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Home Builders Show

2 — Indiana Gazette Home Builders Supplement, Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Building season off to slow start
as weather, economy take toll
By RANDY WELLS
“THE PHONE’S not ringing off the hook.”
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The weather and outdoor
temperatures may be improving, but local consumers apparently are only very slowly
warming up to the idea of
starting construction on new
homes.
“It’s not looking very positive
at all. … Inquiries have
dropped off,” said Warren
Peter, vice president the Pennsylvania Builders Association
and owner of Warren Peter
Construction in Indiana.
The culprit, Peter believes, is
the general economy.
“A lot of jobs are not as secure as they were,” and many
people are concerned about
high gasoline prices and
there’s rumors that clothing
prices, especially items made
John Morganti,
Indiana contractor
with cotton, will be going up,
he said. Favorable loan interest rates alone, apparently, are
not enough to offset the overall economy and convince
more people to build a new
home.
Warren Peter typically starts
six to 10 new homes each year,
mainly in Indiana and Armstrong counties.
“It’s slow for sure,” said
Harold Wilson, co-owner of
Community Craftsmen Contractors, a home and additions
builder in Indiana for the past
31 years. Typically, CCC starts
five or six new homes annually
in the Indiana area. His
builders now are finishing
only one new home, near Sagamore.
Wilson attributes the lack of
new home orders to the economy and in part to the state requirement that new singlefamily homes be built with
fire-suppression sprinkler systems. Depending on the size of
the home, the sprinkler requirement can add $5,000 to
$10,000 to the cost of a new
home, he said.
Wilson expects the price of
petroleum-based
building
products — such as siding and
shingles — to remain higher
and impact the cost of new
home construction this season.
“The phone’s not ringing off
the hook,” said Indiana contractor John Morganti, who
temporarily laid off some of
his crew this winter because
building and remodeling orders were slow.
“People are just holding onto
their money” rather than
starting large building projects, he said. And many do-ityourselfers seem to be more
willing to tackle projects
rather than hire a contractor
to do the work, he said.
“We have quite a few jobs
coming up,” said Frank
Kurcsics, owner of K.F. Construction, of Indiana.
His company specializes in
building additions and remodeling but also starts one
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Building
season off
to slow start
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or two new homes annually.
There are no particular building
material shortages he’s aware of this
spring. However, like Wilson, Kurcsics
predicts prices will remain high on
petroleum-based materials. Shingles,
for example, that a few years ago cost
about $50 per square today may be
near $85 per square, he said.
Just as there is no shortage of construction crews available to start new
building projects, neither is there a
scarcity of mortgage money available
to finance the projects.
“There certainly is money available
to lend for new construction and
home improvements,” said Joanne
Duggan, mortgage products manager
for S&T Bank, in Indiana.
Her bank now has a program available for new construction or for
newly occupied or never-occupied
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Construction season
gets off to slow start
homes where the interest rate is reduced for
the first two years of the loan.
“That’s generally the most expensive time,
when you first get into the house. You’re purchasing a lot of big ticket items and doing
landscaping,” Duggan said.
“It’s not an adjustable rate mortgage. It’s a
fixed rate mortgage with a discounted interest
rate for the first two years.”
She suggests that borrowers need to be better prepared for a mortgage than they have
been in the past.
Guidelines have tightened and it’s very important that borrowers educate themselves
regarding the home-building process and the
home-financing process, Duggan said.
She recommends talking to a lender who
can tell prospective builders what to expect
and what’s involved in the process and can
help with loan prequalification so they’ll
know how much they can afford.
Like some contractors, Duggan also views
the 2011 building season as being off to a cautious start.
“I think we’re not seeing as much activity as
we usually get this time of year in new construction inquiries,” she said.
“Interest rates really are still competitive,
but the sprinkler issue … that’s adding a great
deal of cost to the contract and people may be
waiting to see what happens with that.”
Ron Markle, president and CEO of American
Dream Mortgage, in Indiana, said a financing
option available through his company for
some home renovations and improvements is
an FHA Streamlined 203K loan.
The Streamlined 203K simplifies the process
of obtaining rehab money for homes that
need improvements like new roofs, new windows and doors, minor kitchen and bath remodeling and energy efficiency enhancements.
From his vantage point, too, Markle regards
the home construction and improvements
business to be off to a slow start this spring.
But he predicts that interest in building and
remodeling will pick up as the weather
warms.
The builders
n The typical homebuilder
in Pennsylvania is a small
entrepreneur who builds 10 or
fewer single-family homes a
year, employs five to 10 people
full time and does an annual
business of under $1 million.
n The Pennsylvania Builders
Association has a total of
8,500 members. The Indiana/
Armstrong Builders
Association has 175 members.
n Membership of the
associations include
developers, remodelers,
apartment owners, residential
and light commercial builders,
as well as subcontractors,
suppliers, real estate
professionals, lending
institutions, utilities,
manufacturers and others
related to the industry.
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STACEY KEITH, an employee of Gorell Windows & Doors in White Township, put parts of a
window sash into a machine that welds them together. The local plant builds Energy Star custom
replacement windows that qualify for a tax credit.
An aid that helps homeowners
lower the cost of improvements is
back again in 2011, but it’s not as
robust as it was in 2010.
In December, President Obama
signed the law that extended tax
credits for energy efficiency enhancements into 2011, but at
lower levels. The amounts revert
back to those in effect in 2006 and
2007, which were 10 percent of
the cost of an improvement, up to
$500, with a $200 maximum for
windows and several other set
maximums.
