Archive for category: Inside and Out
David Decker / May 6, 2012 9:02 am
No matter what you call it – sustainable, eco-friendly, or just plain green – a modern bathroom improvement project is about much more than being friendly to Mother Nature’s environment. It’s about being friendly to our family’s health as well. An older bathroom is generally the smallest, dampest, most energy-intensive, water-hogging, chemical-laden, smell-trapping, light-starved, material-sensitive, under-ventilated, traffic-jammed-up, malfunction-prone room in [...]
Vicky Earley / May 6, 2012 8:57 am
Can you imagine what the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel would be like today if Michelangelo had answered that call in the summer of 1508 with “Thanks for the call, Pope, but just go ahead and use ceiling white … it’ll be fine”? Michelangelo was a sculptor by trade with little experience in fresco painting, so the world is a [...]
Larry Greene / May 1, 2012 4:00 am
Original bathroom:This home located in the Bayhill subdivision on the east side of Carmel was built about 12 years ago. The homeowners have two sons, 25 and 30, and each has a disability. When they built the house, both boys were still walking, so they had their bathroom built with an Americans with Disabilities Act shower with wheelchair accessibility. As [...]
Holly Lindzy / April 30, 2012 6:44 pm
“Arachnophobia” is more than just a creepy movie; it’s a real condition involving real fears. And I certainly cannot fathom what it would be like to have such deep-rooted fear. It would cause hysterics upon sight of a spider. But then again, phobias are irrational fears and that’s pretty extreme. What makes perfect sense, of course, are those people without [...]
Randy Sorrell / April 24, 2012 3:19 am
The outdoor space, ambitiously-designed and created prior to our involvement, suited the family well. However, there was just a little something missing. The exposed aggregate patio was generous enough to house the several kids and the fire feature was getting enough use. But the spaces didn’t feel connected and the mister of the house wanted to fuel his passion for [...]
David Decker / April 24, 2012 3:19 am
The biggest trend in home-improvement kitchen projects is … smaller projects. Called “face-lifts,” these projects refresh a kitchen “in place” without major structural change. Walls, appliances, wiring and plumbing tend to stay where they are, likely with upgrades or modifications. Cabinets, countertops, fixtures, lighting, flooring and technology take center stage. The housing market the past few years has dictated this [...]
Larry Greene / April 17, 2012 8:00 am
Original backyard setting: This home located in the Bayhill neighborhood in Carmel was built in the mid-90s. The existing backyard area was nicely landscaped and also included a simple wood deck. The family always wanted to add a screened porch, but due to the existing windows and the roof profiles,it had never been able to figure out how or where [...]
Vicky Earley / April 17, 2012 6:00 am
Think back to your first do-it-yourself decorating project. Do you recall the practical experience you gained from your successes and your mistakes? Now, picture what it would be like if you had completed thousands of such projects during a span of many years, totally immersed in design for 50 to 60 hours per week. That is the wisdom a professional [...]
Holly Lindzy / April 17, 2012 6:00 am
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to figure it out, but I’m not afraid to say so … I’ve decided good gardening happens by accident. It stinks when you look at other people’s gardens in admiration and think you’d love to have that, but it looks like a chore! Nobody wants to voluntarily create more chores for [...]
Randy Sorrell / April 10, 2012 1:00 am
The art and appreciation of retrofit continues to grow. Initially, its popularity was economically driven. Happy homeowners wanted to improve their outdoor living space, but tight wallets didn’t allow for draining the bank account or tapping home equity lines. Fashionable Now, after gobs of successful redone projectswhere original patios remained and added to, and society became comfortable with working with [...]
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