October 2002
Feature
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...
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Vanity Flair’s mini-vanities bring flair to any room in a home while conserving space.
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Food Preparation [3]
Food preparation doesn’t have to be confined to the kitchen with La Cornue’s Vatelier, a portable culinary center.
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Cutting insurance coverage during these litigious times might improve short-term cash flow, but it can jeopardize a company’s long-term stability.
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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.
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Pot of Gold [6]
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.
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Rustic Retreat [7]
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.
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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...
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Porches, patios and decks can display the beauty of smooth, naturally blemished stone with StoneDeck...
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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.
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The Past Revisited [11]
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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Product Review
Alsons [12]
An addition to the Shower Spa line from Alsons, the 694 Series shower head is constructed of solid brass.
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Orac Decor ceiling medallions from Architectural Products by Outwater can be used as is for ornamentation or adapted for use with lighting fixtures by drilling through the center.
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Bates and Bates [14]
For the master bath or powder room, the Verona basin carved from red travertine is an addition to the Natural Stone Collection by Bates and Bates.
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Broan-NuTone [15]
Broan-NuTone combines curved and angular surfaces in its Best K273 chimney hood.
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The various styles of Nafco luxury vinyl flooring by Domco Tarkett Commercial are designed to create the look and feel of ceramic, slate, stone or wood flooring without the maintenance that natural products require.
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Heartland Appliances [17]
Heartland Appliances blends old and new by offering a new stainless steel finish on its Classic Collection of kitchen appliances.
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ODL [18]
Decorative windows from ODL have insulated, tempered glass with an outside layer of obscure glass to ensure privacy while admitting light.
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