The tax credit allows a deduction on federal taxes for various
qualified energy efficiency upgrades in appliances, heating and
cooling systems, lighting, windows and doors, insulation and
other areas. To qualify for the tax
credit, products with the Energy
Star logo must be used.
Energy Star is a joint program of
the Department of Energy and
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The energy tax credit was
one factor that contributed to
Gorell Windows & Doors in Indiana in 2010 having one of its
busiest fourth quarters ever.
Brian Zimmerman, the president and chief operating officer of the custom replacement
window and door company,
said extra employees and
shifts were added to keep up
with the demand for Energy
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windows.
One change to the tax credit
program for 2011 makes the
requirements for qualifying
windows more specific by geographic regions of the nation,
which Zimmerman considers
an improvement to the program.
Last year, the tax credit was
more generous, but there was
a rush, especially near the end
of the year, because to qualify
for the tax credit the new
products had to be installed
and in use by the end of the
year. As a result, some homeowners hurried their purchases and scrambled for contractors to install the windows before Dec. 31.
“They really weren’t investigating as well as they should,”
Zimmerman said of some of
the window shoppers last year.
Now, in 2011, the tax credit is
less generous, but buyers will
have more time to compare
products and make more informed decisions about replacement window values and
about providers and contractors who will be around to
service them.
Zimmerman and the DOE
offered these reminders about
the 2011 tax credit program:
■ The energy efficiency tax
credit is a 10 percent credit, up
to a maximum of $500 (compared to last year’s cap of
$1,500).
Of that, only $200 can be applied for Energy Star windows,
and the 10 percent is applied
to the cost of the product, not
installation. A homeowner
would, for example, have to
purchase at least $2,000 worth
of windows to qualify for the
maximum $200 tax credits for
windows.
■ The improvements must
be made to an existing home
that is the applicant’s principal
residence. New construction
and rental properties do not
qualify.
■ Furnaces this year qualify
for a $200 credit and they must
now be 95 percent efficient,
more stringent than the 90
percent efficiency requirement in 2009-10.
■ There is a $500 lifetime
limit on the tax credit. A
homeowner who received
more than $500 in these tax
credits from 2006 to 2010 is
not eligible for anything
more.
■ Qualifying improvement
products must be installed
and in use by the last day of
the year to qualify for the 2011
tax credit.
Zimmerman said that while
this year’s energy tax credit is
less robust than in previous
years, Gorell Windows & Doors
officials are optimistic that
2011 will be another busy year
for the company.
“It definitely helped us last
year,” Randy Collarini, Indiana
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Sons, another window replacement company, said of
the 2010 energy tax credit.
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Martha Buckley grew up in a
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She got in on the ground floor
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“That’s just second nature to
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She still raises special earthworms that are slowly converting her kitchen scraps into a
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“It seems a shame these technologies exist and we don’t use
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first heard of geothermal heating
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The geothermal system that
warms and cools her new home is
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Another electricity-saving device
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The 10- and 14-inch diameter
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enough natural light, even to interior spaces, that electric lights are
not needed in those areas during
the day.
The house also has what Buckley
calls “massive amounts of insulation.”
In addition to the high R-value
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cient wood-burning stove in its place.
The house, however, does not have
renewable energy. Buckley thought
about including solar panels on the
roof, but realized in winter she would
have to climb up there and brush the
snow off.
“And I don’t do ladders,” she said.
Ground-mounted solar panels may
be an add-on for the future.
A roof-mounted windmill available
from Honeywell was another option
she considered for a while, but she decided not to include it because of the
expense. The windmill would have
cost about $6,000 with another $6,000
for installation, she said.
Buckley said Peter was very helpful
in suggesting ways to maximize her
new home’s energy efficiency.
“It was very much a collaboration,”
she said. The sun tubes were her idea,
and “when I said industrial strength
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Since taking over his father’s business 17 years ago, Tom Mumau, the
2011 president of the Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association (IABA),
has been busy providing quality service to his customers in and around
Indiana County.
His business,
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Mumau has two employees
who work with him regularly,
and he said he usually employs a few more during the
summer months.
The company is diversified,
providing service in roofing,
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garage doors, additions, bathrooms, game rooms, basements and kitchens, and any
kind of building or remodeling.
Mumau said times were
challenging during the recession, but he managed to stay
busy, and business is picking
up again. He said he is very
fortunate to have a good customer base.
“One of the things I like
about my company is that I
can take pride in everything I
do.
“I want to remain the size of
company that I have,” he said.
He has been a member of
IABA for about 26 years, and
has been active with the organization,
having
“run
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member on the board of directors and served as president
two previous terms. Mumau is
also a member of the Pennsylvania Builders Association and
the National Association of
Home Builders.
He and his wife, Lori, have
two daughters, Jennifer and
Chrissy. In his spare time, he
enjoys fishing, hunting and
camping. Mumau said he
plans to remain healthy and
happy, and says he is “just out
to make a living.”
For more information about
the association, contact Dick
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the IABA, at (724) 349-2327 or
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Home Show
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By NICOLE ROSER
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Back for its 32nd year, the
Indiana-Armstrong Builders
Association Home Show will
be held Friday through Sunday at the S&T Bank Arena at
the White Township Recreation Complex.
The show will feature approximately 130 booths and
approximately 100 exhibitors, and door prizes will be
awarded.
