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CONCRETE FLOOR PAINT EPOXY. CONCRETE FLOOR
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CONCRETE FLOOR PAINT EPOXY. CORK FLOORING VICTORIA BC Concrete Floor Paint Epoxy
Painted Re-ment Kitchen! I had purchased a brown re-ment fridge, but couldn't stand the color. I spray painted it yellow, but then it classed with my red kitchen unit. So I spray painted that white. I might paint the tile backsplash in the future and I need to repaint the cabinet hardware silver. P1040965 Preparing the concrete garage floor for Epoxy paint. See also: shaw hardwood floors reviews rugs floor lamps dancefloor dominator polyplumb underfloor heating boat floor covering custom chair floor mats concrete floor finishes indoor video dance floor sanding flooring london elka flooring review |
CARDBOARD FLOOR DISPLAY. CARDBOARD FLOOR
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CARDBOARD FLOOR DISPLAY. TERRAZZO FLOOR. EVERY BODY ON DANCE FLOOR 8. Cardboard Floor Display
Harvey Nicks raffia monkey I used to lecture on retail design at Central Saint Martins, London, and Harvey Nicks have achieved what few retail operations attempt - they have considered the visual whole of the main facade. The display windows on each floor are part of a comprehensive and temporary design treatment. And it looks absolutely stunning. I was told they have an Artist in Residence who created these windows. Best retail windows I've seen in years. And a close look at the materials he/she used in the ground floor display reveals inexpensive easily found (and recycled) cardboard and wood off-cuts. Floor Display with hooks Cardboard displays are able to promote your product in a way that other marketing mediums simply cannot. They offer the ability to: • Increase impulse purchases • Provide additional merchandising space • Show vivid graphical communication • Raise brand awareness • Communicate special offers, promotions, product awareness and launches • Create in store theatre • A cost effective temporary display solution • Environmentally friendly and easily recycled • Compact and easy to implement See also: johnson and johnson floor wax novilon flooring killing floor icons granitex flooring laminate flooring maryland wide floor planks installation bamboo flooring |
CHEAP FLOOR TILES UK : TILES UK
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Cheap Floor Tiles Uk : House Design Floor Plans Cheap Floor Tiles Uk
Habitat Cherio!! sympathetic? possibly a little On the 24th June 2011 Habitat announced that it was going into administration. Home Retail Group, owner of Argos and Homebase has announced it will be buying the Habitat brand and three Central London stores. The other stores would continue trading until the end of 2011, or until stock is depleted, but there is nothing set about their future. HRG will retain 100 staff at the London stores and 50 in "brand support", which includes Habitat's furniture designers. It is unclear what will happen to Habitat's other 750 employees, including those at the branches in administration. Terence Conran founded the company in London in 1964, opening his own store to market his Summa range of furniture. The first Habitat store was opened in Fulham Road in Chelsea[3] by Conran, his then wife Caroline, Philip Pollock and the model Pagan Taylor.[4] This store became the Habitat template, with its quarry tiled floor, whitewashed brick walls, white-painted wooden-slatted ceilings and spotlights creating a feeling of space and focusing attention on the product.Conran has said the main reason for the shop's initial success was that Habitat was one of the few places that sold cheap Pasta storage jars just as the market for dried pasta took off in the UK. Botley Oxford 2011 Wikipeadia Vintage Retro 50s Floor Tile Asbestos Kentile Set 001 - Random Tones Set of four, small 3-inch square vintage Kentile vinyl asbestos floor tile sales samples; all dated 1957. See also: buy floor standing speakers vinyl flooring installation non slip bathroom floor cats and hardwood floors laminate flooring with attached underlayment remove floor tile adhesive architectural floor plans homes floating tile floor funky floors |
COPPER FLOOR LAMP. COPPER FLOOR
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Copper Floor Lamp. Interlocking Ceramic Floor Tiles. Copper Floor Lamp
floor torcheire 001 A fabulous floor lamp in chrome, brass, bakelite and copper. The long copper tube with the ball on the end is the switch. I have never seen another one like it- anyone have any idea who designed it? Von Nessen? ANTIQUE COPPER FLOOR LAMP NEWLY REWIRED AND SOCKET INSTALLED . ORNATE OLD WE HAVE THE ORGINAL CLOTH WIRE TO PROVE IT.. PRICE $150 See also: hardwood flooring rochester ny floor covering solutions beech wooden floors electric radiant floor heat systems laminate timber floor marble flooring bathroom wa flooring light laminate flooring evidence of seafloor spreading |
