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Founded & Edited by Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP
Founded & Edited by Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP
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PLiNTH & CHiNTZ Milliken Contract always distributes such fun e-cards, and their holiday card for this year is no exception. Since this festive greeting will allow you to jingle your bells, you might want to turn down your computer volume before viewing as not to disturb your cubicle neighbors or freak out your pet. On the other hand,... if you feel the need to shake things up, then crank it up!
www.milliken2.com
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ I think you’ll enjoy an online magazine called SNAP (which stands for Sweets News and Products). It’s the newest publication from McGraw-Hill Construction, who also publishes Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record, and GreenSource. The digital format allows members of the A&D community to click directly on produ...ct links to quickly request information. [Disclosure: I was going to try for some word play, vis-à-vis Sweets and sugar snap peas, but, frankly, my brain is a little foggy from holiday festivities.]
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International Interior Design Association (IIDA) "A Day in the Life of an Interior Designer" via PLiNTH & CHiNTZ http://bit.ly/4AHWvT
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PLiNTH & CHiNTZ features behind-the-scenes information about the real world of interior design, educating students and providing them with resources, while building their relationships with industry manufacturers and design professionals.
December 9, 2009 at 10:31am
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ The December issue comes out today! Get new content alerts directly in your inbox by subscribing to the newsletter
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PLiNTH & CHiNTZ features behind-the-scenes information about the real world of interior design, educating students and providing them with resources, while building their relationships with industry manufacturers and design professionals.
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ If the holidays are overwhelming you and you are living in Los Angeles, then you’re in luck. Rent a Christmas tree by landscape architect Scott Martin, and his company – aptly named The Living Christmas Company – will not only deliver it right to your door, but they’ll also pick up the tree when you’re ready, replant i...t and look after it for you until the next Christmas. How will you know it’s the same tree? A barcode. (On the bark?) Watching your adopted pine grow from year to year can turn into a family tradition
www.livingchristmas.com
Rent a living tree this Christmas and have a live, potted tree delivered to your doorstep.
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ P&C Star Power profile-ee, Lindsey London, let us know that Xerox has a great program this holiday season that allows you to go to their designated website and pick out a thank you card that the copier giant will print out and send to a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq. What a nice way to spread some holiday cheer to those... who are not going to have the opportunity to celebrate with their families at home. Thanks for letting us know about this, Lindsey!
www.letssaythanks.com
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ I don’t know about you, but I think stairs can be incredibly sleek and sexy. One company who deals in some particularly hot risers is da Vinci by Design out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If you are looking for handsome handrails, beautiful balusters, luscious landings and angelic assemblies, check out their treads.
www.davincibydesign.com
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ ‘Tis the season for desert-like, moisture-sucking air that makes your skin flake and your nasal passages ache. You want to drag out the humidifier, but, honestly, they are SO UGLY. Enter Japanese designer loving TAKUMI to save the day with the elegant Chimney III ’08 humidifier, which subtly hides a half-gallon tank in... its demure footprint of a base, stands 43" tall for better moisture circulation, and even doubles as an air purifier. Three other bonuses: it’s almost silent, doesn’t heat up its surroundings, and comes in five colors.
www.idea-in.com
Oskardecor TheShop Please check out my group "The Real Interior Designers of New York City" Thanks
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PLiNTH & CHiNTZ For those of you in the USA, Happy Thanksgiving!
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ In the USA, drywall – a.k.a., gypsum board or (brand name) Sheetrock, which you know already if you reference P&C’s Design Speak glossary – is the foundation of almost every interior build-out, especially in residences. Next year, EcoRock, a drywall alternative that is fully recyclable and requires only 20% of traditio...nal drywall’s manufacturing energy use, will debut. Making it even more attractive: it’s 50% more mold-resistant, creates 60% less dust, resists termites, and contributes to LEED credits. It’s eco-magical.
www.seriousmaterials.com
Traditional gypsum drywall has remained virtually unchanged since its invention over 100 years ago. Our increasingly fragile world requires rapid innovation to meet the changing conditions of our ...
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ Wow. This article titled “Don’t Let ‘Policy’ Overpower Basic Common Sense In Service” that I found in the Kansas City Business Journal about author Hal Becker’s car rental experience will amaze you. Or, unfortunately, maybe it won’t. I’ve had similar maddening experiences with three large corporate customer service dep...artments, and I suspect that you have too. (I won’t name names, but let’s just say that they rhyme with splint, hey bee & bee, and crime corner label.
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Don’t let ‘policy’ overpower basic common sense in service
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ In the past, I have labored many hours stripping down inherited side tables and old courthouse chairs and then carefully painting them with designs influenced by Picasso and animal prints (not at the same time, I promise). As a result, I have the greatest of respect for Purpose, a “creative design and refinishing compa...ny” that pours hours of expert craftsmanship into weathered pieces, repurposing them into one-of-a-kind works. Check out what they already have or talk them about transforming one of your or your client’s ugly ducklings into a stunning swan.
www.theallpurposestore.com
PLiNTH & CHiNTZ Who didn’t want bunk beds as a kid? From a 7-year-old’s perspective, they are the coolest thing in the world. Well, Color&Life, the California manufacturer of kids and teens bedroom furniture, has made them even cooler. Their modern bunk bed “assembly” has steps, hand- and bed-rails, display shelves, and built-in stora...ge. Plus, you can get a coordinating dresser, as well as a desk and chair set. It almost makes me want to go back to third grade. Almost.
www.colorandlife.com
Color & Life provides European style bedrooms designed to delight and inspire the imagination. Our bedroom furniture is very popular with teens, young adults, college bound students, and graduates. We also have a collection for young children.