Consumers will be able to
view the show from 5 to 9
p.m. Friday, noon to 9 p.m.
Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday.
The admission cost is $3
for adults, and children 16
and younger will be admitted for free with a paying
adult.
Parking is free for the
event, and a concession
stand will be open at the center.
This year’s products, according to Dick Clawson, executive director of the IABA,
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He also said “just about anything new will
be shown.”
Clawson said the show benefits everyone,
because consumers will learn about products that will get them money reimbursed
through an energy-efficiency savings rebate.
In addition, many areas of home-building
information will be also available on site.
“This is one-stop shopping for building
and home improvement needs,” he said.
According to Clawson, this is a great opportunity for both consumers and contractors, because many use this as a chance to
set up business, develop a relationship and
to see what they can do.
Clawson, who has been involved with the
association for 34 years and was involved
when the first show was set up, said he expects the show to be sold out as it has been
in previous years.
“I hope people will come out and see the
newest products,” he said. “My favorite
thing about the show is seeing everybody
walk away with some new knowledge.”
The Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association has 175 members. For more information about the association or the home
show, contact Clawson at (724) 349-2327 or
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By RANDY WELLS
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Some speculation continues
this spring about the future of
a tax advantage that has been
popular among many American homeowners for nearly a
century — the mortgage interest deduction.
The MID allows taxpayers
who own their homes to reduce their taxable income by
the amount of interest paid on
the loan secured by their principal residence.
An initial proposal to cut or
eliminate the MID came last
year from the White House bipartisan deficit reduction
commission as it looked for
ways to improve the federal
government’s overall financial
bottom line.
Changes to the MID were
mostly absent from President
Obama’s budget proposal, but
one relevant change was an
overall cap on itemized deductions.
More recently, however,
there have been signs that the
Senate may be moving forward with a proposal to implement some of the deficit reduction commission’s recommendations, including limiting the value of the MID and
other home/property related
tax provisions.
Bill Ahern, director of policy
and communications at The
Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan
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Tax deduction may still be target
tax research group based in
Washington, D.C., estimates
Americans taking the MID will
save $104 billion on their tax
bills in 2011.
Some say that big number
makes the MID a logical target
for cost-cutting. Others say its
popularity — more than onequarter of the nation’s 143 million tax returns in 2008
claimed the MID — is reason
for it to be retained.
According to the IRS, the
MID is more valuable to some
states than others, in part because some states have higher
average incomes and in some
locations renting is more
prevalent. The average tax return (including all returns,
even the non-homeowners
and non-itemizers) in the U.S.
for 2008 deducted $3,279 in
mortgage interest.
Counting only the tax returns that deducted mortgage
interest, the average amount
was $12,221. In Pennsylvania
“ELIMINATING THIS tax deduction would be bad for
our fragile housing market and bad for our economic
recovery.”
Matthew Mazonkey,
chief of staff for Congressman Mark Critz
for 2008, the average deduction (for all returns) was
$2,439, and the average deduction for all returns claiming the MID was $9,728.
Some proponents of the
MID say Americans overwhelmingly support the mortgage interest deduction because it not only helps people
achieve homeownership but
also provides the highest benefit, as a share of taxpayer income, to younger households.
It also helps to make the nation’s tax system more progressive, they say.
The National Association of
Realtors also strongly opposes
eliminating the mortgage interest deduction, claiming that
housing is the engine that
drives the economy, and to
even mention reducing the tax
benefits of homeownership
could endanger property values.
Bob Jones, chairman of the
National Association of Home
Builders, in December urged
the federal government not to
devalue or eliminate the MID.
“The consequences would
be devastating for housing
and the economy,” Jones said.
“This would further depress
home prices, putting countless more homeowners under
water and triggering a new
wave of foreclosures. Eliminating or scaling back this vital
housing deduction will shrink
the local tax base of many
communities, causing already
cash-strapped state and local
governments to further cut
jobs and essential services.”
During a roundtable discussion with small-business owners in Indiana in February,
Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown,
said he is “fighting hard” to
keep the mortgage tax deduction.
“Eliminating this tax deduction would be bad for our fragile housing market and bad for
our economic recovery,”
Matthew Mazonkey, Critz’s
chief of staff said recently.
While popular with many
homeowners and legislators,
some economists oppose the
MID. And The Tax Foundation
has stated that few low- and
middle-income
taxpayers
benefit from the MID, calling it
subsidization of the real estate
industry. Other opponents
contend the deduction is a
part of the hidden welfare
state, whereby tax incentives
subsidize wealthier people
and corporations.
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You’ve made the decision to finally remodel the outdated kitchen and living
room of your home. But if you live in a
house built before 1978, a new federal law
regulating the removal of lead paint will
affect your home remodeling project.
In 1978, the use of lead paint was officially banned from residential construction. Before that, however, lead paint was
used in more than 38 million homes, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Today, contractors hired to do renovation, repair and painting projects that will
involve at least 6 square feet of lead-based
paint in homes built before 1978 must be
EPA Lead-Safe certified and must follow
specific work practices to prevent lead
contamination. Of course, 6 square feet is
smaller than the average window, which
means that pretty much every remodeling
job will have to comply with the new requirement.
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For young children, lead poisoning can
cause learning disabilities, hearing loss
and behavior problems. In adults, lead
poisoning can lead to hypertension and
high blood pressure. Pregnant women
run the risk of passing the poison on to
their unborn child.
It is important that you find a remodeler
who is trained in lead-safe work practices
rather than try to do the work yourself.
