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Taylor Swift Is a Secret House Flipper. Check Out Her Mid-Century Modern Listing

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Taylor Swift may be vocal about her love life in her music, but she keeps things quiet when it comes to house flipping. She’s been buying and selling Beverly Hills homes since 2011. According to the Los Angeles Times , she sold that house off-market for $4 million (for a half million dollar profit). This current listing is down the street from her first house.

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Sensory Structures

Diary of a Tile Addict

Matrice designed for Cedit by BRH+ (Barbara Brondi and Marco Raino?). Today’s post brings together two design strands that have much preoccupied Tile Addict of late: concrete-effect tiles and incised linear patterns picked out in contrasting grout colours. In the Matrice collection for Cedit , designers Brondi and Raino have investigated the different effects that can be achieved with ceramic surfaces, exploring their perceptive qualities and tactile variations, to build up a collection that ta

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Technology: 10 retailer tips for choosing software tools

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Lindsay Baillie Most flooring dealers use software to help manage and automate their businesses. However, choosing the right program to use.

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Master Bathroom Redecorating Ideas

Trendir Magazine

The master bedroom is one of the most private places of a home, therefore, it deserves to be a show-stopper that makes you want to relax and unwind from your busy day. After all, if you want to create a space that works with your space and showcases your personality. Here are a few show-stopping master bedroom redecorating ideas to inspire your next renovation.

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Saving money with DIY plumbing

Kitchen and Residential Design

As I got ready to write this post I went back to my portfolio on Houzz to see if I had any bathrooms posted there. Sure enough: by Paul Anater - I'm a one-time kitchen and bath designer and although I don't ply that trade as a profession any more, my years in those particular trenches left me with an unshakeable sense of what I can and cannot do when it comes to working on my house.

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Selling With Pets? What You Need to Know to Prepare for Showings

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Pets may be family to a lot of us, but they also come with some added considerations. This is especially true when trying to sell your home. Selling with pets may take a bit more forethought, but it’s far from impossible. We’ve broken down the most important things you need to know about this process. Read on to learn what you can do to make your home appeal to buyers, Fido and all.

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Laminate: Latest on-trend looks designed to entice dealers

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Reginald Tucker All the excitement swirling around the LVT, WPC and rigid core craze is giving competing hard surface categories.

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Al?s column: Overcoming objections to new software

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Jason Goldberg One of the most challenging parts of investing in new lead management software is getting your sales team to.

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Mean Green keeps my patio clean

Kitchen and Residential Design

Excuse the bad rhyme in the headline but sometimes I can't help myself. This is my patio as it looked a couple of days ago. It's a beautiful space and Frank and I are fortunate that the previous owners of our home put such a premium on outdoor living. In warmer months, our patio serves as a dining room, a kitchen and a living room and we spend as much time keeping it looking good as we do enjoying out time out there.

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Eye on inflation: Flooring industry meets economic threats head on

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Ken Ryan The flooring industry is operating amidst significant inflationary pressures, the likes of which haven’t been experienced since the end.

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Root Vegetable Nano Platelet-Reinforced Cement for Building Stronger Structures

The A to Z of Building

Almost everyone knows that vegetables are good for the health of humans. A new study has shown that they could also play a vital role in the construction of stronger and greener buildings.

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Lessons learned: You can have it all

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Tom Jennings During a business trip to Dallas not long ago, I found myself staying in a large, iconic downtown hotel.

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How STEM Industries can Attract more Females into the Sector

The A to Z of Building

The recent Why not physics? – a snapshot of girls’ uptake at A-level report foreword from Professor Dame Julia Higgins, claims that “an ill-judged quip that girls.

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Lisbiz strategies: Incivility can lead to a hostile environment

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Lisbeth Calandrino While a training program on workplace manners and courtesy may seem like overkill, the reality is this: Rudeness is.

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SCHOTT LED Cabin Lighting System Receives German Innovation Award

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The HelioJet® SpectrumCC SCHOTT LED cabin lighting system recently received the German Innovation Award in the Lighting Solutions category.

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Area rugs: State of the industry?Category thrives on popularity of hard surfaces

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Mara Bollettieri The U.S. area rug market continues to surge forward, thanks in large measure to the growth—ironically—of hard surface categories.

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Superior Properties Lead to Increasing Applications for High-Purity Alumina

Ceramic Industry Magazine

The global high-purity alumina market was valued at $1.5 billion in 2015 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 16.7% from 2016-2022.

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Engineered Floors enters hard surface arena

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Reginald Tucker Engineered Floors, the country’s third-largest carpet manufacturer, is looking to make a big splash in the hard surface arena.

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My take: How to achieve a reasonable work/life balance

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Steven Feldman Just got back from NeoCon. Somehow, I fit five days of business meetings/appointments into two-and-a-half days. Actually, I know.

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Dear David: Affordable perks to offer millennial employees

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By David Romano Dear David: I just spent the past couple weeks interviewing people for two retail sales positions. Most of the.

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Shaw?s Bellera strikes a chord with retailers

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Ken Ryan Shaw Floors’ Bellera High Performance Carpet has only been in the market for a little over a month, yet.

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Resilient: In a contested field, sheet vinyl still competes on value, visuals

Floor Covering News

June 11/18, 2018: Volume 33, Issue 26 By Mara Bollettieri There’s no denying that LVT and WPC have nipped some market share from sheet vinyl, but by no means.