CONCRETE GARAGE FLOOR FINISHES : FLOOR FINISHES
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Concrete Garage Floor Finishes : Jarrah Floorboards. Concrete Garage Floor Finishes
Stamped Concrete Stone Patio[] Stamped concrete overlay, decorative concrete stamping, acid staining, textured concrete overlays, thin stamped concrete, faux finish surfaces - Project Photos from EliteCrete of Michigan Contractors. For the Ann Arbor & surrounding areas, contact EliteCrete trained contractor A2 Faux Flooring & Countertops 734-646-9195 Finished full chip floor Full chip garage floor - job done by American Garage Floor Systems, Barrington, Il 847-382-3567 See also: halogen floor lamp killing floor mutator download reviews laminate flooring reclaimed floor grimsby resin floors finish concrete floor hardwood flooring burnaby flooring engineered top floor brisbane floor vacuums |
DESIGNING FLOOR PLANS FREE - DESIGNING FLOOR
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Designing Floor Plans Free - Diy Radiant Floor Heat. Designing Floor Plans Free
model-monarch-at-ridge-hill-free-parking Monarch at Ridge Hill model of the luxury condominium community in Yonkers, NY. monarch-at-ridge-hill-luxury-condominium-community Rendering of Monarch at Ridge Hill - a new urbanism community in Yonkers, NY. See also: killing floor without steam installing subfloor water seepage in basement floor basement floor cracks floor treatment flooring america inc floor refinish |
FLOOR GRINDING MACHINES. FLOOR GRINDING
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Floor Grinding Machines. In Floors. Villa Floor Plans Bangalore Floor Grinding Machines
Shower location Never send a human to do a machine's job. This shot was pretty difficult to set up since my bathroom isn't that big. And kind of risky as well since my tripod isn't that high. I placed myself in the shower with the camera hanging of the edge of the shower wall. An sb800 on the floor and a desk lamp also hanging of the shower wall edge on subjects right. Feel free to comment. .. Enjoy ! (: Camera Info: Nikon D60 - 18-55mm - ISO 100 - f3.5 - 1/30 sec Strobist Info: Nikon SB800 - 1/4 on ground behind subject Desk lamp on subject right intrepid vending machines wonder if the madness of war when kamikaze planes where where trying to sink the intrepid that the men on the deck ever thought that would be vending machines on the deck where they stood? See also: evacuate the dancefloor cd wilsonart laminate floors buffing wood floors floor plans for bathrooms underfloor heating insulation panels rimu flooring pelvic floor muscle toner flooring products |
DIY TILE BATHROOM FLOOR. DIY TILE
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Diy tile bathroom floor. Bamboo floor floating. Industrial concrete floor coatings. Diy Tile Bathroom Floor
tile installed 7:30PM on friday - 3 days to go. there are a couple spots that aren't 100% lined up. i think they're close but working with an old house makes for a lot of imperfections. the floor is sloped a bit and at least 2 of the walls aren't perfectly straight. i still need to grout. i won't be done this weekend though...i forgot to account for drying time between setting the tile and grouting them. i'm going to switch to a little kitchen work while i wait for the mortar to dry. Tile done! Main field of the bathroom floor. See also: berry laminate flooring warm floors draw my own floor plans epoxy coat garage floor sustainable hardwood floors high velocity floor fans floor sanding machine hardwood floor maple screed floors factory cat floor scrubber parts |
HAAN FLOOR STEAMER REVIEWS. STEAMER REVIEWS
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Haan floor steamer reviews. Bamboo floor store Haan Floor Steamer Reviews
