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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge Announces Forthcoming Resignation

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has said that she intends to leave office later this month



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Custom Builder to Talk Color Design with Becki Owens at IBS

At this year's IBS, renowned designer Becki Owens will sit down with host James McClister, editor of Custom Builder, to discuss a variety of topics from basic color play in design to the Allura Spectrum palette, a collection of Sherwin-Williams colors curated for the benefit of pros


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A Service Business

Custom builders are finding allies in a new place — their suppliers. A few short years ago, the residential construction industry seemed to be focused on removing what they thought were unnecessary costs from the supply chain. The impulse was being driven by the national builders, who were trying to leverage their buying power to create economies of scale.

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Product Review

  Sprint     Sprint and Motorola have partnered to offer the i930, a phone featuring the Windows Mobile…

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Streets of Gold

Weave is Walker Zanger's new mosaic tile line. Crafted from hand-poured glass, Weave is characterized by its iridescent patina finish. This glass mosaic tile is offered in four different styles: straight set field, offset field, basket weave field and montage pattern field. The tiles come in three sizes: 1 × 4, 1 × 2 and 1 × 1-inch tiles; and in eight solid colors with several mo...

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Scandinavian Timber

SPEKVA offers a range of solid wood worktops for the kitchen and bath. There are 22 different wood types and five product lines to choose from. The product lines, Royal, Luxus, Classic, Standard and Endgrain, vary by stave length and configuration. Additionally, Spekva offers 10 worktop finishes, 10 upstand joints and 17 front edged finishes.

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Turn Up the Lights

Jackson is Kichler's new addition to its contemporary lighting collection. This chandelier is designed with antique, umber-etched upturned shades. It has an "olde iron" finish.

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Stately Lighting

Bellacor lighting has a new, old-world chandelier, the Worthington. This Victorian designed light fixture has 15 fabric-paneled mini-shades in a three-tiered layered design. The hardware is a blend of antique nickel and argent brass finishes. The Worthington weighs 55 lbs. and measures 44 5/8 × 48 5/8 inches.

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Rainbow Lighting

Karnak is Derek Marshall Lighting's new wall sconce design. The Karnak wall sconce is crafted from black iridescent glass fused on top of the white opal glass, like metal armor. This sconce has a special metal coating which gives the glass an iridescent look. This tapered, modern light fixture measures 6½× 15½× 4 inches.

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Decorative Lights

Bear Creek Glass has created new, hand-blown glass pendant lights to match its glass bowl sinks. These bathroom lights are offered in solid colors or frosted designs with swirl or speckled patterns. The solid colors include ruby, amber, cobalt, pink and ice blue. These hand crafted fixtures measure 6 × 4½ inches.

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Illuminating Birds

The Old California Lantern Company has a new lantern family, the Baldwin Avenue Series. Designed to showcase the distinctive peacock, this copper hand-crafted lantern has a bronze roof with art glass panels. There are heart-shaped accents designed into the Peacock's tail feathers and the loop for the chain link.

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