Not only that, but it’s the law: Contractors
working in pre-1978 homes must be leadpaint certified and must follow these
lead-safe practices whether or not there
are children in the home — unless the
homeowner can certify that the house is
lead-paint free.
LEAD-SAFE WORK PRACTICES
EPA has a free brochure on its website
(www.leadfreekids.org) called “Renovate
Right” that provides guidance to homeowners and contractors about remodeling safely to minimize lead dust exposure.
EPA Lead-Safe Certified Renovators have
been equipped to use lead test kits, educate consumers about the dangers of
lead, and use prescribed lead-safe work
practices. Your certified contractor should
also give you this brochure to familiarize
you with specific work practices, including these procedures:
1. Containing the work area so that dust
and debris do not escape. Warning signs
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cooling system vents and to cover the
floors and any furniture that cannot be
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2. Minimizing dust. There is no way to
eliminate it, but some paint removal
methods create less dust than others. For
example, using water to mist areas before
sanding or scraping and prying and
pulling apart components can reduce
dust. It’s also prohibited to use open flame
burning or torching; sanding, grinding,
planing, needle gunning, or blasting with
power tools and equipment not equipped
with a shroud and high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter vacuum attachment;
or using a heat gun at temperatures
greater than 1100°F.
3. Cleaning up thoroughly. When all the
work is done, and before taking down any
plastic that isolates the work area from
the rest of the home, the area will be
cleaned with a HEPA vacuum to remove
dust and debris on all surfaces, followed
by wet mopping with plenty of water.
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Residential building permits
Municipality
Armagh
Armstrong Township
Banks Township
Blacklick Township
Blairsville
Brush Valley Township
Buffington Township
Burrell Township
Center Township
Cherry Tree
Cherryhill Township
Clymer
Conemaugh Township
Creekside
East Mahoning Township
East Wheatfield Township
Ernest
Glen Campbell
2008
2009
2010
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22
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15
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Municipality
Grant Township
Green Township
Homer City
Indiana
Montgomery Township
North Mahoning Township
Pine Township
Plumville
Rayne Township
Saltsburg
South Mahoning Township
Washington Township
West Mahoning Township
West Wheatfield Township
White Township
Young Township
2008
2009
2010
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58
12
10
16
3
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26
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*Figures do not reflect entire year
NA means figures were not available
County municipalities not listed have no permits issued
Source: Municipalities and the Indiana County Office of Planning and Development
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Commercial building permits
Municipality
Armstrong Township
Banks Township
Blacklick Township
Blairsville
Brush Valley Township
Buffington Township
Burrell Township
Center Township
Cherry Tree
Cherryhill Township
Clymer
Conemaugh Township
East Mahoning Township
East Wheatfield Township
Glen Campbell
2008
2009
2010
1
NA
1
2
NA
NA
1
9
2
NA
5
1
0
1
0
8
NA
4
NA
1
0
15
9
0
0
5
3
2
0
1
3
1
2
NA
0
0
10
7
0
0
5
0
1
2
1
Municipality
Grant Township
Green Township
Homer City
Indiana
Montgomery Township
North Mahoning Township
Pine Township
Plumville
Rayne Township
Saltsburg
South Mahoning Township
West Mahoning Township
West Wheatfield Township
White Township
Young Township
2008
2009
2010
1
1
2
39
1
0
2
3
0*
2
0
0
4
55
3
0
1
0
28
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
55
0
0
0
4
23
1
2
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
51
0
*Figures do not reflect entire year
NA means figures were not available
County municipalities not listed have no permits issued
Source: Municipalities and the Indiana County Office of Planning and Development
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Albright Power Equipment Company, LLC - (724) 465-2397
Indiana Printing & Publishing Co. - (724) 465-5555
Corte Masonry Supply - (724) 465-2790
Dynamark Ceramic & Concrete - (724) 465-9001
Sky Satellite - (724) 354-2008
Arone Lumber & Hardware Company - (724) 479-9219
Debnar’s Pools, Spas, & Lawn Equipment - (724) 459-7460
Tony’s Small Engine Repair - (724) 254-4541
Northeast Stihl - (724) 254-4541
Mumau Building & Remodeling - (724) 479-0202
Mumau Building & Remodeling - (724) 479-0202
Culligan Water - (724) 465-5611
Culligan Water - (724) 465-5611
C.E. Davis Contracting, LLC - (724) 354-2389
C.E. Davis Contracting, LLC - (724) 354-2389
KLNG Enterprises Inc./Dynamark Security - (724) 349-3113
Maplecrest Custom Homes - (724) 388-9699
Shirey Overhead Doors - (800) 227-4161
Spring Hill Woodworks - (724) 388-1319
Burke & Sons, Inc. - (814) 938-7303
Burke & Sons, Inc. - (814) 938-7303
Al’s Satellite - (724) 349-5701
