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Elite Home Theater Seating Now Offering Sleek Styling to High-End Clientèle
Elite Home Theater Seating specializes in hand-made, custom home theater furniture. Today they announced the launch of their newest themed theater line -- a Batman "Bat Cave" themed theater that exemplifies the company's creativity.
How to Buy a Powerful Home Theater
Thanks to advances in modern audio and video technology, more and more people are becoming home theater enthusiasts. And while some home theater system owners approach their systems as if money is no object, this is certainly not an option for most would-be home theater owners. Luckily, the recent advances in technology have also made home theater equipment even more affordable, allowing even those on a limited budget to buy a powerful home theater system as long as you know what to look for.
Use A Contractor For Intricate Kitchen Remodeling
ALmost everyone who undertakes some sort of improvement project on their home will end up using a contractor at some point. Although most of the jobs may be manageable by a handy individual, at some point expertise is going to be called for. Take, for example, kitchen remodeling. Although some jobs such as installing new sinks and new tile can be handled quite easily by the average handyman, installing cabinets is something that requires the sure hand and experience of a pro. The rigth contractor is worth every single penny she charges, but the wrong one can turn your project into a money draining nightmare. Here are some ideas when it comes to selecting a good contractor.
Home Remodeling Materials
Home Remodeling may or may not include flooring. The choice of flooring material available is quite impressive. The very choice of such a wide range of products makes the business of choosing comparatively easier. But it's a Herculean task to decide upon a type of flooring that's close to the budget and preference.
In the Home Theater Seating Market SeatsAndChairs.com Stands Out
With the worlds largest inventory of new and used home theater chairs, SeatsAndChairs.com serves the home theater market like no one else. With their free home theater hotline anyone can get answers from their home theater seating experts.
Getting your perfect home theater system
There comes a time in everyone's life in this modern world that we live in that we all must break down and finally purchase our very first home theater system. Prices on home theater systems have dropped tremendously allowing the regular people to be able to afford these awesome visual and audio systems.
How to Place Home Theater Speakers
You have your television and home theater receiver; you just bought your new speakers and subwoofer and are ready to test things out. It's time to break out the measuring tape because precision is vital to achieving the full potential of your home theater system.
What You Should Know About Kitchen Remodeling
Whether you choose to hire a professional or you choose to do it yourself, remodeling your kitchen can sound easy enough; after all you can decide on a d?cor and then go buy the appropriate kitchen sink and appliances to match right? Well there?s just a bit more to it than that. Here?s what you need to know about kitchen remodeling.
When Home Remodeling Requires A Professional
Sure, there are times when you can do some basic home improvement on your own, or with the help of a friend or your spouse. However, there are times in home remodeling that you will need to hire a professional for the task. After all, you don?t want to make a bigger mess instead of fixing something. Take a look at these areas of work that you will need to call a professional for.
2007 Home Theater Installation Company Of The Year
HD Installers: Home Theater Installation Wins the 2007 Home Theater Installation Company Of The Year. HD Installers with its proven record of excellence in home theater, plasma television, LCD television installation service has won the Home Theater Installation Company of the year by winning every state as the best installer in the nation. A first since Planet Installation launched the award HD Installers beat out every company across the U.S. in every state, for customer service and value.
Homeowners Believe Green Building Costs More Than Traditional Home Remodeling Practices
ReliableRemodeler.com releases the last survey in a series of research results on green building and home improvement trends.
Key Bathroom Remodeling Ideas
One of the simplest ways to start planning your bathroom remodeling is to tour other bathrooms to get bathroom remodeling ideas. Pay attention to what you like and don't like.
Analog Devices' Audio and Video Technologies at Center of New Yamaha Digital Home Theater Receivers : ADI's Blackfin Digital Signal Processing Inn
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced that Yamaha Corporation (TOKSE 7951) is using ADI?s Blackfin® processor and three ICs from the Advantiv? advanced television solutions portfolio to drive high-end functionality, flexibility and intuitive operation in three audio video receivers (AVRs) from its 2008 line. In addition to providing and integrating Blackfin and Advantiv advanced television solutions components that enable true-to-life audio and video, ADI collaborated with Yamaha to engineer additional turnkey functions including HDMI? (High-Definition Multimedia Interface?) repeater capability and a Blackfin-controlled user interface.
How to Select a Video Display for Your Home Theater
First of all, don't assume you need a huge video screen in your media room. If your screen is too large, visual fatigue will detract from your theater experience.
Selecting A New Home Construction Builder Or A Remodeling Contractor
The whole point of having a new home construction builder or remodeling contractor is to ensure that you have a quality job done. To accomplish this, you need to know how to look for the right people. By knowing how to find the right people, you will have less problems and stress during the project.
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Nation?s First Green Residential Remodeling Guidelines Launched
New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) March 14, 2008 -- The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today launched the nation?s first green residential remodeling guidelines at a press conference during INTERIORS 08: The ASID Conference on Design, held in New Orleans.
Organized into the ten most common remodeling projects, the REGREEN Guidelines (www.regreenprogram.org) are designed to provide professionals and homeowners with resources and tools to green their home remodeling projects. The guidelines can be applied to a variety of projects, from remodeling a kitchen to executing a full-scale renovation.
"Green homes are fundamental to leading healthier, more sustainable lives," said Victoria Schomer, ASID, LEED AP, interior designer and principal of Green Built Environments. Schomer was on the team to develop and write the REGREEN program. "In America , we spend a startling 90 percent of our time indoors. Home interiors have a profound effect on ourselves and our families, and the interior design professional has a central role in making them healthier and green."
?Consumers overwhelmingly want greener homes, and the REGREEN Guidelines will help by showing them how,? said Michelle Moore, Senior Vice President, U.S. Green Building Council. ?Surveys show that not having enough good information from trusted sources has been a huge obstacle. The REGREEN Guidelines empower people with practical information about how to green projects ranging from kitchen and bath renovations to deep energy upgrades.?
The market for residential remodeling is massive, topping $200 Billion per year, and is projected to nearly double within five years due to the aging of our housing stock. The median age of U.S. housing stock has topped 30 years, and homeowners are increasingly considering family health and well-being, skyrocketing energy costs, and the environment when planning home improvements.
?You can start greening your home without spending a lot of money just by getting informed,? continued Moore, of USGBC. ?Weatherization projects can save energy and lower your utility bills, which also reduce your Carbon footprint. Similarly, choosing low-VOC paints, flooring, and adhesives eliminates bad-smelling toxins and creates a healthier home.?
The REGREEN guidelines are accompanied by case studies, and address the major elements of any green renovation project, including the site of the home, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources, and indoor environmental quality.
To access the guidelines visit www.regreenprogram.org or www.thegreenhomeguide.org. Additional electronic resources will be available online starting in early summer with a comprehensive educational lineup for the interior design, contractor, and consumer to follow.
Note: If you will be at INTERIORS 08 in New Orleans and would like an in-person interview, please contact Taryn Holowka, tholowka @ usgbc.org, or call 202-243-8743.
About ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is a community of people?designers, industry representatives, educators and students?committed to interior design. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people?s lives. Its more than 40,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. www.asid.org.
About USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations. Since UGSBC?s founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 14,500 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED® green building rating systems, an expansive educational offering, the cutting-edge Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a network of 72 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org.
Contact
Korenna Cline, ASID, 202.675.4441; kcline @ asid.org
Lizzie Hanner, ASID, 202.675.4450; lhanner @ asid.org
Ashley Katz, USGBC, 202.742.3738; akatz @ usgbc.org
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