The Steamer Sprague in Port:"The Big Mama of the Mississippi" The Steamer Sprague in Port: "The Big Mama of the Mississippi" The largest and most powerful stern wheel towboat ever launched (318 feet long, 61 feet wide), the steamer Sprague, was constructed in 1901 by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in Iowa for the Monongehela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. The Sprague broke the record for towing when, in 1907, it pushed the largest tow of barges handled by a steam-powered vessel- 60 units, 1,125 feet long, 312 feet wide, and 67,307 tons. Unfortunately it also broke the record for the most tows lost- 53,200 tons of coal above Osceola, Arkansas. In April 1927, the steamer transported human cargo during the massive Mississippi River flood, rescuing an estimated 20,000 people bringing them to Vicksburg. In 1948, the steamboat was decommissioned at Memphis having traveled a distance equal to forty times around the equator and was to be scraped. A reprieve came from the citizens of Vicksburg who purchased the Sprague for use as a floating theater for the melodrama Gold in the Hills and as the home of a river-related museum and the Vicksburg Yacht Club. Affectionately called "Big Mama," the Sprague burned in 1974 and eventually sank in 1979 Steamer Bessie on the Rio Grande River Steamer Bessie on the Rio Grande River loading up at Fort Ringgold, Tex., en route to Brownsville, ca. 1890. See also: best floor jack review cheap tile floor distressed walnut flooring commercial floor buffer office floor plan samples shaw wood flooring reviews garage floor tile |
FLOOR HEAT ELECTRIC : HEAT ELECTRIC
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Floor Heat Electric : Best Wooden Floor Floor Heat Electric
Barn Light Electric Antiques Playing around with some of our antiques at work. I love that light. DSC 2627 Electric cable for radiant floor heat. See also: how do i level a floor killing floor tips and tricks white rubber flooring hardwood floor trade show floor plan how to do floor tiling crack in garage floor vacuum cleaners for laminate floors eco friendly floor plans wilsonart laminate floors |
RUBBER FLOORING ROLLS : RUBBER FLOORING
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Rubber Flooring Rolls : Flooring Rates : Evacuate The Dance Floor Cascade. Rubber Flooring Rolls
Adams MR2 After Multiple Rolls A friends Toyota MR2 after rolling several times through several fields in the early hours of the morning. The car bounced awkwardly after clearing the ridge in the distance, slid sideways through the hedge before digging in and flipping several times. It hit a bank backwards just below the fence to left of the Range Rover and rolled through the next small field just missing the gateposts. Passenger uninjured, driver received a cut where the rear spoiler broke through the rear window and hit him. Roll Cloud Had no idea what this was, just thought it looked cool until I saw something similar on the weather and the dude called it a roll cloud. See also: buffing floors medical floor plans laying floor tiles flooring underlayments miami flooring store garage floor patch sheet vinyl flooring installation vinyl flooring installation |
DANCE FLOOR RENT : FLOOR RENT
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DANCE FLOOR RENT : KILLING FLOOR CRAWLER : RAISED FLOOR CABLE MANAGEMENT. Dance Floor Rent
First Dance No need to rent a dance floor here! Depending on the needs of your event, guests simply dance on the existing wood or black and white marble floor. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lee Photography IMGP7453 - Dance floor buzzin' John and the band get the dance floor filled. See also: liquid hardwood floor refinishing products cheap granite floor tiles hardwood flooring burnaby kempas hardwood floor high speed floor buffers flooring expert blood on the dance floor i heart hello kitty aluminium flooring panels in floors |
TRAVERTINE FLOORS PROS AND CONS. TRAVERTINE FLOORS PROS
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Travertine floors pros and cons. Installing wood flooring. Travertine Floors Pros And Cons
New Travertine Floor Once again Emma and I had a weekend of tiling on our schedule! We started Saturday morning with tiling the back splash for the granite counter that we finished last weekend. That went pretty quickly which was nice. Then came the travertine tile for the floor. We bought 18X18 tiles and planned on cutting them in half to install them in a nicer pattern. Since our floor was pretty small it would have looked odd having such large tiles. Our wet tile saw was on the small size so I had to build a jig to support and cut the tiles in half. It worked ok but wasn't perfect which meant that the tiles were pretty close to being the same size but still a tiny bit off which made it all the more fun for Emma to install. Before we installed the tile we had to seal it so the mortar would not stain it during install. It took a while to dry so we had to wait to start the install for the day. Emma managed to get about 4 rows of the 9 installed on Saturday night before we decided to call it a day. Sunday morning we got up first thing and started with the work again. It went somewhat smoothly but of course had its issues. All in all it went well and we actually managed to get done early in the day and take a long lunch break to eat and relax a bit. We needed it!! travertine floor tile 16" travertine floor tile with 4" deco set with hopscotch pattern. Shower walls 12" travertine set with offset pattern. Inset niche 2"x2" gold travertine mosaic. See also: casino floor plans resilient floors boat floor covering solid acacia flooring hardwood floors sale hardwood floors diy remove paint from garage floor |