George Cummings Landscaping - (724) 463-7645
Pine View Masonry - (814) 749-9957
Long’s Home, Inc.- (724) 459-5044
Zorko’s - (724) 397-2611
Anderson’s Heating & A.C., Inc. - (724) 465-8923
Anderson’s Heating & A.C., Inc. - (724) 465-8923
Kinkead Aggregates, LLC - (724) 465-9399
Penn Fencing - (724) 349-5005
Mike Barnhart Construction - (724) 479-8545
Kosko Wood Products - (814) 427-2499
Appleridge Stone - (724) 459-9511
Ted Moreau Garage Door Sales & Service - (724) 349-6141
Ted Moreau Garage Door Sales & Service - (724) 349-6141
Interstate Window & Doors - (800) 338-9997
Kraus, USA - (724) 355-1070
Lezzer Lumber - (724) 349-2281
Lezzer Lumber - (724) 349-2281
Collier Foundation Systems, Inc. - (888) 817-5537
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St. Pier Group, LLC - (724) 465-4700
Gorell Factory Outlet - (724) 465-1843
Luther Ford Linc-Mercury Sales - (724) 479-8083
Indiana Solar, Inc. - (724) 541-3861
Risinger Landscaping, Supplies & Excavating
(724) 463-0344
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(724) 463-0344
- Hoff Chiropractic - (724) 479-0442
- Krevel Supply - (724) 254-0403
- Indiana County Technology Center - (724) 349-6700
- Gorell Factory Outlet - (724) 465-1843
- Booth Tickets, IABA - (724) 349-2327
- Kurtz Lawn Furniture - (814) 743-5140
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# 97 - Riverview Homes, Inc. - (724) 567-5647
# 98 - Indiana Area School District
# 99 - Loebrich Contracting/Sunsetter Awnings (814) 539-6236
# 100 - Budget Blinds of Johnstown - (814) 288-2707
# 101 - Knepp Fencing/Lezzer Lumber - (724) 349-2281
# 102 - Mark George Construction - (724) 349-2552
# 103 - M.C. Alarms - (814) 938-7749
# 104 - Cherry Tree Builders - (814) 743-6799
# 105 - Main Street Home Sales - (724) 349-4499
# 106 - Furniture World Carpet One - (724) 349-1000
# 107 - Furniture World Carpet One - (724) 349-1000
# 108 - Sharp Paving, Inc. - (724) 354-3232
# 109 - Indiana County Technology Center - (724) 349-6700
# 110 - Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office (412) 565-3526
# 111 - Total Asphalt Management Systems (724) 388-1374
# 112 - A Z Structures, Inc. - (724) 254-1002
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# 1 - Good News Realty - (724) 463-9000
# 2 - Warren Peter Construction Inc. - (724) 349-9078
# 3 - Everdry Waterproofing - (724) 538-3898
# 4 - Community Craftsmen Contractors Inc. - (724) 349-4041
# 5 - First Commonwealth Bank - (724) 459-4682
# 6 - Allstate Insurance - (724) 349-7952
# 7 - Anderson’s Chimney Sv & Fireplace Shop - (724) 349-5768
# 8 - Solartherm Castlecraft - (800) 435-9587
# 9 - Nature’s Blend Wood Products - (724) 763-7057
# 10 - Everlast Insulation, Inc. - (724) 463-1012
# 11 - Everlast Insulation, Inc. - (724) 463-1012
# 12 - H2O Restoration, Inc. - (724) 354-3222
# 13 - H2O Restoration, Inc. - (724) 354-3222
# 14 - Cherry Tree Builders - (814) 743-6799
# 15 - Bath Fitter - (814) 932-3280
# 16 - Bath Fitter - (814) 932-3280
# 17 - Edward Jones - (724) 465-0542
# 18 - PA Basement Waterproofing Inc. - (800) 511-6579
# 19 - America Dream Mortgage - (724) 464-2274
# 20 - T.J. Construction - (814) 743-6167
# 21 - Davis Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning - (724) 465-6722
# 22 - Davis Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning - (724) 465-6722
# 23 - Busija Remodeling - (724) 422-7835
# 24 - L&L Overhead Doors - (724) 840-3841
# 25 - L&L Overhead Doors - (724) 840-3841
# 26 - CSC Construction - (724) 349-1505
# 27 - Bastian Homes Inc. - (877) 708-7887
# 28 - Best Window & Door Company - (814) 536-1422
# 29 - Marion Center Bank - (724) 397-5582
# 30 - Schroth Industries - (724) 465-5701
# 31 - John’s Handyman - (724) 664-5177
# 32 - Dixon Landscapes - (724) 422-7546
# 33 - Sides Run Construction - (814) 951-5986
# 34 - J.J. Kennedy Concrete, Inc. - (866) 699-3835
# 35 - REA Energy Cooperative, Inc. - (724) 349-4800
# 36 - REA Energy Cooperative, Inc. - (724) 349-4800
# 37 - Indiana First Savings Bank - (724) 349-2810
# 38 - All Star Garage Door Sales & Service - (724) 479-8687
# 39 - S. Misner Construction - (814) 749-0584
# 40 - Hideaway Cable - (724) 388-5619
# 41 - D. King Construction, Inc. - (724) 465-5379
# 42 - Kuzneski-Lockard, Inc. - (724) 349-1924
# 43 - A&A Construction & Home Improvements - (724) 463-1060
# 44 - Albright Power Equipment Company, LLC - (724) 465-2397
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“A NEW housing market is emerging, and even with
the recession in the rearview mirror we expect the
popularity of smaller homes to persist.”
Bob Jones, chairman of NAHB
More buyers opt for smaller home
It wasn’t so long ago when
McMansions were becoming
the norm in suburban neighborhoods across the country.
When the recession hit, however, the size of newly built
homes started to decrease —
from 2,268 square feet in 2006
to 2,100 square feet last year.
As the country begins to
climb out of the tough economic times of the past few
years, it doesn’t necessarily
mean that the size of homes
will go back to a bigger footprint, according to a recent
study by economists at the National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB).
