Who knew how Houzz started? Unpleasant but not unproductive is what Tim McKeough says in September's Architectural Digest about Alon Cohen and Adi Tatarko's renovation experience. They couldn't find the right people to do the work and had difficulty conveying what they wanted. So they took a negative and turned it into a giant positive by launching Houzz where Continue Reading
Gone Fishin’
Casart Coverings has gone fishin'. Literally! I'm taking a much needed summer vacation -- a week early from the Labor Day break. I just hope Isaac brewing in the Gulf doesn't swamp our plans with another hurricane washing out our bridge to the Outer Banks like last year.I've already "caught" these!I look forward to hopefully catching some Continue Reading
It’s Still Hot
Whew, it's still hot! Daily showers that steam the streets and drive the humidity sky high continue here and yet, it's still hot! I posted a while ago about the summer heat and I saw a related post on Houzz that will help you cool off. Charmean Neithart, a California designer, did an ideabook relating icy summer drinks to designed rooms. I commented about a Mint Continue Reading
Paraphrasing Style Points from the Pros – Devil in the Details
The summer is winding down and it's time to start getting ready for the fall ahead. It's natural human behavior to want something new in the process. Newness is associated with a fresh start, which ritualistically begins at the time of each new school season. Being good design / school kids, we typically follow the rules but don't you like being a bit of a design Continue Reading
Summertime Is Almost Over?
Summertime is almost over. We've got 6 more weeks until it's over and three more weeks until Labor Day. Remember when that was the last week for a vacation before school started? Public schools opened this week. Pretty soon parents will be sending their "how did they get to be this old" children off to four years of high maintenance and hopefully passing grades. Continue Reading