GRANITE FLOOR TILES TORONTO. TILES TORONTO
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GRANITE FLOOR TILES TORONTO. FLOOR HARDENERS. Granite Floor Tiles Toronto
Bank of British Columbia - 1889 422 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC. Description of Historic Place: The Bank of British Columbia is an ornate, three-storey Victorian Italianate masonry commercial building. The building has a narrow frontage on West Hastings Street, a one-storey addition to the east and a chamfered corner. Located on a north sloping lot at the southeast corner of Richards and West Hastings Streets, it is a significant landmark within the context of other commercial buildings of a compatible age and scale in downtown Vancouver. Heritage Value: Built in 1889-1891, the Bank of British Columbia Building is valued as an ornate and sophisticated example of the Victorian Italianate style, which was used to convey an image of prosperity and permanence for commercial buildings during the late Victorian era. This is a particularly elegant example of the style, exhibiting a varied articulation of window cases, sill and plat courses, and rusticated ground floor pilasters. The bank was considered to be burglar-proof due to its elaborate vaults, and featured fine interior appointments, such as a Minton tile floor and glass dividing walls between the banking hall offices. The Bank of British Columbia is a significant surviving commission by architect Thomas Charles Sorby (1836-1924), and is notable for its builder, George C. Mesher (1860-1938). Sorby was an English-trained architect who found work in Canada with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), for whom he designed a number of innovative stations. Mesher worked with Sorby in Victoria, and developed a reputation as one of the premier contractors in Victoria. His involvement in this significant project speaks to the generally more sophisticated conditions in the capital city at the time. Furthermore, the building is evidence of the earliest economic development in the province. It was commissioned for the Bank of British Columbia, founded in 1862, just four years after the Crown Colony of British Columbia had come into existence. The discovery of gold in the colony had attracted the attention of a group of British investors, who established the bank in London. The bank became a major lender to the financially struggling colonial government. However, by the end of the century it was unable to meet increased competition, and in 1901 it merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. This building subsequently housed a number of branch banks, including the Bank of Toronto that was located in the one-storey addition to the east. The building's prominent location contributed to the establishment of the Victory Square area as a district of important commercial activity, and as the city's primary financial and corporate district. The Bank of British Columbia was one of the first commercial buildings to be built outside of Gastown, the initial commercial area of Vancouver. The building housed the most modern banking facility of its day, and offices on its second storey for rental to professionals such as barristers. Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program Character-Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Bank of British Columbia include its: - prominent location at the southeast corner of Richards and West Hastings Streets, on a north-sloping lot; built to the property lines - contribution to the streetscape as part of an unbroken streetwall with continuous retail storefronts - commercial form, scale and massing, as expressed by its three-storey height and regular, rectangular plan - flat roof with raised parapets - masonry construction with: smooth finished sandstone ashlar masonry cladding on the first storey facades; high-quality brick facing on the upper storeys on the two main facades; common bricks, in American common bond, on the rear and side facades; intricate carved sandstone detailing; rusticated ground floor pilasters; and granite entry steps and foundation blocks - heavy timber-frame internal structure and wooden