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5 Entrance Remodeling Tips

KartikaJuly 26, 2024

The US accounts for more than a quarter of the 1.4 billion cars globally to date. If you are a car owner and plan to invest in your driveway to ensure your car drives smoothly to your garage, you need to plan accordingly.

If you are planning to renovate your driveway, you can save time and money by taking the right steps during the planning phase. From material choices to aesthetic styling and lifestyle needs, you should take the time to make a decision.

Driveway renovation is an expensive process, and on average, costs $4,500, according to estimates provided by Forbes. Using concrete or asphalt can help you save on an average of between $3,900 and $4,700, whereas pavers are an expensive option and cost an average of $16,500.

By keeping these five tips in mind, you can be sure that your new driveway will be one of the best

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Ree Drummond Reveals Bold Style Choices Amid New Renovation Project: ‘You Only Live Once’

KartikaJuly 20, 2023

Style mavens! Ree Drummond shared a new decorating hack on Instagram on Tuesday, July 11, after revealing she was renovating her office.

“The dogs will get mud all over this but you only live once,” the Food Network personality captioned a photo of her new space in her Instagram stories.

To add a pop of color to the room, Ree, 54, decided to install geometric floor tiles that perfectly reflect her vibrant personality. The red, blue and yellow hues of the tiles are stunning.

Using primary colors in her projects has definitely become one of Ree’s design signatures since rising to fame on TV in 2011 with The Pioneer Woman. She previously launched a collection of homeware sold at multiple retailers that fuses her love for primary colors and floral patterns.

Ree Drummond shows off new floors in a new home

The chef also shared a glimpse of her

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Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio

KartikaJuly 19, 2023

Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio

Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade, Arch, Windows +18

Text description provided by the architects. The residence is in one of the central areas of Vadodara city. The site is surrounded by many adjacent urban dwellings. The design brief for the house had many memories attached from the client’s side. Now evolving over time, they wanted to experience contemporary modulations in the same space with minimum budget specifications. The house defines dialogue between existing structural grids and new different punctures infused for communication. The design shows a thoughtful approach to addressing challenges inside a built mass, creating opportunities for visually open spaces by adding colorful graphics. As part of climatic considerations, passive design strategies and planning principles have been incorporated.

Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio - Exterior Photography, Brick, Facade, Arch — © 2613 apertures

Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio - Image 19 of 23 — Plan – Ground Floor

Renovation of House / Manoj Patel Design Studio - Exterior Photography, Windows, Brick, Facade — © 2613 apertures

Spaces are extended as per

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Halifax Forum renovation plans push forward

KartikaJuly 17, 2023

Halifax Regional Council is pushing forward with a site and building plan for the possible redevelopment of the Halifax Forum.

On Tuesday night, the council directed the chief administrative officer to provide more details on the potential project, shortly.

“I think we have to bite the bullet on this and get something done,” said Halifax Major Mike Savage.

Two years ago, the cost to tear down and rebuild the Forum facility, which included two rinks and two community halls, was roughly $80 million.

It has now soared to $110 million.

Savage said the city needs to make a decision soon.

“The only thing that scares me more than $110 million today is what it might be in two years if we don’t do something,” said Savage.

Neil Samson has been using the Forum parking lot as a taxi stand for the past 35 years.

When Samson first heard of the

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Home renovation contractor charged with fraud

KartikaJuly 14, 2023

City police have charged a man they say defrauded a couple over home renovation work he was expected to perform for them.

A couple seeking to revamp their northwest Calgary home contacted local firm Envision Custom Renovations in December of last year, say police.

“Between January and April 2023, the victims had several disagreements with the hired contractor, which included the victims being invoiced for sub-contractor materials, several scheduling delays and work not being completed within the agreed upon timeframe,” city police said in a press release.

“In April 2023, the victims discovered the invoices provided by the contractor, that they paid for, were fraudulent and contacted the police.”

It’s alleged the contractor altered and forged the billings by presenting them as subcontractor invoices and collected money through his business.

