Woodside Residence

This Arts-and-Crafts design by Visbeen Associates was built by Holwerda Homes and is a perfect vacation property. Including the guest suite it has 4 bedrooms, 3 kitchens and tons of living space perfect for family gatherings or private retreat. By the way, this home, built in Northern Michigan, is for sa...

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Modern Pendants from Lights Up

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you'll know that we have a soft spot for pretty, colorful things. We love decor that is fun, happy, and bright.Our sales rep emailed us yesterday about Lights Up, a lighting company based out of New York. We love the line and thought we should share it with you. They make pretty, colorful pendants, which are really inexpensive and really fun. Lightsup's lead time is 10 days. The fabric can be customized.Here are some of our favorites:The fabric selection is adorable. Here are a few (you can see the rest on the site).These pendants, as we mentioned previously,...

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Great Lake Story

I hope you're following Great Lake Story in Michigan Blue magazine and enjoying Jim & Susan Buda's captivating journal entries. In Blue's Winter publication the journal entry refers to the sketches Wayne Visbeen drew in the first five hours of their initial meeting. They are attached below:Initial Concept Front SketchInitial Concept Rear SketchInitial Concept Side SketchInitial Concept Driveway SketchInitial Main Level SketchInitial Upper Level SketchInitial Concept Lower Level SketchInitial Concept Family RoomInitial Concept Kitchen SketchInitial Concept Lower LevelInitial Concept Billiards...

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About Us

The year was 2001. We were working in sales for one of those high-tech software companies in Silicon Valley. This was the year of the dot-com boom. The Internet was taking off and people were making money left and right.We had a little money to play with and decided to decorate our own house. Mind you, we knew nothing about decorating then. We proceeded to waste a lot of money from overpaying for furniture, hiring worthless interiors designers (note: not all interiors designers are worthless, just ours) and whatever else. It was a complete disaster.So we proceeded to find our own sources for decorating,...

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Three Very Glamorous Chandeliers

You probably think that we are being lazy when there are only "three" items on our list instead of ten. What is it about lists that always have to have ten items in it anyway?So we are going to buck the trend by only have three items in our list. Mainly because right now there are only three chandeliers that we think are worth mentioning, and the other reason is, well, we really are lazy today. It's been a long week.We promise to bring it to ten eventually.Here are our three favorite chandeliers this week. We like them because they make such a statement without being too expensive (they run about...

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Colorful Upholstery Furniture from CR Laine

One of our biggest complaints about American furniture manufacturers is how BORING their furniture can be. Year after year you see this same old stuff--they call it classic but we think they are just unimaginative. We're talking about brown, dark wood furniture, heavy upholstery in taupe and cream, plain styling. The sad thing is, 80% of households have this stuff. Why? Because we don't have lots of choices.So we were really happy to see some colors this seasons from some of the old-school uphoslterers. They are finally getting it! Who wants to be surrounded by drab all the time! Give us some...

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Careerline Tech Center

The Building Trades program of Careerline Tech Center purchased a plan from Visbeen Associates and their students worked to build the house. Students do the rough and finish carpentry on the house, as well as the roofing, insulation, siding and concrete work. They build the deck off the back of the house and install all windows and doors. Congratulations to these students on a job well do...

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Cara Tepat Teknik Pengecoran Beton

Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement krikil (split), which is a construction sala very important in building the structure, function of the concrete is urged to hold power, so in making concrete work should be considered carefully, in order to achieve the quality of concrete in accordance with expected.PREPARATION Before making concrete begins, all equipment and transporter mixing concrete should be clean, before the concrete casted in locations to cast dirt must be cleaned of dirt.Stirring Mixing concrete on the quality of concrete, but the quality of Bo, should be done with a mixing machine,...

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Six Great Decorating Web Sites

We love decorating web sites as much as some people love chocolate, perhaps even more so. It's an addiction, actually. A harmless one, but an addiction nonetheless.Here are some fantastic decorating web sites we'd like to share with you. They serve as inspiration boards, ideas and sometimes, just decorating porn...1) Light LocationsThe web site itself is a photography agency for home & garden magazines, but you can get ideas from their beautiful images.2) RemodelistaThis is great blog for resources, product ideas and the like. Easy reading, pretty pictures.3) Design SpongeFounded by Grace...

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Backpack Shcool

Are you looking for a wonderful place for buying wonderful gifts? Are looking for some amazing fun things to buy? Then Posy lane is the site for you. They have the most fun amazing things for your kids also. insulated lunch tote , toddler backpack , kindergarten nap mat preschool nap mats are available in this site. They will definitely love the things in the Posy lane website. You might have been faced with the tough job for finding the right place for buying things for your kids. You don't have to think any longer, because Posy lane is here for you. It has the most wonderful stuff for your kids;...

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Autos

Launched auto-expanding compose boxes in Gmail for iPhone. This makes composing longer messages much easier since you're able to see more of the text you've typed. Just keep typing until you get near the bottom and then the compose box will magically expand by a few lines! As an added bonus, for all those iPhone users out there, auto-expanding compose boxes take away the need to press and hold to scroll with the magnifying glass.OPEL ZAFIRA 2003 Autos workshop industry and everything about Opel Zafira 2003. Technical data, crankshaft, butt head, camshaft timing, cooling circuit, agent lubrication,...

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Reynard

Reynard was built by Jeff Segard, Grand Concept Homes and the photographer was Megan TerVeen. For more photos, check out our website. Here's a write up:Designed to make the most of a waterfront site, the four-bedroom, five-bath Reynard would be at home in any setting. A large welcoming foyer leads to a spacious open living area. Two wings radiate from the living room – one with private spaces such as bedrooms and baths, the other with a large kitchen, dining room and home management center. Two decks and a hearth room make outdoor living easy. A casual lower level contains two additional bedrooms,...

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