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Fall Fireplace Decor: Warmth, Elegance, and Style

Realstone

When we talk about a natural stone fireplace , it resonates with longevity, promising to add value and grandeur to your home for a lifetime. From premium natural stone veneer options to affordable yet stylish thin brick solutions, one can find a range that suits both aesthetic preferences and financial boundaries.

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Holiday Decorating for Busy People

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Image: Red Agape Blog “For quick and easy ways to decorate for the holidays I recommend using what you may already have in your décor and layering holiday items in,” advises Karen Otto at Home Star Staging in Dallas, TX. “For Image: Houseology Design Group Limited You can also kill two birds with one stone. “Go

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022: Residential Construction Costs

Life of an Architect

250/sf will get you Brick house with some contrasting cast stone features, standing seam metal paint grip roof, clad wood windows (Marvin or Weathershield type brands – both are excellent btw), 1/2 round paint grip gutters, and under some conditions a pier and beam foundation.

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Republic: Daring to be different

Floor Covering News

For instance, we take a line that was just a micro-bevel or square edge; now, we make it painted. We’ll be opening in Dallas, Miami and Boise within the next six months. Most products use limestone, which is a very soft stone. We don’t take profits, we just reinvest—in our people, in anything that we do. Now it’s selling well.

China 40
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Daltile samples now fast, free

Floor Covering News

Dallas, Texas—Design professionals can now have Daltile product samples overnighted to them at no charge via the Material Bank online platform. Samples ordered by midnight EST are delivered in a single box by 10:30 a.m. the next day anywhere in the U.S.—always always free for design professionals, the company said.

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An American in London | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I looked ahead at what the weather might be like - Not too bad, a little chilly but certainly not anything I haven’t been dealing with this winter here in Texas (yes, it does in fact get cold here in Dallas). I know I’ll get flamed but it’s not like the 1970′s when you could walk amongsth the stones.

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Documenting Architecture with Photos

Life of an Architect

the change in elevation is the difference between the high one – where the wood flooring will get installed – and the low one – which is where we dropped the floor so that our stone tile would be flush set with the finished floor. No paint on these walls either. Well, that where this current picture is taken.