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Coming in March While the world may still be hibernating, the time is right for planning outside projects and we are bringing you some fabulous ideas. Next month, we’ll show-off the potential for your own backyard to shine no matter what your budget. We’re taking three different price-points and exploring the various possibilities for each with dynamic examples to spark your creativity. If the grass is always greener in everyone else’s yard, make sure to read our upcoming run-down on sod, seed and turf selection.

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45th Annual Cathedral Antiques Show The Cathedral Antiques Show welcomes patrons, antique dealers and community members to enjoy this festival full of art, design, decorating and, of course, antiques! From February 4 to 7 at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, take part in a talk and book signing by interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein, an evening with author Julia Reed, a floral design display and a stunning tour of homes. CathedralAntiques.org

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February 13 Valentine’s Day Picture Frame Build & Grow Clinic for Kids 10 – 11 a.m.

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February 12 Couples Cooking for Valentine’s Day 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

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February 20 DIY Cabinet and Furniture Finishing Course 1 – 4 p.m.

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February 27 Introduction to Home Staging Emory University/Executive Park 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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A Feel for Texture Previously, choosing flooring meant picking a material—tile, hardwood, carpet, etc.—and selecting a color. However, today’s unique flooring options are taking those materials to a new dimension. “Now, texture is a design element that is as important to clients as color,” Anzures says.

“This applies to tile, hardwood flooring and carpet. A client may want hardwood flooring in a chestnut color; that color may be available in a gloss finish, wire brushed, hand-scraped or a matte finish.

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Second to wood are visuals representing stone or stone looks.”

Even carpet is getting into the act through the use of “cut and loop” carpeting. “A ‘cut and loop,’ also called an LCL, is a carpet with both looped fibers and cut fibers constructed in a pattern or design,” says Elisabeth Stubbs, owner of Enhance Floors & More in Marietta. In addition, as homeowners become more aware about the chemicals in certain flooring materials, many are opting for wool carpeting. “This is a product that never really went away,” Stubbs explains, “but there is more interest now because it’s a more natural product.”

Laying Some Groundwork Hardwoods continue to reign supreme with area homeowners. “Hardwoods are going everywhere these days,” Anzures contends. “Here in Atlanta, most homes are surrounded by trees. Homeowners incorporate natural elements into their interior design by installing hardwood flooring on the ceiling and walls.

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I love the look of wide plank rustic wood flooring as an accent wall.” Anzures goes on to note, “Hardwoods have transformed from utilitarian strips of wood to works of art. Planks have gotten much wider over the years. Clients are [now] asking for 8- to 12-inch (width) planks of hardwood flooring.”

Many homeowners also are finding renewed interest and value in their existing flooring materials, such as the older homes with parquet flooring. According to Anzures, “In recent years, people were eager to tear it out and replace it with something more modern. Lately, more clients are having the parquet refinished with updated colors.

They are preserving some of that classic flooring rather than discarding it.”

Of course, in addition to design, homeowners continue to seek out flooring that matches their active lifestyles. “A floor that is high in durability and fashion but low on maintenance and ease of care seems to be the clear choice for most purchases,” Minkoff says. “It is just as important to make sure the flooring product is the right choice for the application in the way of wear, traffic, lighting style and kid-and pet-friendliness.”

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pattern layouts are done with some old favorite flooring products,” Minkoff says. “Laying wood or tile in a chevron or herringbone pattern, turning subway tile vertical rather than horizontal, panels of mosaic tile on one wall of a shower rather than an accent row all the way around the shower— clever ways of changing an old favorite.”

Flooring materials no longer are just a backdrop for designing a space; instead, flooring is now treated as a key component in that overall design. And as flooring materials continue to evolve into more beautiful and durable products, their selection gains more prominent focus as an important interior design choice for homeowners to consider.

RESOURCES Authentic Reclaimed Flooring | AuthenticPineFloors.com Daniels Floors | DanielsFloors.com Enhance Floors & More | EnhanceFloors.com Florida Tile | FloridaTile.com Kandrac & Kole Interior Designs, Inc. | Kandrac-Kole.com MODA Floors & Interiors | MODAFloorsAndInteriors.com MOSAIC Group [Architects & Remodelers] | MOSAICGroupAtlanta.com Myers Carpet | MyersCarpetAtlanta.com AtlantaHomeImprovement.com

