2009

I'm so glad the new year is here! Did everyone make resolutions? I don't really call them resolutions, more like goals for the year I suppose ... )Plus a cazillion house goals - pull up the disgusting purple carpet downstairs, do stained concrete floors, install concrete counter tops, paint downstairs, paint the hallway upstairs, etc etc etc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:54:00

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Re: Underground Water Tank in Gulf

Mondo,In the Gulf region one of your biggest problems, if you have a steel or concrete tank, is corrosion ... structural steel is often galvanized then epoxy painted, above ground concrete painted with siloxanes, and below grade concrete foundations are often completely "tanked" with a bithuthene.Thomas Hunt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:02:00

Polished Concrete Floor Painted

by Mikkan Drane The sight of an old gray slab truly is not such a good thing to see, ... of it. However, unlike the acid staining that is so hard to control, painting concrete polished floor ... it. Before you can start painting on your concrete polished floor, the area must be prepared first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 03:25:22

CALL FOR ART EXHIBITION PROPOSALS - April 11, 2009

Artists are invited to apply for an exhibition in the Project Space for its 2009-2010 calendar year ... in the basement of the historic Loudoun House, is 29' x 20' with concrete and brick walls that are painted white, and a gray painted concrete floor. There is one doorway. The ceiling has exposed pipes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 09:40:00

Strategic Management Revision

Case Analysis: Resene Paints Introduction This paper will be focusing on Resene Paints in particular ... , paint for concrete. Today, the firm is an international company with four manufacturing operations [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 17:16:40

DIY Entry #10: Painted Dance Floor

Brooke submitted this fabulous and incredibly unique idea, a temporary painted dance floor! ... . But I have painted concrete slabs to look like ballroom floors, and it washes off! My mom always painted our windows with tempera paint for the holidays growing up. She added dish soap to the paint to ensure [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 16:30:11

Tips On Remodeling Your Kid’s Bedroom

Tips On Remodeling Your Kid’s Bedroom By Alix Montoya | January 17, 2009 by Alix Montoya Your kids, however cute and cuddly they are right now, ... . The bedroom furniture has to match colors with everything else. Paint their dresser according ... concrete like nobody ever does concrete before . Find out more about concrete floor polishing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:05:00

Art Space Talk: Matt Small

Matt Small-- also known as Matty-- is a traditional urban artist who paints directly onto used pieces of found metal and other objects ... are painted on found- objects such as concrete and metal, using household materials like gloss or poster paint, which he applies very thickly. By giving each portrait names such as Ahmed, Andre and Terry [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 02:30:28

Soap opera

The other day one of the home-oriented publishing companies released some impressive literature on baths and kitchens for the consideration of lifestyle journalists such as myself. Two books contain hundreds of photographs of swell interior designs loaded with glass tiles, oiled bronze fixtures, decoratively painted concrete floors [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 16:36:04

Showcase: You! week 6 - win a free book!

Last time I asked for your favorite frugal site.  Moneysaving Mom received votes from Jamie, Dana, and Amy @ The Q Family ... out these tips: Use spray adhesive to cover a worn out desk pad and press a towel on top of it.  It’ ... ’t you think?) Paint concrete blocks a bright color and stack with holes in front to organize office [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 15:08:58

Recommendations anyone? (Portland, OR metro area)

We are about to undertake the task of doing some remodeling on our house and I could use any advice or recommendations of contractors. Here's what we're looking to do in the next couple of months... Painting (exterior/interior) New wood fence Concrete patio Hardwood floor refinishing Kitchen cabinets & countertops If you're [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 18:41:17

4 Easy Little Touches Anyone Can Do To Their Home

When it comes to home renovation, many people are under the impression that it means big projects that are costly ... get concrete paint to give it a whole new color. Bricks can also be cleaned or even painted to given them ... that can have a big impact on your kitchen. 2. Redo your bathroom floor. Bathroom floors take a lot of abuse [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 13:07:36

I’ve been tagged. Oh, joy.

Seriously, I don’t mind; I just can’t resist a good, sardonic title. Heh. Soooo, long about six weeks ago, the smart and groovy (in that order) ... you what or where.I’ve beenpublished and won awards for my fiction and poetry.I like to paint concrete statues for gardens. It’s a meditative thing, very relaxing. It’s also nice to see the finished [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:00:05

A Few Design Ideas For Your Kids’ Room

by Alix Montoya As parents we know our children will grow up someday ... out more about concrete floor polishing and experience the beauty of polished concrete for yourself. ... . Try painting a new color for his dresser to match a new wall or everything else. Try replacing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:17:06

Reflecting on Climate Change

A radical plan to curb global warming and apparently reverse climate change caused by our rampant burning of fossil fuels since the ... be expensive and intrusive and points out that diluted white latex paint can increase the reflectivity of porous surfaces, such as concrete, by ten percent. “An even better deployment than painting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:00:47

Snowed In

Notice that the dog has kicked off one of her booties? She really regretted that once she realized how cold the ground was. Ugh ... into this pillar with her cart. Weird Concrete Post in the Middle of Fabric Depot At least they had the decency to paint it red. Yes, it’s a concrete pillar, the same height as the bolts of fabric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 08:42:54

sneak peek: abigail ahern

i still can’t get over how natural abigail ahern looks in her ahhhh-mazing home. doesn’t she just look like she belongs in the photo above? ... like a painting. The concrete chair is one of the first things I ever brought for the house - we had no money ... and work as we generally eat downstairs on the lower ground floor. The ostrich table I love it [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 17:00:16

Home Flippers Still Out There, Still Need License

You would think anyone flipping homes right now is a daredevil given the market conditions ... with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB). This includes roofing, siding, painting, carpentry, concrete, on-site appliance repair, heating and air conditioning, home inspections, tree service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:15:00

Dedication...

