Add a Dynamic Design Accent to Your Home with the Right Staircase
Stairways are a wonderful thing. They suggest a path to things unseen, hidden destinations, secret lives. If you have a multistory home or are planning to build one, take a few minutes to think about the stairs. By choosing to include a beautiful stairway instead of a mundane one, you can change your home atmosphere from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether you choose filigreed iron, steel, glass, or traditional hardwood, the right stairway for your home can serve as a compelling design accent, the focal point of a room, at once utilitarian and beautiful.
If you have an urban industrial loft, you may be thinking of taking one large, high-ceiling room and creating a number of living environments on different levels.
If so, you'll be incorporating a bunch of staircases. You may even be lucky enough to have an existing industrial staircase made of rugged steel. If so, you have a decision to make. Are you aiming for a high-tech industrial look, with stainless steel commercial kitchen appliances and exposed electrical and plumbing elements on the ceiling? Then your steel staircase fits right in. If you're looking to emphasis natural colors and textures, however, a sort of Zen retreat, you might want to incorporate the natural beauty of hardwood stairs into your design.
A straight, sturdy staircase leading to the upper levels can make a powerful statement; a curving stairway winding around the center of your loft adds elegance and a feeling of flow to your environment.
Historical homes, particularly in the eastern U.S., almost demand the inclusion of hardwood stairs. Your antique home may have a staircase in need of repair, or the existing staircase may need replacing. Either way, you'll need the services of a company specializing in custom-designed staircases. In fact, whether you're creating your own unique home or restoring an antique home, custom designed and built staircases are a must because of the exacting nature of the measurements required.
When you go looking for a company to build your staircase for you, make sure you choose a firm with an experienced staff of designers. A designer should be willing to visit the site, take the appropriate measurements, and present you with design suggestions and advice on materials and costs, as well as troubleshoot the site and the design for possible problems.
They also should be willing to supply you with detailed photographs of their work for other clients. Who knows? You may find inspiration in these photos and use them as a jumping off point for your own creative ideas..
England Sports Fansite Launches
London, England (ContentDesk) January 13, 2006 -- English Sports Fansite, SuperEngland.com, launches today.The site, which features news and views across all sports, will create a community for England supporters to express their opinions.This exciting development will cover every sport but has special sections relating to the World Cup 2006.Danny Rosenbaum, the brains behind SuperEngland.Com, said:"SuperEngland.Com will strive to incorporate what the web does best - firstly to provide information quickly, and secondly to be fun and a place to hang out and exchange views."Where we are different is that unlike some websites we aim to be totally reliable and not a soapbox for gossip."Rosenbaum has a track record in fun and informative sites. He launched the succesful reference site Biogs.Com.SuperEngland.Com aims to become the first port of call for England fans whatever their sport.SuperEngland.Com is planning an extensive World Cup 2006 section and is already making plans to construct...
England Sports Fansite Launches
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"Woodcuts" by Shawna Khalily
On Sunday April 17th from 1:00-7:00 pm the Bardstown Art Gallery, 214 W Stephen Foster Ave in Bardstown will host the opening reception of "Woodcuts" by Shawna Khalily of Louisville.
The public is invited to attend.
The exhibition will run from April 16 to May 28, 2005.
The gallery is usually open Tues-Sat from 10:00- 5:00.
Phone 502-348-6488 for more information or visit their website at www.bardstownartgallery.com.Khalily will be exhibiting her new woodcuts which incorporate the chine coll? technique of utilizing colored papers in the manner of collage in conjunction with the woodcut.
The pressure of printing then laminates the papers together.
Included in her exhibition will be her angel images inspired by Rilke's Duino Elegies dealing with such elemental questions as: Who are we?
Where are we?
What are our connections with the unknown...
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Add a Dynamic Design Accent to Your Home with the Right Staircase
Stairways are a wonderful thing. They suggest a path to things unseen, hidden destinations, secret lives. If you have a multistory home or are planning to build one, take a few minutes to think about the stairs. By choosing to include a beautiful stairway instead of a mundane one, you can change your home atmosphere from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether you choose filigreed iron, steel, glass, or traditional hardwood, the right stairway for your home can serve as a compelling design accent, the focal point of a room, at once utilitarian and beautiful.
If you have an urban industrial loft, you may be thinking of taking one large, high-ceiling room and creating a number of living environments on different levels.
If so, you'll be incorporating a bunch of staircases. You may even be lucky enough to have an existing industrial staircase made of rugged steel. If so, you have a decision to make. Are you aiming for a high-tech industrial look, with stainless steel commercial...
Add a Dynamic Design Accent to Your Home with the Right Staircase
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Custom Kicks
The process of creating a custom kick begins with the customer deciding what they want in a custom shoe.
Very often this custom design will be a matter of mimicking a design worn by a popular music artist or actor, and such requests were actually where the custom kicks market began.
Other customizations of brand name shoes may be to add colors or patterns that are not seen out of the box.
Plaids and stripes are particularly popular, as are bright contrasting colors worked over the body and the accents of the shoes.
Custom designs for shoes are a good way to either dress up what would usually be a fairly tame pair of sneakers, or to help make them more casual for every day wear.
Some collectors even have pairs of custom kicks that match particular outfits or personal patterns.
Similar to the addition of color and pattern is the use of various types of fabrics in a customization.
Some use only leathers...
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Cornucopia Centerpiece for Thanksgiving Day
As we enter into the month of November my thoughts turn towards Thanksgiving and everything that this wonderful holiday has to offer.It is a time for spending time with family and friends and for counting the many blessings the past year has brought to us. Like most people I like to decorate for the holidays, and Thanksgiving is no exception.Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, wheat, fruits, nuts, and anything that symbolizes a bountiful harvest are at the top of the list for things I like to include in my decorating scheme. The best way to incorporate all of these items it to design a cornucopia centerpiece for Thanksgiving Day.What is a cornucopia?Cornucopia is a Latin term derived from two words, cornu meaning horn and copia meaning plenty. The horn of plenty, as it is also known, is shaped like a horn or cone. It is usually shown overflowing with nuts and fruit.
(Freeman, Morton, S. The Story behind the Words. Philadelphia: Isis Press, 1985)This everlasting symbol of abundance...
Cornucopia Centerpiece for Thanksgiving Day
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New Nanotechnology Receives FDA Approval - Setting Stage For New Era In Battle Against Hospital Related Infections
Portland, OR (ContentDesk) December 12, 2005 -- AcryMed Inc. today announced clearance from the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) for the first use of SilvaGard", the companys breakthrough silver nanotechnology that can render existing medical devices impervious to infection-causing bacteria.
Unlike any other infection control technology available today, SilvaGard can be used to treat virtually any medical device and its use does not alter the devices original properties.
Due to these and other unique attributes, SilvaGard is expected to have a significant impact on the battle against hospital-related infections.The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 2 million U.S. patients a year acquire hospital-related infections.
These infections cost an average of $47,000 per patient to treat and cause 90,000 deaths each year.
The added cost to hospitals is $4.8 billion annually in extended care and treatment. The initial FDA clearance was given...
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