“A new housing market is
emerging, and even with the
recession in the rearview mirror we expect the popularity of
smaller homes to persist,” said
Bob Jones, chairman of NAHB
and a home builder from
Bloomfield
Hills,
Mich.
“Builders are responding to a
new mindset among home
buyers that has been shaped
not just by a weak economy,
and it is transforming the
product they deliver.”
There are other factors that
are likely contributing to this
new trend.
First, Americans are becoming more focused on energy
conservation. A smaller new
home will cost less to heat and
cool than a larger home with
similar energy-efficient features, and will leave a smaller
carbon footprint.
In addition, family size has
been decreasing over the
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The economy is also affecting new home buyers’ decisions. Cost-conscious home
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rather than add square
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Tiny houses are going mainstream.
Just look at the Katrina Cottage, originally designed by architects Andres Duany and Marianne Cusato as a dignified alternative to the
FEMA trailer for flood-ravaged New Orleans.
The tiny charmers with pitched roofs, nostalgic
front porches and 300 to 1,800 square feet are
becoming popular elsewhere; Lowe’s home
stores sell the blueprints and materials.
The cottages are being used as affordable
housing, guesthouses and vacation cottages.
It’s part of a larger trend toward living small.
The average size of the American home expanded from 983 square feet in 1950 to 2,340
square feet in 2004, up 140 percent. This boom
was largely driven by a belief that living big
meant living well, and that real estate was a
great investment so the bigger the house the
better the investment.
The recession is one thing killing that notion.
Millions of foreclosures have meant “people
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tects in 2010, 57 percent of architecture firms reported a decrease in the square footage of
homes they designed.
Another factor is people’s
desire to live more ecologically, less wastefully.
And there are demographic
changes. Thompson points
out that one-third of American
home buyers are now single;
people are marrying later, and
many don’t want to wait until
marriage to invest in a house.
Moreover, as Americans live
longer, many widows and widowers are downsizing to small
homes.
And with elderly parents and
grown children returning
home, there are more multigenerational families, increasing the demand “for small auxiliary buildings,” Cusato says.
Tiny dwellings allow generations of a family to live sideby-side with privacy.
Some people don’t just want
small; they want minuscule.
Mimi Zeiger, author of “Tiny
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houses as around 1,000 square
feet, although “some enthusiasts cap them at the 300- to
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EXAMPLES ELSEWHERE
In “Tiny Houses,” Zeiger
presents three dozen international examples, including
some in the United States. She
believes that America’s abundance of land and materials
has traditionally made us less
conscious of conservation
than people are elsewhere, but
that is changing.
Cusato credits Sarah Susanka’s book “The Not So Big
House” (Taunton), first published in 1998 and expanded
in 2009, with starting a movement to change the way
builders work. “People started
saying they wanted their
houses to be smaller, but better,” Cusato says.
Susanka, who considers a
tiny house to be one measuring no more than 500 square
feet, once lived in an 8-by-12foot flatbed trailer truck.
“There has always been a
fascination with tiny houses
and an underground interest
in them that surfaces when
the economy goes down,” Susanka says.
The best solution for housing in America, she believes,
will be in the middle ground:
1,500 to 2,500 square feet.
“The gift of the recession will
be that Americans will believe
that bigger is not better,” she
says.
MAKING A SPACE LIVABLE
“You have to be very disciplined to live in a tiny space,”
Susanka says.
Zeiger, who lives in a small
studio apartment in Brooklyn,
N.Y., says, “The most important thing that makes a tiny
house livable is efficient space
planning and clever storage.
Like on a ship, things need to
have dual purposes. You also
need good light and air, so that
the space isn’t claustrophobic
or hut-like, but is a space you
want to spend time in.”
Her table, for example,
serves as both kitchen table
and office desk.
Cusato agrees that light is essential in a small space. She
recommends “windows on
multiple walls in a room, two
at a minimum — three or four
are ideal. Tall ceilings — 9 feet
in a small space feels great.
When living in a tiny house,
lots of storage is essential.
Nothing makes the walls close
in faster than clutter.”
Proximity to a public space is
fundamental, she believes,
and recommends that porches
or terraces connect to street
life or a garden.
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What people want in a new home
By KATHY HUBER
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HOUSTON — A new nesting season has
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Amid signs that the economy is recovering, that fickle migratory species known
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spaces.
They’ll have no shortage of decisions to
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Carol Isaak Barden, who has
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eight years, said emptynesters are particularly spaceconscious.
They’re not building bedrooms for children and grandchildren as they might have in
the past.
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The smartest room of all
these days in many new
homes is the kitchen, which
Barden calls the center of the
universe.
Turner said for her clients, a
large, open kitchen-family
room is a “must-must-must,”
with a corner for kids to do
their homework and an informal dining area.
They also appreciate specialized appliances such as
warmer drawers, espresso machines and built-in steamers
(the microwave of the 21st
century).
Barden thinks the popularity
of the Food Network has influenced kitchen design. When
Julia Child was on TV, Barden
noted, “everyone was buying a
copper bowl for whipping egg
whites. Now they want big
fancy ovens with six burners. A
conventional range and a convection oven are mandatory,
and some home buyers request two dishwashers.”
People may not be so inclined to flash their wealth
with a three- or four-car
garage, but in the kitchen,
high-end ranges by makers
such as Wolf and Viking are on
many people’s must-have lists.
“When I started, the goal
was to make these things disappear,” said interior designer
Bill Stubbs of William W.
