewter Accents. The series is similar in appearance to natural layered silica volcanic stone formations. The tiles are produced in a similar process by hand-pouring molten silica in a multi-stream of combined transparent and opaque glass with an iridescent surface. [...]
The Estado Hardwoods Collection is a new rustic and refined flooring product inspired by the Spanish wine regions from ASI. The precision-milled oak, hickory and walnut species are available in three groupings Rioja, Rueda and Navarra.
The LED Wallpaper from Ingo Mauer was selected in January as “Best of Best” among the winners of the Interior Innovation Awards in Germany. The wallpaper comes in lengths of five repeating patterns each measuring 126”L x 23-1/2”W. The repeats are 23-1/2” x 25”, with a combination of 168 white, blue and [...]
Developed by Wood Haven Inc the Rainscreen Clip is the ultimate solution in hidden siding fasteners. The company is a specialty lumber distributor and manufacturer in the heart of the Midwest that was utilizing hidden fasteners to install hardwood decking. Although the customers liked the hidden aspect of the plastic fasteners they [...]
The MonoLight is the result of a creative collaboration between Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai. The attractive table lamp was specifically designed for deteriorating eyesight which comes as we age and/or from long hours in front of a computer screen.
This innovative table lamp was designed by the Spanish studio Lievore Altherr Molina for Foscarini and is one of their first fixtures to use only LED lamping. The ellipsoidal lamp is made of rigid thermoplastic, features an integrated touch dimmer switch, is available in white and red and in two sizes.
