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Kitchen and Residential Design: Winding down and gearing up

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I have a new job to go with my new location and until I get up there for real Im dividing my time between Florida and Pennsylvania. However, the career move Im making isnt something I could have pulled off in Florida, no matter how hard I tried. That new blog is also the place where I purge my Florida demons so be warned.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Cotto d'Este rethinks what tile can do

Kitchen and Residential Design

The utility I deal with, Progress Energy (Soon to be Duke Energy), has managed to convince the Florida Legislature that its a good idea to have their customers pay for a new nuclear plant before its even built. COTE DE TEXAS. Mosaic Art NOW. New Ravenna Mosaics. Sherwin-Williams Paint. kitchen design. amusements.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Three reader questions for a.

Kitchen and Residential Design

While its true that there are metallic spray paints out there, they cannot accurately recreate the appearance of something like brushed nickel. Spray painting is not as easy as it looks under normal circumstances and in the case of kitchen cabinet hardware, the existing finish will will working overtime to prevent you from painting it.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: A Coverings preview

Kitchen and Residential Design

Florida Tile (Booth 3223) is touting Gallant HDP and PietraArt Stone Mosaics. The Stone Mosaics marvel with a wide range of colors, sizes and textures to complement all tastes and installations. It features antibacterial properties and is spot on for gluing and jointing all tiles and mosaics, even those rated R12.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Trading palm trees for corn fields

Kitchen and Residential Design

The housing collapse reaped a pretty grim harvest in Florida and one by one, most of my friends left the area in search of greener pastures. I needed something to tie me to Florida, to home. As I mentioned in a Lets Blog Off post last fall , my life in Florida has always felt like borrowed time, even after 20+ years. amusements.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Seeing wasps in another light, a.

Kitchen and Residential Design

I moved to Florida nearly 20 years ago. and within those first couple of weeks I ran into what my dad would have called Floridas "bug problem.". My first exposure to Floridas insects took place in the wee hours of the morning. With my heart still racing, I decided that the only good Florida bug was a dead one. amusements.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Out, out damned termites

Kitchen and Residential Design

Drywoods are one of the three kinds of termites we have in Florida. In Florida however, they are part of the scenery. COTE DE TEXAS. Mosaic Art NOW. New Ravenna Mosaics. Sherwin-Williams Paint. Namely, drywood termites. Whatever their species, theyre bad news. kitchen design. interior design. amusements.

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