ceiling assemblies - exterior detailing, such as the expressed casing around the round arched windows, capped with scrolled keystones and terminating in carved imposts; second-storey sandstone window surrounds comprised of entablatures with straight, triangular and broken pedimented cornices supported by engaged pilasters; third storey decoration, such as continuous sill course, sandstone casings, and pedimented window heads connected by a string course; and dentil moulding string course between first and second storeys - regular and nearly symmetrical fenestration on the street facade and irregular fenestration on the rear: rounded arch windows of three parts above the transom bar and plate glass glazing below on the first storey; segmental arched windows and doorway on first storey of the southwest portion of Richards Street facade; rounded arched windows in pairs and groups of three comprised of fixed, rounded upper frame on the third storey; double-hung, two-over-one wooden-sashes on the second storey; segmental arc Royal Bank of Canada - 1903 400 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. Description of Historic Place: The Royal Bank of Canada, West Hastings Branch, is a two-storey plus lower level Classically-influenced masonry structure, clad with carved sandstone on its two main facades and articulated with arched windows and pilasters. It is located at the southwest corner of West Hastings and Homer Streets, within the context of other commercial buildings of similar age and scale. Heritage Value: The Royal Bank of Canada, West Hastings Branch, is significant as an important component of the early retail and commercial fabric that made West Hastings Streets one of the most prominent commercial streets in early Vancouver. The southward shift of commercial activities that started during the Klondike era provided the stimulation for major commercial development along West Hastings Street. This location was within close proximity to regional transportation facilities and the booming commerce of Gastown. Several major banks, notably conservative in comparison to other businesses, located their headquarters along Hastings Street after the commercial strip was well established. Opened in 1903, the prosperity and rapid growth of Vancouver and the subsequent success of the Royal Bank is evident by the 1909 renovation that nearly doubled the size of this structure. Further, this building is of heritage value as the Vancouver headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1903 until 1931. It incorporated the most modern security features, including a massive reinforced concrete vault with walls 0.6m thick and a steel door with geared combination locking mechanisms, as well as several other secondary vaults. Engineering and structural innovations included reinforced concrete foundations, basement columns, ground floor beams and floor deck, qualifying the building as thoroughly modern and one of the first large-scale uses of poured concrete in the city. After the Royal Bank's new headquarters were completed at the corner of Hastings and Granville Streets, this served as a local branch until 1981, demonstrating the continued growth of the city and the westward shift of the business district. This building is of heritage value as the first classically inspired bank in Vancouver. It marked the point when local financial institutions started to abandon Victorian eclecticism and embrace the Classical Revival style as symbolic of their conservatism, stability and security. The tripartite articulation, with a solid base, giant pilasters, continuous cornice and somber detailing enhance the sense of monumentality and repose. The Royal Bank was a significant and innovative design by local architects Dalton and Eveleigh, who were instrumental in the development of early Vancouver. W.T. Dalton (1854-1931) and S.M. Eveleigh (1870-1947) were highly regarded for the quality of design of commercial and institutional buildings. The original interior decoration was carried out in an Art Nouveau style by James Bloomfield (1860-1951), one of British Columbia's most notable early artists and designers. Significantly, the building was developed and constructed by Vancouver pioneer, Jonathan Rogers, who built several early branches for the Royal Bank, and a number of other buildings in the area, including the adjacent structure to the west. Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program Character-Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Royal Bank of Canada include its: - siting in an area of historic commercial buildings on Hastings Street - contribution to the streetscape as part of an unbroken streetwall with continuous retail storefronts - siting on the property lines, with no setbacks - monumental and imposing commercial form, scale and massing, as expressed by its two-storey (plus basement) height, flat roof, continuous horizontal parapet, rectangular plan and single entry - masonry construction, as expressed by: the rough-dressed granite foundation, granite front steps, rough-dressed sandstone facade with smooth-dressed pilasters, common red brick rear and side walls, and concrete internal structure - Classical Revival influence as evident in the tripartite facade articulation, continuous projecting cornice, engaged pilasters, bands of running Greek key ornament, and entablature with egg-and-dart moulding - fenestration: large ground floor rectangular window openings, original wooden-sash, semicircular upper-level window openings with decorated mullions, some original upper level double-hung one-over-one wooden-sash windows; and segmental arched window openings on the rear elevation - exterior features, such as the front elevation chambers entrance demarked with relief lettering, 'Royal Bank of Canada' in bas-relief on front elevation entablature, and wrought iron security bars over basement windows - surviving interior elements including three bank vaults with heavy, steel and brass, geared combination doors (J. and J. 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OAKWOOD FLOORING - FLOORING
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Oakwood Flooring - Best Wood Flooring For Kitchen - Wood Floor Review. Oakwood Flooring
Oakwood Tower (2) Oakwood, while it is larger than Kirkhope and has the same style of rectangular turrets of opposite corners, does not have a parapet wall. As can be seen from the window arrangements, the tower contains three principal floors below an attic. A number of shot-holes have been provided for the defence of the building. The doorway is arched and has pronounced moulding around it. The iron-studded door opens into a mural lobby, from which there is access to the vaulted basement and to the wide turnpike stair. This stair has an exceptionally thick central newel, reaching as much as tree feet in diameter, which contributes to the inward projection of the stairwell into each floor. The resulting L-shaped space was divided into a small room and a larger room on each floor. The Hall, as usual, is on the first-floor and contains a wide and elaborate fireplace (over 7 feet wide and 5 feet high), three aumbries and a garderobe, as well as four windows to give it all light. Oakwood Cemetery Maj. Harry C. Durston, 68, director and secretary of the Onondaga Historical Association, County Historian, known throughout the state for his activities in historic and civic affairs died at about 5:05 yesterday of a hear attack in the Assiciation Museum 311 Montgomery Street. When the attack came at about 5:00 pm he was seated at his desk. He fell from his chair. William Shattuck, museum assistant made him comfortable on the floor, but he died before University hospital ambulances arrived. Mr. Durston had been under a doctors care for his heart. Maj. Durston was also director of the military records section in teh office of the secretary of teh board of supervisors and had been compiling records of veterans of both world wars. See also: putting down hardwood floors limestone kitchen floor concrete floor companies how to clean floor tile grouting floor scrubber parts underfloor heating for wooden floors herringbone pattern flooring floor treatment laying a parquet floor |
SOFA FLOOR LAMP. FLOOR LAMP
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SOFA FLOOR LAMP. TEAK BATHROOM FLOOR Sofa Floor Lamp
Sofa corner in summerish mood I had promised to post pictures of the little changes around the apartment, and eventhough I wanted to do so during the weekend, I found myself mostly in a mood to spend as much time as possible with my partner and friends, and while there were new pictures posted, they were still in the same fairytale mood of Friday's night last upload. Already Tuesday and it seems to be the right time to talk about works and jobs, so here is a glimpse to what has been happening. A couple of more pictures are following, offering a clearer sight. -> Sofa combination in "L" shape, floor lamp, mini shelf adjusted in the corner, Black& white patterned pillow cover, coffeetable surface, bamboo bowl and wooven round stool (Alseda) from Ikea. -> White pillow with " loads of love" message in golden from h&m Home. Rather a little kitchy, but hope that the overall outcome is still elegant and eclectic. Have chosen golden instead of yellow, to bring