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Caution! Wet Paint can be tricky!: December 2012
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Wet Paint can be tricky! General discussion and topics related to painting. From how to and what not to do. What it costs and why, How long it takes and why. The pitfalls of doing it wrong! What to look for in a contractor, how to properly evaluate them. Visit our web pages below! Links to Quality Painting Systems customer pages. Take a look at our Photo Gallery. See what our customers think of us. Request a free painting estimate. Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Sharing a great Picture. Who did the painting?
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Red Tile Style: February 2015
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, February 9, 2015. MONEY OUT THE WINDOW. Talk about misplaced priorities: In the name of saving energy, many people think nothing of spending tens of thousands of dollars on replacement windows. But at the same time, they’ll willingly limp along with an obsolete furnace whose replacement would have a far greater payoff, dollar for dollar, on both their utility bills and their home’s comfort. In the same house, however...
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Red Tile Style: April 2014
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, April 21, 2014. A VISIT TO FADSVILLE. Topnotch tract houses of the 70s offered buyers the “conversation pit”- a sunken area ringed with upholstered seating, and often equipped with a fireplace as well. Here, guests would presumably chat it up while lounging around in polyester suits. Alas, nothing kills natural conversation like being urged to engage in it, and the conversation pit barely outlived...I could go on cit...
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Red Tile Style: THINK SMALL
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. In America, bigger is always better, right? Our cars, our accomplishments, even our personalities have always been outsized. But the fact is that bigger ain’t always better- at least not when it comes to our houses. My friend's dot-com millions bought him. A home much like this one. Whenever I visited, he’d withdraw either. To the garage, where all his guy stuff was stashed, or. The real one was demo...
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Red Tile Style: SEEKING SALVATION Part One of Two Parts
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, January 26, 2015. SEEKING SALVATION Part One of Two Parts. Suppose there was a place you could buy high quality building products at fire sale prices, and do it in the greenest possible manner to boot? Well, there is such a place- it’s your local architectural salvage yard. If you can live with a few little nicks and scratches, you may be amazed at the bargains you come across. A good architectural salvage yard.
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Red Tile Style: August 2014
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, August 25, 2014. OCTOGENARIAN ARCHITECTURE (Part 2 of 2 Parts). Author's note: I've was in China for the summer and was unable to post the blog due to the PRC's blocking of Google. Thanks to all for patiently awaiting this long-deferred Part 2.). Curiously, this period of uncertainty in Stone’s life- coming at an age when most people are mulling retirement- instead marked an upturn in his career. He was awa...A perso...
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Red Tile Style: SEEKING SALVATION: Part Two of Two Parts
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, February 2, 2015. SEEKING SALVATION: Part Two of Two Parts. Is this the porch lamp. You've been looking for? Last time we paid a visit to the architectural salvage yard- a place where, if you’re diligent, you can find quality building materials that are cheaper and greener to boot. Today we continue the shopping list with more potential bargains, though they may require some careful vetting first. 8226; Lastly, note ...
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Red Tile Style: April 2015
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. In America, bigger is always better, right? Our cars, our accomplishments, even our personalities have always been outsized. But the fact is that bigger ain’t always better- at least not when it comes to our houses. My friend's dot-com millions bought him. A home much like this one. Whenever I visited, he’d withdraw either. To the garage, where all his guy stuff was stashed, or. The real one was demo...
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Red Tile Style: January 2015
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, January 26, 2015. SEEKING SALVATION Part One of Two Parts. Suppose there was a place you could buy high quality building products at fire sale prices, and do it in the greenest possible manner to boot? Well, there is such a place- it’s your local architectural salvage yard. If you can live with a few little nicks and scratches, you may be amazed at the bargains you come across. A good architectural salvage yard.
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Red Tile Style: October 2014
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News and Notes from the Authors of the Standard on Spanish Revival Architecture. Monday, October 27, 2014. A while back, I had a chance to walk through a wonderful old villa designed by one of the top California architects of the 1920s. The house was a lyrical Spanish Revival design, carefully integrated into its hillside site, and surrounded by pools, gardens, and terraces designed by an equally famed landscape architect of the era. How some folks remodel a beautiful old home. Of course, neither of thes...