The April 2012 Issue of Atlanta Home Improvement had a great article called Shelter from the Storm by Alma Hill. We wanted to share some of the enlightening information Alma gathered.
Here are Alma Hill’s helpful hints to protect your house from severe weather.
Falling Trees
Hill suggests hiring an arborist to inspect your trees from defects and flaws. If you do plan on cutting down your decaying trees, please check with your local government or homeowners association. Continue reading
Came across this article and thought it would be a good addition to the blog. Enjoy!
Inspiration Book: A Round-Up of Recent Small Kitchens
by Andrea Girolamo
Do more with less, do more with less. In tough times, those words seem to ring through our work lives, our bank accounts, our home lives. With smaller, recession-style budgets, designers are doing more with less in the kitchen, and the results range from bizarre to brilliant.
•Treehugger expands on small kitchens, and uses the founder’s 420-sq.-ft. apartment as a model for new, smaller induction cooktops. Fancy doesn’t have to be enormous, turns out, and includes brands familiar to us all.
•Inspiration from Apartment Therapy, whose editors know a thing or two about making the most of tight spaces.
•Musing from The Kitchn about how to actually LIVE in a small kitchen, maybe something worth talking to that client about, the one who wants the 36″ commercial style range in their 8″x15″ galley-style footprint. The takeaway? Be prepared to clean A LOT AND CONSTANTLY.
•BHG presents a made-over small kitchen that’s big on organization.
Oldcastle Surfaces is excited to annouce our newest offering … FORZASTONE. It is a natural stone that is 80% stronger than 3cm granite.
Do we have your attention? Great! We have a selection of materials and are going to be running a promotion on selected colors in 2012! Look for more details to come soon!
Granite when sealed correctly should leave water pools.
There are two steps that we recommend to take care of your countertops: Clean and Seal your countertops regularly. If you do these two items (repeatedly) you should enjoy your granite the rest of your life (or as long as you own that home). Continue reading
We gave away a Kindle 3G!
Master Bath Vanity- Cafe Montana Granite
We have sinks and facuets too!
Standard Stone Seam
We are often asked about the seam appearance in a stone countertop. The picture above is a standard stone seam done by Oldcastle Surfaces. Stone seams will be visible and often times unavoidable. As long as your installation company has the right tools your seam should look similar.
Happy Holidays!
Oldcastle Surfaces is thankful to have been a part of something so close to home and such fun! Brandon Warren was kind enough to share his photo’s with us and what great photo’s they are! Check those out and some of his other works as well: http://bwarrenphoto.wordpress.com/
Need to buy a unique gift for someone that loves to cook? We have cutting boards in several shapes and sizes! We can even make them into just about any shape you can dream up.