the sunshiny feeling of summer and sun inside. -> My ever favorite summer hat from this summer's h&m Garden collection. -> The round wooven bag is usually at the kitchen and holds our potatoes :) -> A collection of vintage books from England, Germany & Spain. -> The wallpaper hung on the wall like a huge papyrous dates back to 1965, is signed and was produced by Albert Van Luit company. -> The white, milky glass candleholder and the honey coloured vase are both vintage. -> The giant wish bone, is a gift from my father. -> Big and smaller paper boats made from vintage music sheets, to add a vacation feel while still in town :) Retro Lamp that I welded QUESTION:: anyone out there know of a Metal Spinner that stocks this "particular" shape? See also: 13th floor elevators easter acid stained concrete floors victorian pine floorboards vinyl tile flooring noisy floor halogen torchiere floor lamp 300w natural floor oil outdoor wedding dance floor flooring america inc floor paint colors |
WHITE WOODEN FLOOR LAMP : WHITE WOODEN
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White wooden floor lamp : Hardwood flooring installation guide : Bathroom tile floor pictures. White Wooden Floor Lamp
home. Alright! I wanted to do this since soooo long, but either I'm out of spare time or it's pitch black outside and light is rare. I don't have lighting equipment, so I'm bound to drag lamps around my flat, hang white shirts everywhere and just try to be creative to get some kind of vibing light going. Without any natural light at all, this will turn difficult surprisingly quickly, as shutter times for these need to be fast. What I hate even more about nightly taken pictures is the need to be quiet as my neighbours will be asleep and walls are thin and patience is short. In the end I managed to get it done but it was a long way again. I should really try other things in the future or my 365's will turn to something like 48's, cos they are a BITCH to do! white kitchen interior luxury kitchen estate home See also: anti slip floor harmonics laminate flooring review building floor plan samples floor medallion wood granite bathroom floors floor finishes uk antique oak hardwood flooring |
TIMBER FLOOR CENTRE AUSTRALIA : TIMBER FLOOR
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Etched Glass Detail of "Villa Alba" - Studley Park, Kew “Villa Alba” is situated at the corner of Walmer Street and Nolan Avenue in Studley Park, in the exclusive inner Melbourne suburb of Kew. In 1862, the daughter of wealthy squatter James McEvoy, Anna Maria McEvoy, married the general manager of Colonial Bank Australasia, William Greenlaw. As a wedding gift, James placed a trust for Anna Maria of “Studley Villa” a single storey Italianate villa amid grounds of about one third of a hectare on the corner of Walmer Street and Nolan Avenue. James himself lived at the larger Italianate mansion of “Studley House” which he had acquired in 1860. “Studley House” adjoinined the “Studley Villa” property. In 1881, the Greenlaw family demolished the existing house whose name had changed from “Studley Villa” to” Villa Alba” in 1870. Built in 1882 on the same site as the old villa, “Villa Alba” is two storeys with a single storey section at the rear. It has rendered masonry walls with ruled ashlar markings and a hipped slate roof with bracketed eaves and tall chimney stacks. There is a central front tower of three storeys with a balustraded top and flagpole. All the windows have arched tops and moulded surrounds and there is massive rendered quoining at the corners of the building and the projecting tower. The entrance is up steps to a central front porch located at the base of the tower and the main rooms are behind the faceted bay windows at either side. The single storey wing houses the service areas and is nestled into the hillside behind a retaining wall. It is the interior of “Villa Alba” which is of particular significance as when the house was remodelled in 1883 William Greenlaw employed Melbourne's foremost firm of artistic house painters and decorators, the Paterson Brothers (Charles, James and Hugh), to paint lavish finishes using stencils, gilding and hand painting on both ground and first floors. In “Villa Alba” at least three main artists were employed and something like thirty different frieze patterns were used in the rooms. The painting schemes are both rich in tone with soft colours and delicate in detail with much use of stencilling rather than wallpapers. Much of the technique of painting used is very complex and included not only stencilling but also chalked pounce outlines with hand painting to merge colours. There are also large