Category Archives: Home Improvement Tips

Tips for Designing a Bathroom on a Budget

Though generally the smallest space in our homes, we tend to spend quite a bit of time in our bathrooms. It is one of the most personal and private places that we have in our every day life, and the way in which we design the space will have an incredible effect on how we perceive and use it. Continue reading

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Tips for Designing a Kitchen on a Budget

Whether you’re building new or working with an existing space, designing a kitchen can get costly. Major renovations aside, however, there are ways that you can affordably design your space without sacrificing aesthetic quality — you just have to get a bit more creative and a whole lot craftier with your budget. Continue reading

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New World Symphony and Miami Beach SoundScape

Those accustomed to architect Frank Gehry’s signature swooping titanium forms might feel that the New World Symphony concert hall hits a low note; Walt Disney Concert Hall it is not. Instead, its boxy form and white stucco exterior reflects the traditional Art Deco architecture of Miami Beach. Located at Washington Avenue and 17th Street, just blocks from both the bustle of Lincoln Road and the beach, the $160 million building measures 100,641-square-feet and faces a new 2.5 acre urban park, situated on the site of a former parking lot Continue reading

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College of the Desert’s Tabular Rasa: The New West Valley Campus

Currently, the intersection of Tramview Road and Indian Canyon Drive is a quiet spot in the midst of the southern California desert, located just north of Palm Springs. Continue reading

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Cut Costs on Your Fall Kitchen Remodel By Starting Now

From Brittany on September 9th, 2011 in Kitchen Remodel As summer comes to a close and the refreshing fresh fall weather approaches, you may be looking to slough off the summer carelessness and look towards getting things in order. Continue reading

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Bathroom Caulking 101

Preventing water damage inside our bathrooms is just as important as directing water away from our homes. Caulking, as part of routine homeowner maintenance, prevents avoidable damage around the multiple fixtures and differing building materials located inside a bathroom. Continue reading

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Appalachian State University Solar Decathlon 2011 Team Update

The first thing you notice these days (Summer 2011) upon entering east into Boone, North Carolina is the Great Porch. It’s the dominant feature of the Solar Homestead, a prototype net-zero home, designed and built by students at Appalachian State University for competition in the U.S. Continue reading

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Couple Gets 93-Percent Return on Home Makeover

From Margaret on September 8th, 2011 in General Remodel We’ve mentioned how the right renovation gets you great returns on your investment. We’re not kidding Continue reading

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Next-Generation Heavy Equipment

Because I love heavy machinery, watching the massive mining equipment in “Avatar,” notably the Slash Cutter and the D-22 dozer, had me secretly thinking, “Holy cow, I wanna drive that thing!” The lingering images of the uber-heavy equipment and its seemingly boundless ability to get a lot of work done in a hurry made me think of how today’s machines might morph into these mega-machines. Although “Avatar’s” remote-controlled bull dozer may exist only on screen, Google recently announced that it had sent one of its self-driving Toyota Priuses over 140,000 miles of California roads by using their Google Maps and Street View technology. Likewise, the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) sent a robotic self-driving Audi TTS coupe up Pikes Peak in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at racing speeds, further fueling my imagination about next-generation equipment Continue reading

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Next-Generation Heavy Equipment

Because I love heavy machinery, watching the massive mining equipment in “Avatar,” notably the Slash Cutter and the D-22 dozer, had me secretly thinking, “Holy cow, I wanna drive that thing!” The lingering images of the uber-heavy equipment and its seemingly boundless ability to get a lot of work done in a hurry made me think of how today’s machines might morph into these mega-machines. Although “Avatar’s” remote-controlled bull dozer may exist only on screen, Google recently announced that it had sent one of its self-driving Toyota Priuses over 140,000 miles of California roads by using their Google Maps and Street View technology Continue reading

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