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Aquamasters USA (Cockeysville, Md.) offers the Flowmaster 3-inch Commercial Drain System, a removable-top, deck drain…
Fountain People (San Marcos, Tex.) offers the LOTUS bronze escutcheon, a wall-mounted fitting featuring a…
Coolaroo (Altamont Springs, FL) offers the Ready-to-Hang Shade Sail, designed to provide flexible shade-creating solutions.…
Charging a fee for design work is one of the foundations of true professionalism across multiple disciplines. That's why Michael W. Nantz won't give away his watershape ideas, partly because it's a solid revenue stream, but also because it builds up a base of pride and self-esteem.
By Jim McCloskey The weather has taken a turn toward heat in the time since I wrote my last blog: It's been in the 90s several times recently, and it reminds me of an even hotter stretch early in May 1989, when we moved into our current house and settled in as a family with our first swimming pool. When we arrived with our
Tension Structures (Cerritos, CA) makes tensile fabric structures with a variety of free-form canopy designs…
Who says you have to live in the Rockies to get the perfect mountain home? These clients are living that dream just outside Kansas City, Mo. Not long ago, they purchased land north of the Missouri River near Smithville, a rural outpost known for its rolling hills, plentiful trees and tobacco farms. It's a place where relatively low-cost land is still available, and people have started buying acreage and building their
Tile Tech (Vernon, CA) has released information on its Porce-Pave line of architectural pavers. Made…
The modern concept of "outdoor living" took hold a long time ago - the very first time a homeowner set up a barbecue grill somewhere near the backyard pool, then figured out a way to enjoy a family meal al fresco. This sort of casual and mostly seasonal approach held on for decades, but approaches to outdoor living took a giant leap forward in the 1990s, when swimming pools started being joined in increasing numbers of backyards by
