Creating an Allergy Free Air Conditioning System
You may not know it, but your air conditioner is one of the most important tools in the fight against indoor allergies. Between their talent for pulling excess humidity out of the...
Getting My Hardware Geek On with Top Knobs :: KBIS Spotlight
Warren Ramsland, President of Top Knobs personally introduced us to Top Knobs. He said, “We partner with professional showrooms." He continues, "As a “design company” our products are not available at mass...
The Importance of Bath Ventilation – a Lesson Re-Learned in my Master Bath
I took a Sunday afternoon, and hard-piped using 4” rigid duct, going out the attic's side wall. It wasn't a difficult project, considering of course that the bath fan had already been...
Wood-Mode Fine Custom Cabinetry :: KBIS Spotlight
Wood-Mode Fine Custom Cabinetry can trace its roots to the 1940s, a small PA mill, named originally - “Wood Metal Industries.” In the '50s, they replaced "Metal" with "Mode" and rolled into...
Sub-Zero Wolf & Poggenpohl are Tops on the Las Vegas Strip || Luxury Kitchens on BlogTour Vegas
Penthouse units at the Residences at Mandarin Oriental. Backdrop for good food and fine wine. Poggenpohl and Sub-Zero Wolf, the perfect complement, our hosts for a night of refined design … at...
Door Manufacturing with ODL Door Glass & a Sense of Retro at IBS
At IBS, I met Roger Finch, who is the Distribution Channel Marketing Manager at ODL, and according to his LinkedIn profile, is "responsible for all marketing activities to the distribution channel, new...
Kobalt Cordless Outdoor Power Tools & the Great American Race – the Daytona 500
"Quiet, clean, lightweight, versatile and easy to use" were the real words uttered by publishers and editors during our recent weekend experience with the Lowe's/Kobalt team, as we put all seven new...
Celebrating 101 Years, Formica Makes the Hottest Surfacing Materials Obtainable
It is part of what Amy Gath, Vice President of Marketing, called Formica’s mission to "make materials obtainable." Gath continues, “Although granite continues to be popular, homeowners are expanding their material preferences...
A Look at Blanco ONE & the Trend towards Individualization :: KBIS Spotlight
“By far, the biggest design trend that connects with both consumers and designers is the idea of individualization,” states Tim Maicher, Director of Marketing for BLANCO. “We have so many options in...
News from KBIS || Cosentino, the Maker of SILESTONE, Releases DEKTON
The makers of SILESTONE, natural quartz, and other renowned counter material released this revolutionary new material. With technical properties suited for both interior AND exterior use, DEKTON is being termed "ultra-compact" and...
BlogTour Vegas Gets an Exclusive Tour of Walker Zanger’s Las Vegas Showroom
While of course I knew Walker Zanger is recognized as an industry-leader in stone and tile, it took Jared Becker, Vice President of Design and Marketing, to inform us that the company...
Living TOTO || People-Focused Products, the Ferrari of Toilets, Oh! & a Prius, Too
As we learned, it is more than just toilets. As the company would have it, it's "TOTO Everywhere." This possibly was no better depicted than in the booth, where three separate "Lifestyle...