Building Materials
Building Materials
Telling a Story That Preserves the Past
Custom builder and historic restoration and preservation expert Brent Hull walks us through the careful details of his Pennsylvania Farmhouse project
Custom Builder
Merging Ancient Construction With Modern Living
This vacation home pushes the boundaries of traditional log construction techniques and incorporates elegant details elevating this typically rustic building method
Construction
Detailing for Dissimilar Materials
Creating adequate separation between materials is critical to mitigating cracks (and worse) along cementitious surfaces.
Construction
Trouble-Free Stucco Overhangs
Transitions from walls to horizontal surfaces are prone to moisture problems. Attention to proper detailing in these areas is key.
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Product Review
Sprint Sprint and Motorola have partnered to offer the i930, a phone featuring the Windows Mobile…
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Streets of Gold
Weave is Walker Zanger's new mosaic tile line. Crafted from hand-poured glass, Weave is characterized by its iridescent patina finish. This glass mosaic tile is offered in four different styles: straight set field, offset field, basket weave field and montage pattern field. The tiles come in three sizes: 1 × 4, 1 × 2 and 1 × 1-inch tiles; and in eight solid colors with several mo...
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Scandinavian Timber
SPEKVA offers a range of solid wood worktops for the kitchen and bath. There are 22 different wood types and five product lines to choose from. The product lines, Royal, Luxus, Classic, Standard and Endgrain, vary by stave length and configuration. Additionally, Spekva offers 10 worktop finishes, 10 upstand joints and 17 front edged finishes.
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Turn Up the Lights
Jackson is Kichler's new addition to its contemporary lighting collection. This chandelier is designed with antique, umber-etched upturned shades. It has an "olde iron" finish.
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Stately Lighting
Bellacor lighting has a new, old-world chandelier, the Worthington. This Victorian designed light fixture has 15 fabric-paneled mini-shades in a three-tiered layered design. The hardware is a blend of antique nickel and argent brass finishes. The Worthington weighs 55 lbs. and measures 44 5/8 × 48 5/8 inches.
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Rainbow Lighting
Karnak is Derek Marshall Lighting's new wall sconce design. The Karnak wall sconce is crafted from black iridescent glass fused on top of the white opal glass, like metal armor. This sconce has a special metal coating which gives the glass an iridescent look. This tapered, modern light fixture measures 6½× 15½× 4 inches.
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Decorative Lights
Bear Creek Glass has created new, hand-blown glass pendant lights to match its glass bowl sinks. These bathroom lights are offered in solid colors or frosted designs with swirl or speckled patterns. The solid colors include ruby, amber, cobalt, pink and ice blue. These hand crafted fixtures measure 6 × 4½ inches.
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Illuminating Birds
The Old California Lantern Company has a new lantern family, the Baldwin Avenue Series. Designed to showcase the distinctive peacock, this copper hand-crafted lantern has a bronze roof with art glass panels. There are heart-shaped accents designed into the Peacock's tail feathers and the loop for the chain link.
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Continental Drift
The Pietre Travertine series brings together South American and Italian porcelain tile design. This new series by ILVA replicates the look of crosscut travertine marble in a rectified glazed porcelain tile. The Pietre Travertine line is offered in four colors, which include white, beige, walnut and red.
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Steely Ceramics
Weathering Steel is Corten's new ceramic tile available through Tile of Spain. This steel look-alike can be installed as flooring, wall covering and a ventilated façade system. Weathering Steel is available in 4 × 24 inches, 12 × 24 inches, 24 × 24 inches and 24 × 48 inches.