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October 2002


Articles

Book Helps Envision Architectural Finishes

The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes: Using MasterSpec to Evaluate, Select and Specify Materials is designed to be an unbiased, single-source visual guide to product performance as well as current product standards established by vario...

Conserve Space With Flair

Vanity Flair’s mini-vanities bring flair to any room in a home while conserving space.

Food Preparation

Food preparation doesn’t have to be confined to the kitchen with La Cornue’s Vatelier, a portable culinary center.

Insurance: Focus on the Long Term

Cutting insurance coverage during these litigious times might improve short-term cash flow, but it can jeopardize a company’s long-term stability.

More Than Looking Glass

Consumers’ growing desire to centralize life activities within the home has led to unique and lavish room concepts, from relaxation-inducing bathrooms to spiritual rooms devoted to prayer and meditation.

Pot of Gold

In terms of style and materials, this was as big a departure for me as a builder as it was in looks for the area.

Rustic Retreat

It’s no mere sleight of hand that brings the out-doors to life inside this 4,500-square-foot weekend retreat in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Spectacular on Many Levels

This 5,500-square-foot, four-level spec home, which luxury home builder Todd Dworman sold before completion last year, seems to cascade down its steeply sloped site, providing nearly every room with a fantastic view of San Francisco Bay and the surroun...

Stone-Look Decks Offer Low Maintenance

Porches, patios and decks can display the beauty of smooth, naturally blemished stone with StoneDeck...

Technology Opens Door to Customization

Creating a custom interior door is eased with DoorCraft’s Gold Coast Series, which uses computerized router technology to quickly create door designs that extend as far as the consumer’s imagination.

The Past Revisited

A self-proclaimed detail man, builder Albert Cummings IV enjoys few things more than perusing the historic architecture that surrounds him in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.
 

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