Archive for June, 2009

Alys Beach Designer Showhouse Preview Party

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We hope you#8217;ll join us tomorrow for the Designer Showhouse for the Arts Preview Party at Alys Beach. Tracery is honored to have been asked to design a room for the Showhouse and we#8217;re looking forward to opening day! Here are the details, courtesy of the Cultural Arts Assocation of Walton County:
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Interior Decoration Suggestions To Follow When Shopping For Trendy Fireplace Screen

You need a fireplace screen to help keep your fireplace safe. They are beautiful in addition to being functional. They come in many different sizes and styles to work well with just about any fireplace and decorating style. There are many different sizes of fireplace opening. Most of the time they will be around 34 [...]

Miami Heritage Directory

The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau is providing a wonderful architecture guide of historic architecture in Miami-Dade. The #8220;Miami Heritage Directory#8221; maps and briefly describes much of the wonderful and historic architecture in the areas around Miami. While Miami is not exactly an old city and the old architecture here does not really compare with a city like Philadelphia, [...] br/br/Related posts:ollia rel=nofollow target=_blank href=’http://www.urbancityarch.com/2009/05/historic-bacardi-building/’ title=’Permanent Link: Historic Bacardi Building’Historic Bacardi Building/asmallThe Miami He/small/lilia rel=nofollow target=_blank href=’http://www.urbancityarch.com/2009/05/church-comes-down/’ title=’Permanent Link: Church Comes Down’Church Comes Down/asmallThe Miami He/small/lilia rel=nofollow target=_blank href=’http://www.urbancityarch.com/2009/03/churches-of-overtown/’ title=’Permanent Link: Churches of Overtown’Churches of Overtown/asmallOvertown nea/small/li/ol

Dallas Sunroom Designs - Design Your Very Own Sunroom

When sunrooms are debated, you almost certainly have a vision that this room is enclosed with a lot of glass. This is actually true as majority of the sunrooms built are roughly 75-90% made from glass. Having a glass sunroom is even more exciting as you get to to behold the wonderful thing about nature [...]

Park Place Condominium in Seagrove Beach, Florida; Interior Design by Cara McBroom

This is a model unit I designed for Park Place. I mixed cottage and modern elements that married the modern finishes with the high demand for a coastal look in this area. In the Master Bedroom, I specified an RDI poster bed, a Palecek tea cart and Arteriors round bedside table. In the second bedroom I converted [...]img alt= border=0 src=http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caramcbroom.wordpress.comblog=6762600post=147subd=caramcbroomref=feed=1/

Park Place Condominium in Seagrove Beach, FL; Cottage Style; Interior Design by Cara McBroom

This is a unit I designed in Seagrove Beach, Florida. Although the finishes in this unit are very streamlined and contemporary, the owners wanted give it more of a beach cottage feel. I accomplished this by using natural, textural finishes, distressed #38; painted woods, linens, glass, and the colors of water. I wanted to really [...]img alt= border=0 src=http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caramcbroom.wordpress.comblog=6762600post=133subd=caramcbroomref=feed=1/

Sanctuary By the Sea Condominium in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida; Interior Design by Cara McBroom

Located in the center of 30A on the Beaches of South Walton, Sanctuary by the Sea is within a bicycle ride of the quaint seaside village of Grayton Beach, less than two miles from WaterColor™ and Seaside™, and just a short drive from Rosemary Beach™. That means you can maintain your privacy and still be [...]img alt= border=0 src=http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caramcbroom.wordpress.comblog=6762600post=117subd=caramcbroomref=feed=1/

Boca Raton Wine Tasting Cigar Smoker

July 15, 2009 (Wed): Experience wine country…the taste, the scent, the colors. Savor old favorites and move on to try new ones, sampling from more than 50 selections; enjoy gourmet hors d’oeuvres to complement the wine, and chat with our wine experts. Each guest receives a souvenir wine glass an[...]

Sophistication at Capital Grille, Boca

August 13, 2009 (Thu): Network with RNI!
LOCATION: 6000 Glades Road Boca Raton, Florida 33431(next to Macy’s at the Boca Town Ctr Mall)COST: $10 PREPAY by credit card / $15 at the door (cash or check)FOLLOW THIS LINK TO PREPAY:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclickhosted_button_id=6312[...]

Why Design Legislation is Bad for Students

Laws regulating the practice of interior design and restricting it to those who have met the pro-legislation cartel#8217;s narrow standards are not in the best interests of the profession as a whole, and particularly not those of current or future students.
According to renowned kitchen design expert Dr. Phyllis Markussen, CKE, CBE, who is a professor [...]img alt= border=0 src=http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nodesignlegislation.wordpress.comblog=7260720post=775subd=nodesignlegislationref=feed=1/