Stubbs and Associates. Now
people want natural stone
countertops and to show off
commercial-looking appliances.
And plenty of homeowners
know how to use them. “People are cooking more, both
men and women,” said
Stubbs’ design associate, Phyllis Stepp.
High-end appliances drive
up the value of your home.
“Many house sales depend on
the master bath and kitchen,”
Stubbs said.
His clients want luxury baths
with free-standing tubs and
showers with myriad water
features.
Barden said couples with
shared baths don’t want to
share sinks, storage or counter
space.
They also want privacy.
“Every person who can afford
it wants a separate toilet,”
Turner said. “Water closets are
a real premium, even if you
have a shared bath.”
Frankel said his customers
increasingly request a downstairs guest room with bath.
Baby boomers like offering
overnight guests their own formal space away from family
hustle and bustle, he said.
Technology brings another
layer of convenience.
“There’s no end to the number of TVs people want in the
house,” Stubbs said. “They
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special lighting and other electronics — woven into the
house, “so it’s become a part of
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Buyers rarely ask for walls of
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That extra-small bedroom
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That’s significant, saving up to
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Some efficiencies can be luxurious. Designer Sharon Staley, president of the American
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“Green doesn’t have to cost
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more money up front but
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Features like upgraded insulation cost more up front but
reduce energy costs longterm, she said.
“It’s surprising how sophisticated buyers have become
about environmentally friendly construction. They can talk
about solar panels and
Icynene insulation with authority. Over a period of time,
these things are a great investment,” Barden said.
The key phrase is “over
time.” Barden said a lot of buyers like the idea, but she’s not
sure they want to pay for such
features. Her latest project, a
three-bedroom, three-and-ahalf bath home designed by
Seattle-based architect Richard Sundberg, incorporates
Icynene insulation, tankless
water heaters, metal air ducts,
solid core windows and doors
and exterior materials impervious to fire and weather.
AIRING IT OUT
Homebuyers also are looking for green, literally. In many
cases, said Frankel, they’re
trading indoor square footage
for large outdoor living spaces.
Outdoor kitchens, pools and
fireplaces may seem like a
splurge, but the slow economy
has contributed to their popularity.
Spending more time at
home, families want to put
their money where it counts.
And it’s less expensive to build
an outdoor kitchen and entertainment space than to renovate one inside.
The ideal space for many includes a covered area for —
you guessed it — a flat-screen
TV. Families like them as a
place to play games like Wii together, Turner said.
“Cost is still big on people’s
minds,” Hruska said. She focuses now on helping clients
make informed decisions on
ways to stretch their dollars.
Even high-end buyers are favoring tile and wood floors
now over carpeting.
“They’re easier to keep.
Wood wears and matures; carpet wears and gets dirty,”
Turner said. “It’s a lot less expensive to replace area rugs
than carpet.”
Barden says some in the industry expect homes to continue to shrink — because
prices and taxes won’t. She has
one friend, she confided, “who
thinks the day will come
where people will be able to
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Time to remodel
your bathroom?
The pedestal sink does well
in a powder room, but not so
much in a master bath unless
your master bath is huge and
you have other places for
those toiletries.
Even if the cabinets are in
good condition, you can still
upgrade them by changing the
knobs.
There are many choices
available both online and at
home stores. Actually, there
are so many choices that it
might be hard to make a final
decision.
But let’s say you want to do
more than simply change the
color on the walls and change
a few knobs on the cabinets.
First, flip through decorating
magazines to get an idea of
what you want your bathroom
to look like. Once you have a
look in mind, go shopping to
see how much your ideas are
going to cost.
Visit some stores that specialize in bathroom decor with
your preplanned ideas in
mind. Discuss these ideas with
the design professional to see
what can and cannot be done
in your home. The designer
will probably want to go to
your house to measure. Then
he or she will prepare a plan
for you to consider. The designer should be able to make
your dream come true.
Know in advance that you
will feel displaced for a while
as the bathroom goes through
a metamorphosis. Hopefully,
you have more than one bathroom in the house so you can
designate an alternative while
the work is going on. Just remember that the finished
product will be great.
Rosemary Sadez Friedmann
is an interior designer in
Naples, Fla.
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like roughhewn wooden tables, rolling carts, metal filing cabinets and industrial
lighting — are now hot items
in home decorating.
These pieces, along with
exposed brick walls and cement floors, first became
popular when urban industrial spaces were being trans-
formed into chic loft apartments.
But the trend has made its
way from downtown lofts to
suburban living rooms.
Homeowners are adding
industrial flair to even the
most traditionally decorated
houses.
Emily Henderson, host and
designer for HGTV’s upcoming series “Secrets from a
Stylist,” is giving an industrial makeover to a Spanishstyle house for an episode
due to air in April.
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textiles and high-end upholstery techniques set against
concrete floors and ceilings to create industrial-style spaces
that are warm and cozy.
Industrial chic
expands appeal
she says, and is becoming
popular nationwide. Edisonstyle light bulbs are back. And
current offerings from retailer
Restoration Hardware include
chairs and tables meant to
look as though they were built
from old airplane parts.
It may sound challenging to
mix items that evoke centuryold manufacturing into your
modern-day house. But designers say it’s less complicated than you’d think: Industrial
style blends easily into houses
that already have a cleanlined, modern look.
And in more traditional
houses, the “blend of history
and hipness” found in old industrial style is a perfect fit,
says designer and decorde
mon.com founder Brian
Patrick Flynn.
