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Jobless Construction Workers Fish for Food
Roy Bennett is on the water again, his boat anchored over a deep channel in Coral Creek, Fla. as he waits to see if he will be lucky today. Bennett would rather be earning a living building homes, but fishing is about the only steady work that the Englewood, Fla. resident can drum up since the real estate market crashed. Making a few dollars and maybe catching dinner is better than sitting home as an unemployed construction worker.
NAHB to Highlight Green at IBS 2008
The NAHB will be celebrating what they are calling Green Day on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the 2008 International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.
Concrete Businesses in Turmoil
John Sinclair, who's driven concrete trucks for several companies in California, remembers when ready-mix concrete was $52.50 per cubic yard in 2001. Since then, he's seen that number shoot up to almost $100 per cubic yard. Nowadays, that concrete price is going nowhere but down.
Pantone Selects Color of the Year for 2008
Pantone, Inc., announced that it has selected PANTONE 18-3943 Blue Iris, a balanced blue-purple shade, as the color of the year for 2008.
Water Conservation One Flush at a Time
With droughts parching the nation's Southeast and chronic water shortages drying out the West Coast, water utilities across the country say they're grateful for recent advances in the toilet industry.
Two-Kitchen Trend Seen in High-End Homes
There's an emerging trend for second kitchens, at least at the very high end of the housing market, say some developers, real estate agents and designers. These second kitchens tend to fall into three categories that custom builders should be aware of in order to meet that market.
Counter Intuitive
This article takes a look at the wide variety of choices that remodeler clients have out there for countertops, and the pros and cons of each product. In addition, the most popular countertop material is revealed along with fad materials that seem to come and go.
Touch-Free Faucets Save Water, Reduce Germs
The green movement has turned on the tap of creativity for many manufacturers of bathroom fixtures and accessories. With homeowners increasingly demanding products that are good for the environment, promote healthier lifestyles and complement their interior decor, innovations are flowing into the market place.
Seattle Kitchen Remodel Embraces Eco-Friendly Design
With green building and green remodeling growing in popularity, green interior design was bound to follow. In this remodeled kitchen example, the new technology like compact fluorescent lights with dimmers, LED lighting and energy-efficient appliances serves a more specific purpose: to make the kitchen as green as can be.
Cooking Up Less Costly Kitchens
With pending home sales at a six-year low and home prices flat, people are no longer willing to sink as much money into their kitchens as they were during the boom. Spending on kitchen renovations costing more than $20,000 was $53.4 billion in the year ending August 2007, a 40 percent drop from the same period a year earlier, according to new data from the National Kitchen and Bath Association, which surveyed about 20,000 consumers.
Once-Humble Faucet Now a Decorative Gem
From traditional to transitional and contemporary, the once strictly utilitarian faucet is making its way to the forefront of home fashion. Take a look at how the humble water spout is fast joining cabinet hardware as the jewelry of the kitchen and bath.
Differentiation Goes to the Toilet
This article from a newspaper in Fresno, Calif., talks about how bidets and combo bidet-toilets are slowly but surely attracting the attention of the purchasing public. You’d be competing with KB Home’s Disney interiors, but it might be an item builders could use to differentiate.
Bathroom Sink Faucets to Bear Watersense Label
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that consumers will soon be able to identify high-performance, water-efficient sink faucets for their bathrooms now that EPA has released a product specification for ones that use about 30 percent less water than conventional models.
Not All Kitchen Countertops Taken for Granite
While granite still rules supreme on the kitchen countertop, there are several viable alternatives. Here’s a look at a variety of materials that can be used for countertops, and the pros and cons of each.
10 Most-Hyped Kitchen Products
Builders looking to put the latest and greatest in their homes might want to take a look at Consumer Reports' latest tests, which reveal that many of the most loudly hawked kitchen products—and often most expensive—delivered less than they promised. Several were even beaten by the old standards that cost far less.

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