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Homeowners approach kitchen designers all the time with those three familiar words: “it’s too small.” Since it’s not always in the budget to knock out the walls, cut the living room square footage in half, and create a massive dream kitchen from scratch, designers usually have to come up with a few other ideas.
Listed below are solutions for tackling that too-small kitchen. Let me
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The design of the loft in downtown Manhattan mediates between art gallery and living space. The existing loft space was characterized by challenging proportions: the space is long and wide, but also rather low. Gently flowing curved walls were introduced to virtually divide the main space into proportionally balanced spaces. This created zones of comfortable proportions for domestic use, while simultaneously generating a large amount of wall space for the display of art. 
The meandering walls frame an open a space that privileges long perspectives, with more sheltered corners and niches nestled in the curves. Read full post…
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If you’ve in the market for a toilet, you’re probably weighing your options for optimal performance and eco-friendliness. Dual-flush toilets were a great option for a while, since they used far less water for liquid waste, but the newest high-efficiency toilets are using a gallon or less of water per flush, every flush.
Foremost Group’s Power Assist Two-Piece High Efficiency Toilets use just 1 gallon per flush, while Niagara Conservation’s Stealth toilet uses a mere 0.8 gallons per flush.
So how do they work? The Stealth has a larger water spot (opening), allowing waste to be flushed away more easily. The system uses water and air to force waste down and refill the bowl.
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To summer, when our autumn lawn rescue remedies will have restored your hay to green velvet. Going back to the garden after the August hiatus is something to relish.
PHILIP EDEN’S WEATHER ADVICE
Although daytime temperatures decline slowly during September, quite often it brings an extension of summer. In the South and East, it is, on average, 2pc drier than August. Morning fogs and ground frosts can occur, but the second half of the month usually brings the first gales.
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My last post was about artwork lighting, so I thought it would be perfect to show these photos of a Thomas Kinkade painting, before and after a lighting remodel project.
Thomas Kinkade is known as the “Painter of Light,” so it’s only appropriate that his works of art are properly showcased with accent lighting.
As you can see in the “Before” photo, the painting hangs over a brick mantel with no accent lighting of any kind. (The reflection on the lower part of the painting was caused by the camera flash).
Before
After
Recessed lighting fixtures with adjustable eyeball trims were installed in the ceiling to draw attention to the details in the painting. The downlights were adjusted so that the central beam of light created a 30-degree angle with the vertical beam of light. This prevented any indirect glare from being reflected off the painting.
Notice also how the new recessed downlights accentuate the light coming from the house windows in the painting! For more in
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