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OUT: Disconnected outdoor “rooms” with pool separate from other landscape elements IN: Pool as an integral part of outdoor living space—perhaps with a dining area, bar, fireplace and media center OUT: Cookie-cutter, pre-designed pools IN: Custom creations using computer-assisted design and 3D modeling programs Pool and landscape designed together to best reflect architecture of home and personal aesthetic of homeowner, includes freeform pools as well as contemporary and formal designs OUT: Simple infinity pool with a single disappearing edge IN: Vanishing, negative edge or knife-edge pool with full-perimeter overflow Precise geometry and contemporary lines OUT: Basic kidney-bean shaped pool IN: Natural pool systems mimicking ponds and lagoons, complete with environmentallyfriendly filtration systems, companion greenery and rock formations OUT: Entry steps or ladders IN: Beach-style sloped entry with lounging ledge OUT: Complex maintenance systems IN: High-tech pool features controlled from smartphones and tablets adjust timers, features, temperature of water, lighting for pool and surrounding landscape OUT: Single-speed pumps IN: Energy-efficient, variable-speed pumps

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“Pro-mance” s n e Homeowners and Contractors Connect for Happy Remodeling

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With February being the month of love, it’s fairly common to find the spotlight on couples — from tales of their romantic connection to wistful musings on their perfect pairing.

When it comes to the design world, the harmonious pairing of homeowner with contractor makes the difference between blissful building and renovation remorse over a project gone wrong. Finding that special someone to handle the job is possible when you set realistic expectations and communicate your needs effectively.

“As the homeowner, it makes sense early on to check references of a contractor that you’re considering for a project,” says Steve Markey, a senior associate with Atlanta’s Harrison Design Associates, which creates luxury custom residences, townhomes and specialty commercial projects. A few steps beyond reference checks, “visit the reference houses if at all possible to see the finished work,” Markey suggests.

“Don’t be embarrassed to look closely at the details. If some workmanship looks bad to you, then your bar may be higher than someone else’s. You need to find a contractor whose standards can meet your own.”

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A match made in Homeowners Alan and Shirley Raby wound up with their renovation match made in heaven, thanks in large part to designer Jill Weber, founder of Kitchen Connections LLC in Alpharetta. The couple remodeled their 1970s-era home, tackling major changes to the kitchen, the downstairs hallway and two bathrooms, as well as updates to their existing family room.

Raby says he and his wife found a successful partnership with Weber—a designer who, following the Raby renovation, received her contractor license—in large part because of her tell-it-like-it-is approach.

“She’s very honest, very upfront,” he says. “She was extremely concerned that our project would be done right.

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He says they played a part, too, by making sure to ask questions and to speak out when they had something different in mind for what was planned.

“Once the project starts, you shouldn’t get in the way and slow them down,” says Raby. “But, by the same token, you should go in there and look every now and then and see what they’re doing.” He continues, “You need to state your case in a strong way.”

The bottom line, handle it gracefully, he says.

Alan and Shirley Raby

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Beverly and her husband moved into the home before renovations got underway. They were excited to finally begin work on their project and prepared an ample budget to do so. They ended up paying around double that amount by going with a “close family friend who had done smaller projects” for them over the years. “We trusted him to take on this larger project.”

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contractor became undependable as he worked erratically throughout the home without successfully completing any one area. They went through their budget and still faced major expense to wrap up the remodeling project that Beverly laments “dragged on for seven months.”

From March to September 2015, “it was a little bit of a nightmare,” she says, with the exception of one reliable subcontractor that the previous contractor had brought on board. That was the one good thing, she believes, that came out of the association with her original contractor.

In October, the couple signed on with a new contractor, Atlanta-based Just Call Jeffrey, who had been referred by friends. Now, they are on track to complete their project by the early part of 2016.

It includes the installation of a new master bath, kitchen and guest bathroom. Other renovations include an additional 1100-square-foot deck that wraps around the side to the back of the home, California-style landscaping, a waterfall in the atrium, industrial-grade windows, new hardwood floors, natural slate tile in the kitchen, dining room and bathrooms and installation of designer shades and fixtures. There’s also cable fencing around the deck, metal fencing and a metal roof.

“I’m not sure we would have done it had we known what it was going to cost upfront,” Beverly reveals, “but now we’re glad we’ve gone through it. We love it. We’ll grow old here. It’s exactly what we want.”

If she were starting all over again, Beverly says she’d make sure to check references for the contractor as well as insist upon “a really good contract that had a timeline on it and a way to enforce that.”

As the president and design director for her own home-based company, Ridge Creative Inc., Beverly also acted as design architect on the project, but says going forward she’d hire a design team.

“I think I would have hired an architect to help buffer some of that,” she notes.

Still, today Beverly can smile about it all. She says, “This project ended up being everything we thought it would be and much more.”

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