Sometimes, we talked about keeping the faith or being dedicated to living out our lives heroically for a certain cause ... managed to create art by a public beach guerilla-style. They managed to paint over a plain looking concrete block and changed it into a giant-size Rubik's Cube that now sits along the shore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:13:00

Signs in the Concrete

I went for a bit of a walk today in my neighborhood. Here are some of the signs I found. Not so much transit, but planning related ... Google Bus Stop. At the place where Google kids hop on the bus, someone painted this into the concrete ... AdI'll post more interesting things I found later, but I thought the signs and stencils were funny. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:50:00

When foreclosure makes things better…maybe

The former home of Dave’s Used Car Lot, Marina, and Weed Arboretum is looking pretty spiffy in its new coat of paint ... all the concrete in back with KoolDeck, getting rid of the hideous work sheds, pulling up all the flooring ... , contrary to my speculation that they were just sanding and painting the interior. The back yard [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 22:28:08

Yosemite Park and a Luxury Lodge

Yosemite is probably the most famous of all American National Parks and has a long history of catering to every level of visitor including those ... to the valley floor and over 95% of Yosemite’s 3000 square kilometres are still wilderness. The Yosemite ... of concrete painted to resemble the famous Californian wood. Completed in 1927, Ahwahnee includes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 15:00:52

Jaguars & the New Year

We are so proud of all our classmates. Stella and Jamie won the Geo Bee in our classroom. Jamie represented our class in the school bee ... with these concepts over the next few weeks. Please try to find as many concrete experiences ... and designed houses, even painting them! Science is rather "shocking" this unit. Your student should [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 14:49:32

A way to Decorate a Designer Kid’s Room.

A spray on bed liner is possibly the most well liked form of bed liner. Get more about automotive paint ... the roughest use. Concrete blocks are going to scratch and scar your pricey spray on liner. Since ... her. So treat her to the bedroom restoration that shell hold dear her full life long making her room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:15:25

Smart Speed Bumps Flatten for Slow Drivers

Here’s another one for the “Why didn’t I think of this” archives ... imaging that these smart speed bumps would be much more expensive than your regular slab of concrete and yellow paint, so I wouldn’t expect to see these in every parking lot and residential area any [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:54:34

Santa Ana stings nets 39 suspected unlicensed contractors

Thirty-nine business operators were arrested in a Santa Ana sting last week on suspicion of being unlicensed contractors, the Contractor’s State License Board announced Monday. The 39 operators were among 108 caught ... like landscaping, fence building, painting and concrete work. By law, all contractors who perform work [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 01:30:19

Abstract Thought is a Warm Puppy

"Abstract thought is a warm puppy" and "What I don't know about space" are the impossible to ignore titles of installations by artist, Esther Stocker.   Using simple materials such as black tape, foam core, and paint, Stocker ... the concrete floors and tactile reality of physical space.  Picture 4 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:24:00

Real wedding inspiration: Ashley + Dusty

So I don't know where I've been the past few months since having the blog, but I've only recently discovered Our Labor of Love, ... was in the "gallery," a room painted in all white with concrete floors. Then the reception was down ... SITE: The ceremony took place inside and the space was an all white room, with concrete floors [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 10:00:00

House Call: Celeste's Mount Pleasant Loft

Click Here to See All The Pics Name: Celeste Location: Vancouver, BC My husband, ... all walls in Benjamin Moore's Simply White and matched that to an epoxy white paint for the concrete floors--even on the grayest Vancouver day, the apartment is filled with beautiful white light [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:15:00

Backyard Giant Scrabble

By popular request, PP presents an Ohio couple who turned their backyard over to Scrabble, by creating a giant Scrabble board made of concrete and paint, and giant wooden Scrabble tiles and racks. I’m expecting them to receive a cease and desist order from Hasbro any day now. (source [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 09:47:48

Karzai the biggest drug baron in Afghanistan

Technorati Tags: Afghanistan. Pakistan,Karzai,Drugs,Taliban,India We wrote this story several weeks ago ... Karzai’s is history. His end is near. The media will now be full of stories painting him as the evil ... concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local Afghan commander quickly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 23:59:20

Close Call:A brush with a new storm revives fears from Katrina

... by Elizabeth Walters Would you come back? This is the question that dogs me every morning as I drive through the streets of New Orleans. Past the rebuilt homes and ramshackle shells, past the fresh trim jobs and spray-painted search crosses, past the cleared concrete slabs and the piles of debris that still litter every block [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 05:07:03

