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US-Made, Weather-Resistant Porcelain Pavers with Contemporary Elegance

Rubble Tile

When it comes to outdoor flooring projects, it’s important to balance aesthetics with long-term durability and function. That’s especially true here in Minnesota. Here our super cold winters and hot, humid summers mean that our building materials have to be strong enough to withstand the.

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Garden Video from Crossville

Kate-Lo Tile & Stone

Garden from Crossville is a porcelain tile collection created specifically for outdoor vertical and horizontal applications. Available exclusively in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota from Kate-Lo Tile & Stone. This isn’t your garden variety stone look line. Share it now!

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Retail Spaces Converting to Healthcare Facilities: GIO Tile Looks at Successful Retail-to-Healthcare Renovation Projects

Giotile

Maplewood Spine Clinic, Maplewood, Minnesota. A former outdoor recreation store offered a great location in the heart of the clinic’s main patient base with close proximity to one of the system’s hospitals, but the challenges included a lack of windows and a badly located entry that created a concern about travel distance for patients.

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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

4 An Outdoor Kitchen – Now we’re cooking! Who imagines how their life would be improved with triple-paned windows (other than the people who live in Minnesota?) BTW I do live in Minnesota.) Be suspicions anytime you see these lists that involve outdoor kitchens. link] Bob Borson Monkey See, Monkey Do?

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Economies slowly reopen, retail with them

Floor Covering News

Restaurants, which are also allowed to open outdoor seating, must space tables 6 feet apart and close bar seating. On May 1 restaurants were allowed to open with outdoor seating, albeit without waiter service, and shopping malls were permitted to offer curbside pickup. John Bel Edwards is easing Louisiana back into business.

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Lake House Transforms Family’s Campsite in Wisconsin

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

If you’d like to see more of Salmela’s architecture, check out this sustainable learning center in Minnesota , the Bagley Outdoor Classroom, previously featured on Freshome. Does this lake house fit your idea of a perfect family retreat? Tell us in the comments below.

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Your Lawn’s Not Just Eye Candy: The Environmental and Health Benefits of Turfgrass Lawns

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Freshome asked Dan Sandor , a postdoctoral associate in turfgrass science at the University of Minnesota, to tell us more about the benefits of turfgrass lawns. However, your turfgrass lawn is more than just eye candy. It provides a variety of environmental and health benefits. Turfgrasses, trees, and plants help to prevent soil erosion.

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