Police have charged Envision owner Alan Wade Hrehirchuk, 53, with two counts of forgery,

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What New Plans to Renovate Penn Station Could Mean for Its Future

KartikaJuly 11, 2023

If the latest flurry of news around two dueling plans to fix New York’s Pennsylvania Station has left you scratching your head, you’re not alone. Various officials I have spoken with are also fuzzy on details.

The only thing everyone seems to know for certain is that nothing meaningful ever actually happens to improve North America’s busiest and most miserable train hub, despite decades of demands and promises. Hope has long gone to die on the 6:50 to Secaucus.

But now may actually be different.

why?

For starters, because a highly detailed and, at the moment, a clearly superior but unofficial proposal has suddenly emerged to challenge the one that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been slowly pulling together. At the very least, the new proposal, from a private infrastructure developer called ASTM North America, may be the disruption needed to get Albany moving.

Outlined for public officials and widely

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Was This $191,000 Renovation Christina Hall’s Costliest Project?

KartikaJuly 9, 2023

Whether you’re vicariously seeking an affordable starter property on House Hunters or learning how to renovate your primary bath with Erin and Ben Napier, HGTV proves that you don’t need a limitless bank account to make your biggest design dreams come true. So when we happen to see a renovation project that costs a pretty penny—like the $191,000 kitchen makeover on the latest episode of Christina on the Coast—we definitely take notice.

In the season five premiere, Christina Hall was asked by self-proclaimed fellow soccer mom Amy to spruce up her Newport Beach kitchen. The task was simple: Turn a crammed kitchen into an open, airy oasis that emphasizes indoor-outdoor living. Amy and her husband, Scott, initially set a $150,000 budget but—as with most renovations—things happened.

When replacing the kitchen’s tiles with hardwood floors, Hall’s contractor noticed the floor needed to be leveled—which cost an extra $1,800. Then the

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Goethe-Institut Renovation / Yemail Arquitectura

KartikaJuly 2, 2023

Goethe-Institut Renovation / Yemail Arquitectura

Goethe-Institut Renovation / Yemail Arquitectura - Interior Photography +21

Areas:
514 m²
year:

2022
Manufacturers: Arauco, DECORCERAMICA, Incorporation, Mepal, Vidrios & Vitrolites
Lead Architects:

Natalia Carrero, Antonio Yemail

Text description provided by the architects. The renovation project of the Goethe-Institut in Bogota is rooted in the search for a place that would allow the public to experience more than just teaching the German language. How can various forms of cultural exchange be brought together in one place? How can simultaneity be activated amidst difference? How can the intensity of meeting days be revived? How can everyday spaces be established for cooperation?

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Framed Love Sign Made of Matchsticks

KartikaJune 18, 2023

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This fun and easy project is the perfect way to show your love. With just a few supplies, you can create a stunning framed love token made entirely out of matchsticks. This is a great gift for your significant other or a fun decoration for your own home. This is a unique craft idea, you will love making it and displaying it.

match the love tokens on the table with the topiary

Framed Love Messages

Learn how to make a framed love message out of matchsticks and a wooden frame. This is a great DIY project that is easy and fun for anyone to do. The end result is a very unique and sentimental gift that everyone will love.

If you like this, then I know you’ll love Valentine balloons framed with sparkling hearts, or pretty heart wall art made of pistachios.

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The Hatha House: A West Van renovation achieves outdoor bliss

KartikaJune 16, 2023

When a client asks for a guest house that doubles as a yoga studio, and you don’t just deliver – but build something so seamless it looks like it was always there – well, that’s a reward in itself.

But for the dreamy, yogi-approved outdoor space it created in West Vancouver, the CCI-Fairmile Group has won plenty of acclaim, too. Most recently: a Georgie Award for Best New Small-Scale Home up to 1,000 Square Feet, along with two Homebuilders’ Association of Vancouver award nominations.

It took a whole lot of care and planning to match every angle, peak, column and soffit of the new structure seamlessly with the original – a 2015-built, 6,000-square-foot modern-traditional family home – says CCI-Fairmile Group

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