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NSI selects award recipients

Floor Covering News

Cohen entered the stone industry in the 1970s, joining her father Malcolm in the family business, then known as Domestic Marble and Stone. In 1998, Cohen became president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA). She served as a mentor in the Women in Stone Mentorship Program and assisted in key meetings with U.S.

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Terra Home Ceramics: moorish fountain

Lingua Terra Tile

Penelope Hobhouse describes the contemplative nature of the Islamic garden in her beautiful book "Plants in Garden History: "The chabutra, a stone or marble platform, was often placed above the meeting place of the four main channels (of water), and was a resting place for contemplation, an integral part of garden appreciation.

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Refinishing & Hanging Functional Exterior Wood Window Shutters

Building Moxie

I’ll also check in with Carpenter, Lenny Addario of Reputation Builders , working in Coastal Connecticut. This primer acted in a way also as a “ show coat ” and especially at the top edge of rails, where marbling in the wood was present. They should close tight and lap at their meeting rails.

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