Tag: restoration vs renovation

BOE central office renovation nearing | News

Renovations for the Baldwin County Board of Education central office are slated to begin in May and finish in August.

The central office, located off the US Highway 441 bypass, has been in the pre-construction phase since January.

The renovations are set to begin with moving on May 24 and end on Aug. 25.

Last week, the Baldwin County Board of Education approved a $3.62 million bid with a guaranteed maximum price from Garbutt Construction Company of Dublin for the project. The amount covers metal framing, drywall, insulation, electrical work, new audience seating for the board’s meeting room, roofing, painting,

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10 Home Design Trends Your Clients Will Love in 2024

Stylish storage, bolder patterns and textures and colors beyond the whites and grays are expected to shake up home design in 2024. Houzz, a home renovation and design platform, weighs in with its predictions for the home trends gaining traction. Here’s Houzz’s list of what to watch.

Blending the Backsplashes

Backsplashes are becoming a bigger kitchen statement and stretching to new heights. In making the backsplash more of a focal point, designers are installing a slab of stone or quartz behind the range or countertop while keeping the surrounding backsplash in tile. The slab backsplash will usually match the kitchen

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Design news: how to live on water, Issey Miyake and the best of the biennales | Design

Discover the highlights of the upcoming London Design Biennale and a celebration marking 30 years of the Pleats Please clothes line. We also celebrate the joys of living on the waves in this month’s design news. For more stories on architecture, sustainable living and the creative industries, sign up for the monthly Design Review newsletter here.

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London Design Biennale highlights

Tapestry in progress, by the Keiskamma Trust, Hamburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa from Eureka! at LDB Photograph: London Design Biennale

Back for a fourth time, the London Design Biennale at Somerset House will include exhibitions from five continents in

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Small Homes: Top 5 Floor Plans & Designs for Small Houses

According to ABS figures, the average size of new houses built in Australia in 2018/19 was 228.8 sqm. By global standards, this is high. While exact figures are difficult to come by and vary according to source, it puts us right at the top of global house sizes. We generally come in at number one or number two behind the US

In comparison, in New Zealand the average new house size for the same period was just 164.4sqm, the UK’s average was 1590sqm, and in Spain it was 1314sqm.

While high, Australia’s figure of 222.8 sqm was a drop from

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Art Center to start Phase 2 of renovations after reaching $1 million matching gift milestone – The Advocate-Messenger

Art Center to begin Phase 2 of renovations after reaching $1 million matching gift milestone

Published 4:30 pm Friday, March 22, 2024

The Art Center’s new building (left) is undergoing major renovations. Photo submitted.

The Art Center of the Bluegrass’ ArtSee campaign has experienced an overwhelming response, with supporters rallying to meet and exceed the $1 million matching gift from an anonymous donor through Center College.

This significant milestone has been achieved months ahead of schedule, demonstrating the tremendous enthusiasm and support for the expansion project funded by ArtSee.

The expansion project is aimed at transforming a large, historic building

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In the Hamptons, a Modern Home Fit for a Bond Villain

The experimental midcentury-modern architecture of the Hamptons has long been a source of fascination to many in the design world — including Timothy Godbold, an interior designer based in Southampton, NY So in the fall of 2019, when he noticed an unusual modernist house in town listed for sale, he was intrigued.

More intriguing still: It was built in 1973 by Eugene L. Futterman, a name he didn’t recognize.

The 1,700-square-foot home was all angles, with two intersecting, triangular roof planes and a primary bedroom that rose into the treetops like a periscope. But the interior was dated and the

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