NY Times: Israel Reminds Enemies It Can Kick Their Butts

Someone was truly asleep at the switch last night to allow this story be printed. Fair, balanced, in depth, brings up different issues, and, oh, yeah, is not painting Israel ... days ago. Such a concrete goal, however, should not obscure the fact that Israel has a larger [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:33:36

NY Times: Israel Reminds Enemies It Can Kick Their Butts

Someone was truly asleep at the switch last night to allow this story be printed. Fair, balanced, in depth, brings up different issues, and, oh, yeah, is not painting Israel ... days ago. Such a concrete goal, however, should not obscure the fact that Israel has a larger [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 20:18:26

The new liberal order

Peter Beinart begins an interesting piece on a new liberal era with this neat observation: ... the American flag. Police went to arrest the offender and were pelted with eggs, chunks of concrete and balloons filled with paint and urine. The police responded by charging into the crowd, clubbing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 15:27:36

Get Out Your Brushes

How white paint could help postpone climate crisisCould the planet’s rising temperatures and tides be stemmed by something as simple as white paint? ... material (like roads made of concrete rather than asphalt), the global cooling effect would be enormous [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:31:00

Vermiculite what is it

Every plant professional or serious gardener sooner or later learns about the possibilities of vermiculite ... for insulation purposes, to replace sand in lightweight plaster and concrete, and as an extender in paint [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:01:51

Close Call: A Brush With a New storm Revives Fears From Katrina

Would you come back? This is the question that dogs me every morning as I drive through the streets of New Orleans. Past the rebuilt homes and ramshackle shells, past the fresh trim jobs and spray-painted search crosses, past the cleared concrete slabs and the piles of debris that still litter every block [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 20:00:00

Shea: Walk the Line

It really is amazing just how regular everything is in here ... , when sitting in the upper deck. For instance, the top of the dugout is just wood and concrete, with exposed nails and warped paint. I’ll return to the dugout a little later. Instead, I turned [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 18:37:08

Inside the 290 Mulberry LAByrinth

Click the image above to view the full photogallery ... greeted by some fairly creepy-looking creatures painted on the concrete and ductwork, seemingly ... stretch this way and that, ringing the upper floors and climaxing in a roof-top deck, perfect [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 17:10:01

Solar Powered Faux Tanning

As I mentioned in my pre-birthday post, I had the opportunity to try out an incredible eco-friendly tanning salon.. ... -friendly, non toxic paint, concrete floors (to help cool off the studio),and an amazing recycling effort [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 08:01:00

Remodeling Tricks For Your Old Bedroom

by Alix Montoya There are literally hundreds of ideas for simple remodeling jobs for an old bedroom available in the market nowadays ... , homes, housing, interior design, polished concrete, polished concrete floors ... look is Shabby Chic. Sand your newly painted furniture to make it look antique et voila [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:41:07

Sofia

So I flew to Greece, but I didn’t actually stay there for very long ( ... down concrete, colourful peeling paint on once grander facades and some amazing churches [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 16:57:54

Carbon Monoxide, the 'Silent Killer'

You’ve heard the reports on the news..."Firefighters discover couple dead from gas heater fumes ... smokePropane-fueled forkliftsGas-powered concrete sawsIndoor tractor pullsSwimming behind a motorboatSpray paint, solvents, degreasers, and paint removersThe symptoms of Carbon Monoxide poisoning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 03:30:00

Ape Escape: Bikini-Clad Gorilla Girls Strike a Pose

Ape Escape: Bikini-Clad Gorilla Girls Strike a Pose by Erin Broadley September 9, 2008 10: ... on La Cita's outdoor patio, every hour on the hour there is an "ape escape" when leggy bikini-clad ... , why he keeps coming back. He simply smiled and said, “I love painting in a concrete jungle.” [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 18:04:38

The Voice of God (Part VII)

+ A + B + C + D + E + F + G + H + I + J + K + L + M + N + O + P + Q + R + S + T + U + V +Considering Ron Silliman’s The Alphabet: ... of the Bay“Slick red paint over smooth concrete, four steps and a black rubber welcome mat [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 03:59:00

The works

Went back to the house yesterday. Kitchen units are going up, concrete is being sealed, paint swatches are on the walls, metal siding and lighting are being prepped, and a storage unit is being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:01:00

Five Mind Hacks To Save More And Spend Less

In uncertain economic times, we all want to be in the most prepared position possible ... to accomplish?  Make it concrete and put it in writing. Paint yourself a picture.  Maybe you’re a visual [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 10:11:48

A Few Design Ideas For Your Kids’ Room

by Alix Montoya As parents we know our children will grow up someday ... out more about concrete floor polishing and experience the beauty of polished concrete floors for yourself. ... colors with everything else. Paint their dresser according to the color of the wallpaper to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:05:17

Washington gets ready

Yesterday we walked to the Hirshorn to see the Panza exhibit before it leaves town. (Big disappointment, but that's another story.) As we walked towards the white house down 16th Street we encountered a police car with lights on and lots of new concrete barriers, each with it's orange-paint "drop one here" marker. As we passed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:42:58

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