Home improvement activity is heating up this summer with 60 percent of homeowners expecting to spend an average of $1,200 on at least one upgrade. At the top of the list is improving outdoor spaces, followed by bathroom remodels, according ...
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Sometimes polymer gets a bad press, but it remains an incredibly versatile material that we would find very difficult to live without. The word 'polymer' is often used as a synonym for plastic, but it also includes other synthetic and ...
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When the utensils at the kitchen supply warehouse just didn't cut it, some Chefs turned to power tools to get the job done right. Everything from cordless drills with hole-saws, to putty knives can be used. And since you have the tools in ...
The Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announced the purchase of a property in Las Vegas that will serve as its new Global Resource Center. Conveniently located between the Las Vegas strip and McCarran ...
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Consumer Reports has put more than 50 knife sets to the test. But what do professional chefs look for in a blade? To find out, we asked Kenji López-Alt, chief creative officer of Serious Eats, whose weekly column The Food Lab ...
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Imagine if your little brother was a top-ranking executive for Interscope Records in Los Angeles. The perks could be almost endless, right? Front row concert seats, backstage passes, the Grammy’s. Well, Chuck Reed is a top-ranking ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Mosaic Mirror Wall
An outdoor kitchen is just for people who really rolling in the dough, right? Wrong! While they're definitely an investment, quite a lot of homeowners have found ways to make outdoor kitchens a reality. Here are three outdoor kitchens that ...
Tags: Kitchens, Outdoor Kitchens, Construction
Coffeemakers or coffee machines are cooking appliances used to brew coffee. Different types of coffeemakers use a number of different brewing principles. The most basic coffeemakers make at least a decent cup. But you might want more ...
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While even the most basic coffeemakers we tested made a good cup of coffee, some features make a machine easier and more convenient to use. Others you won't need. To decide which coffeemaker features you need, consider the list below. ...
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Cree has added to its residential-targeted LED retrofit lamp family with a BR30, while Soraa appoints execs, MaxLite expands its engineering department, and Dialog closes iWatt acquisition. Cree Lighting has announced a 9.5W BR30 LED lamp ...
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Catering equipment manufacturer Burco has launched an innovative ‘Plug and Go’ countertop range of cooking units for chefs looking to make the most of limited kitchen space and reduce overheads. var ...
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Rat meat passed off as lamb meat, dead pigs dumped in the Huangpu river, milk tainted with melamine and rice contaminated with cadmium – living in China, it sometimes seems like our food comes from the infamous factories of Upton ...
Tags: Domestic Firms, Food Safety
Troy Lighting's Chianti Chandelier was inspired by those infamous bottles of dry red cooking wine. Chianti was originally produced in Tuscany, Italy and many of us may remember growing up and our parents cooking with the plump wicker ...
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The Michigan Baseball Foundation (MBF) acquired a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network in the amount of $33,679 for converting lights and occupancy sensors to LED lighting on the exterior and front entries of Dow Diamond. ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED
Have you ever hoped for, or dreamed of installing hardwood flooring into your kitchen or bathroom. The look and feel that hardwood offers just can’t be replicated. Adding that type of ambiance to your kitchen and bathroom would be a ...
Tags: Wood Look Tile, Construction