areas exhibiting freehand painting. There are a great variety of scenes with both stylised garlands, ribbons, festoons, ribbons and cherubs in the French style of art, as well as panoramic scenes of Sydney Harbour and Edinburgh, Scotland and references to Sir Walter Scott's novels. In the hall frieze, putti can be seen engaged in activities such as photography or cricket. The interior decoration includes ornamental pediments over the timber doors, ornate ceiling cornices, ceiling roses and tiled fireplaces with marble mantles. There is some use of parquet flooring. Complementary and luxurious furniture was also commissioned for “Villa Alba's” decoration. William Greenlaw's penchant for luxury and speculation on the share market to finance his lifestyle finally exceeded his judgement and skill. In 1893 he was declared bankrupt. As “Villa Alba” was not in his name, the family’s occupation of the property was not initially affected by their reduced circumstances. Following her husband’s death in 1895 Anna Maria Greenlaw sold the contents of the house in a two-day sale in 1897 and leased the house. In 1913, Melbourne businessman Samuel Fripp and his family moved in as Anna Maria’s tenants and remained so until her death in 1918. The house remained in the Greenlaw family’s ownership until 1933 when it became the property of Samuel Fripp. When Samuel died in 1936, his sons retained ownership of the house until 1949. “Villa Alba” was finally purchased by the Royal Women's Hospital in 1949 and the Henry Pride Centre of the hospital was built on “Villa Alba's” beautiful gardens along Nolan Avenue. Most of “Villa Alba’s” original outbuildings and almost the entire original garden have been destroyed through development of hospital buildings crowding the main house. At first the villa was used as a nurses' home but was evacuated when cracks appeared in the walls during the building of a new nurses' home adjacent to it. “Villa Alba” was used for several years as accommodation for the caretaker of the Henry Pride hospital. In 1984 the Kew Council, with the support of Mount Royal Hospital, the owners of “Villa Alba”, established a preservation committee. The following year, the hospital granted a twenty-five year lease to the Kew Council (later the Boroondara Council) for the historic house and some land. By 1996 the committee had resolved to establish a museum and resource centre of Nineteenth Century interior decoration at “Villa Alba”. In 1999 after passing through the hands of several hospitals, “Villa Alba” was sold by the St Georges and Inner Eastern Healthcare Network to the Society of Jesus for the use of Xa ID-ed as a Sea Mouse! We found two of these creatures on the sand at Antechamber Bay, Kangaroo Island, as shown on the map. They were stranded at the high tide mark, several metres above the then low tide, within 25 metres of the rocky outcrop at the Northern point of the Bay. Not knowing whether they were free swimming creatures or burrowers of some kind we left the one which was still alive where it was. Thinking one was dead, and not having good enough light to photograph it in situ, I took one back to the house. The following morning, as I moved it into good light I realised there was some slight response to my touch and so placed it on a flat surface and sprinkled some (fresh) water onto it. I hadn't thought to take some sea water. These first four photos are the result. We put a thin layer of water onto a plate and watched, astonished as it began to move quite purposefully from the centre of the plate to the outside edge and then over the edge, lifting (what we assumed to be) its "head" end and turning definitely left (away from the sunlight) and and then slightly towards the sunlight, before proceeding down over the edge of the plate onto the timber table. We returned it to the plate and after some minutes it expelled a dark liquid which shot about 15 - 20 cms from its body and fell past the ledge of the table and in spots onto the floor. We added a little more water and it expelled two more "bursts" of the dark brown liquid into the water. After taking a series of pictures at very quick intervals (which make a staccato "movie" of its movements as described) we took it back to the beach. We had a copy of Dakin's Seashores of Australia (details later) which made us think it a sea cucumber and likely to try to burrow near the rocks, so that's where we returned it See also: floor covering solutions first floor capital wood block floor junckers oak flooring killing floor editor floor steamers consumer reports carbonized bamboo flooring wisteria floor lamp outdoor wedding dance floor noisy floors |