Flynn, Henderson and Los
Angeles-based designer Betsy
Burnham offer their favorite
advice on bringing the cool
style of a downtown loft into
any home:
GO FOR CONTRAST
“If I already have a carvedwood, French-traditional, damask sofa, I probably would
mix in more of the wooden industrial pieces than metal,”
Henderson says.
The wood tones of different
pieces don’t need to match —
in fact, it’s best if they don’t.
“The huge contrast between
industrial and traditional is
what makes it work,” she says.
Industrial chic expands appeal
“Trying to make everything
match color-wise or wood
tone-wise can actually do you
a disservice.”
Feel free to experiment, putting a vintage piece of machinery on a sleek coffee table, or a
tall, industrial lamp next to an
overstuffed chair.
The contrast will be easier to
pull off if it’s peppered
throughout your home rather
than concentrated only in one
room.
“The last thing you want to
do is walk into a Colonial
house and have one room look
like an East Village loft and the
others looking like Colonial
Williamsburg,” Burnham says.
“It’s all about the right mix of
things. Any one style done too
literally is a mistake anyway,
especially in 2011. We want to
mix.”
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Flynn says, “the more authentic the look.”
SWAP ACCENT PIECES
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DESIGNER Brian Patrick Flynn used stainless steel shelves and
exposed concrete brick walls in this kitchen.
ing industrial design. Stainless
steel appliances and professional-grade stoves have already brought an industrial
feel to many residential
kitchens.
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Painted plank wood floors
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“The more wear and tear,”
Throughout your home,
consider replacing a side table
or coffee table with an old industrial trunk, cart or card catalog. Look for pieces with aged
or distressed metal, rather
than polished chrome.
Troll flea markets for old industrial items that are “fun,
playful and unexpected,”
Flynn says. Even if you don’t
have a large, loft-like space,
most homes can handle one
or two oversize conversation
pieces.
Henderson recently decorated a loft that had “these insane
orange industrial rolling
carts,” she says. Items like that
definitely add some downtown, edgy style. But they’re
probably not for everybody.
“If you have a pretty neutral
house, it could start looking a
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Another easy accent: Add some
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fonts that evoke the late 19th or early
20th centuries. Many styles are available
online.
CONSIDER THE CEILING
In a basement with a drop ceiling,
Flynn notes, you can easily remove the
fake ceiling and expose the beams above
to add height and industrial style.
If you’re building an addition, consider
having exposed ductwork and beams
rather than covering the ceiling with drywall. You can hang lights from the beams
instead of investing in recessed ceiling
lighting, and will save money on installation.
WHERE TO GET IT
A huge array of vintage stuff is available
online and at flea markets. These real industrial items reclaimed from old buildings usually cost less than reproductions.
“Vintage is always a cheaper go-to,”
says Henderson, unless you’re buying
actual antiques.
If you prefer new items, many retailers
are offering industrial-inspired pieces,
from pharmacy-style medicine cabinets
to factory-style metal shelving meant for
living rooms.
KEEP IT COMFORTABLE
To balance out the coldness of industrial decor, Burnham likes to include a
few “more organic” items to convey
warmth. In decorating a house in San
Francisco recently, she mixed industrial
metals with natural-fiber fabrics and
wood furniture.
“We did a hybrid of a few more traditional pieces, like comfy chairs,” she
says, “but also a steel coffee table with
wood.”
She and Flynn both like using rich, soft
fabrics to warm up or add color to an industrial-style space. In a kitchen, Burnham says, try adding a Turkish rug or
Roman shades made from a woven fabric.
Remember, she says, that factories and
warehouses were designed for work, not
comfort. If you’re going to live with industrial style at home, keep comfort in
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How does it work? The secret
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First, there is an outer layer of
glass or polycarbonate, then an
adhesive interlayer followed by
liquid-crystal film. Then there is
another adhesive interlayer
and, finally, another outer layer
of glass or polycarbonate.
Sounds complicated, so let’s
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the liquid-crystal film that affords the transition between
clear and translucent. This
same technology has been used
in digital watches and computer
screens for years. Liquid crystals
are sandwiched between two
layers of transparent conductive
film to make the privacy film.
That film is laminated between the two pieces of glass by
the glass manufacturer. When
electricity is applied to the film
at the flick of a switch, the liquid
crystals line up and the window
is clear.
When the power is turned off,
the liquid crystals return to their
normal positions and turn the
glass from clear to frosted.
The dispersed liquid crystals
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made between 3M Company
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glass to become a usable form
now called privacy glass. It is
also known as smart glass.
So where would you use this
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anywhere. Consider these possibilities: The shower, the front
door, any or all windows in your
house, skylights (to calm the
noon sun), your office’s conference room. You name it — privacy glass can fit the bill.
There are many websites that
will provide you with visuals on
privacy glass, and some sites
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Redoing a kitchen
By ROSEMARY SADEZ FRIEDMANN
Kitchen remodeling is always a huge endeavor since the
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and are comfortable with how the space
works.
A kitchen designer can plan a perfect
kitchen, but if it isn’t perfect for you, what
good is it? Remodeling a kitchen can cost
a lot of money — to the tune of $40,000 to
$50,000 — so be sure you end up with
what you really want.
THE GOOD news is that when you have
your ideal kitchen, you will enjoy it each
and every day.
A remodeled kitchen also has great realestate value.
According to the National Association of
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While the remodeling process is going
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