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Remodeling: From graphic tiles to important behind-the-wall solutions for healthy homes, the 2016 International Builders Show and Kitchen & Bath Industry Show have no shortage of new products for your upcoming projects.
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Ruth Pace
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I think that this article provides me a perfect platform to warn all of my compatriots ( who will, all too soon, be embarking on their own home improvement projects) about the danger of home improvement. As hands-on craftspeople with some level of either construction experience or design sensibility, the simple bathroom remodel or kitchen re-invigoration can turn into something much, much larger and scarier. Before you know, you're dreaming about tile samples, the folks at Kohler know you on a first-name basis, and you've been eating off a camp stove/ showering with a garden hose for over 6 months. Looking at the numerous beautiful and functional pieces of decor and hardware in this article, I am compelled to warn all of my dear compatriots of the very, very real danger of falling into the very real traps afforded by remodeling, renovating, adding on, retrofitting, and so on. Keep this warning in mind, all you young and lease-less. Heed my warning!
I have always wanted to go the the IBS for a lot of reasons. A lot of those reasons include tools, some include being around industry professionals and a lot of those reasons include innovative products like you can see in this article. Efficient energy use is a big thing now a days and I was happy to see that not all of these products were centered around energy efficiency. I am not saying I am not for energy efficiency, because I am, I just think an easy way to be innovative is to use less energy and I was happy to see other products like new construction and design methods for garage doors and subfloor adhesives that have a “squeak-free guarantee.” I am especially drawn to the Pre-Fab section of this article. Prefab housing is something I have been interested in for a while. It is just like building sets, you can build and assemble everything in your comfortable workshop and then truck it to the site and tough it out for a couple days of load in. This is an industry I would not be opposed to joining.
I love looking at kitchen and bath equipment, from small utensils to flooring, etc. That’s probably because I enjoy cooking, but I also think the kitchen and the bathroom have the most aesthetic potential of any rooms in a house. I think that’s how it should be, since they’re the two most frequently used rooms. I’m really trying to thin of a way to relate this to theatre, so here we go. It’s interesting to think about home aesthetics in the treater versus those in the TV and film world. In the latter case, cameras often get up close and personal with the set and the characters, so the dressing must be spot on. Otherwise, things just look fake. In the theatre world, it’s interesting that audiences seem to be more forgiving of less “real” living rooms. I think that’s just an artifact of how the theatre world works. We don’t go to the theatre to see perfect model homes. We go to watch an imitation of reality via a (hopefully) compelling story.
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I think that this article provides me a perfect platform to warn all of my compatriots ( who will, all too soon, be embarking on their own home improvement projects) about the danger of home improvement. As hands-on craftspeople with some level of either construction experience or design sensibility, the simple bathroom remodel or kitchen re-invigoration can turn into something much, much larger and scarier. Before you know, you're dreaming about tile samples, the folks at Kohler know you on a first-name basis, and you've been eating off a camp stove/ showering with a garden hose for over 6 months. Looking at the numerous beautiful and functional pieces of decor and hardware in this article, I am compelled to warn all of my dear compatriots of the very, very real danger of falling into the very real traps afforded by remodeling, renovating, adding on, retrofitting, and so on. Keep this warning in mind, all you young and lease-less. Heed my warning!
I have always wanted to go the the IBS for a lot of reasons. A lot of those reasons include tools, some include being around industry professionals and a lot of those reasons include innovative products like you can see in this article. Efficient energy use is a big thing now a days and I was happy to see that not all of these products were centered around energy efficiency. I am not saying I am not for energy efficiency, because I am, I just think an easy way to be innovative is to use less energy and I was happy to see other products like new construction and design methods for garage doors and subfloor adhesives that have a “squeak-free guarantee.” I am especially drawn to the Pre-Fab section of this article. Prefab housing is something I have been interested in for a while. It is just like building sets, you can build and assemble everything in your comfortable workshop and then truck it to the site and tough it out for a couple days of load in. This is an industry I would not be opposed to joining.
I love looking at kitchen and bath equipment, from small utensils to flooring, etc. That’s probably because I enjoy cooking, but I also think the kitchen and the bathroom have the most aesthetic potential of any rooms in a house. I think that’s how it should be, since they’re the two most frequently used rooms. I’m really trying to thin of a way to relate this to theatre, so here we go. It’s interesting to think about home aesthetics in the treater versus those in the TV and film world. In the latter case, cameras often get up close and personal with the set and the characters, so the dressing must be spot on. Otherwise, things just look fake. In the theatre world, it’s interesting that audiences seem to be more forgiving of less “real” living rooms. I think that’s just an artifact of how the theatre world works. We don’t go to the theatre to see perfect model homes. We go to watch an imitation of reality via a (hopefully) compelling story.
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