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Chromatic Virtues
Color is amazing.  It provides us with some of greatest opportunities we ever have to create spaces that are emotionally evocative and visually compelling - yet it is also one of the most difficult design details to understand and put to good and effective use. Trouble is, there's no easy way to simplify the challenge:  Color is indeed a tough nut to crack, and that's as true for architects, artists, fashion designers and the people who choose colors for new
Beginning with the Finish
Back in August 1989, I experienced my first day in a brand-new job covering pools and spas for one of the industry's trade magazines.  My first assignment:   attend a meeting of
Pebbles, Pozzolons & Polymers
One certainly  emerges from all the discussions that have taken place about swimming pool plaster over the past several years:  The product has had plenty of room for improvement. Among the complaints has been that traditional white-plaster pool finishes simply haven't kept pace with the rising expectations of owners, who increasingly want their pools, spas and waterfeatures to be entirely forgiving when their lifestyles limit the time they can spend on maintenance and upkeep.  In that environment, in fact, traditional