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Effortless Escape
In the tradition of the East Coast compound where family gathers with friends for rest and relaxation, this 6,824-square-foot vacation home will beckon its fortunate future owners lakeside with the promise of weekends - or longer - spent enjoying the o...
Design
Technology-Friendly
Every one custom builder Dave Brewer's projects begins with an impressive inventory of high-tech features as standard, including structured wiring; a central distribution facility for telecommunications; security and monitoring systems; and a distribut...
Design
Delightful Illusion
The owners of this custom residence in Kenwood, Calif., can transport themselves from the urban setting of their primary residence in San Francisco into surroundings that were painstakingly planned and crafted to evoke the charm and character of a vill...
Design
Personal Touch
The five-bedroom, Mediterranean-style home has everything the upscale Gainesville, Fla., buyer market could ask for, including 12-foot ceilings, a sunken wine cellar and a lavish master retreat, plus a 45-foot free-form pool with two sheer descent foun...
Marketing & Sales
Window-Shopping for a House
When does a 6,000-square-foot, $2 million house get built in nine weeks? When it's built into storefront space at Somerset Collection, a high-end shopping mall in Troy, Mich.
Building Materials
Neo-Metro Cerine Suite
The new Cerine Suite from Neo-Metro combines solid wood with 16-gauge stainless steel fixtures and includes a vanity, a two-piece toilet, a tabletop vessel and a double-wall insulated soaking tub.
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Custom Tiles Bring Images to Life
Bring the feel of Tuscany to your kitchen or Hawaiian waterfalls to your bathroom with Images In Tile's custom tile murals.
Building Materials
TimberGrass Bamboo Floors
TimberGrass' bamboo floors are created with a bamboo species called Moso and come in site-finished and pre-finished strip flooring and pre-finished wide-plank floors, panels and veneers.
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Fireorb Suspended Hearth Fireplace
The Fireorb suspended hearth fireplace burns wood and can be installed in any room of the house. It rotates 360 degrees on a stainless steel ball-bearing revolving system, creating an atmosphere where people can actually gather around the fire.
Business
Up in the Canopy
One tends to equate Florida with palm trees, but for Home & Condo magazine's 2004 Dream Home in North Naples, Fla., the landscape architect thought oak trees - eight live oaks.