Inspiration for a mid-sized craftsman blue two-story wood exterior home remodel in Seattle with a hip roof

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Transitional laundry room photo in Chicago

Photo: Mina Brinkey © 2014 Houzz Design: Katie Gagnon, Blue Moon Trading Company
Example of a transitional kids' room design in Tampa

Staircase - mid-sized traditional carpeted and underground carpeted and gray floor staircase idea in Toronto with wooden risers, gray walls and no fireplace

We’ve created this photorealistic 3D rendering for mattress advertising. Our task was to show how seamlessly the product fits into an elegant interior and how much comfier it makes the room look. Soft colors, bright patterns, stylish decor perfectly complements the centerpiece of the rooms – the bed with the mattress.

Raquel Langworthy
Example of a mid-sized eclectic freestanding desk dark wood floor and brown floor study room design in New York with blue walls and no fireplace

Some of the client's subway photographs were blown up and inserted into the window wells to create depth and the illusion of more spaces. Daylit during the day, electric light takes over at nightfall. The concave, backlit light bar illuminates subway map signage and advertising. The game table, enlarged to accommodate 4 chairs comfortably is in front of the stainless steel desk. The back wall was faux painted to look like raw concrete found in subway stations. The pulley lamp, corrugated metal and stenciled signage add to the concept. Photography: Norman Sizemore

Dustin Halleck
Inspiration for a transitional kitchen remodel in Chicago

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Staircase - mid-sized traditional wooden u-shaped staircase idea in Minneapolis with wooden risers

Nobody would be foolish enough to knowingly purchase PIZZA using a third party call-center middleman.But every day, thousands of people do exactly that when they purchase flowers for delivery! That’s because a NEW TYPE of “florist” has appeared on the scene. And that means most flower buyers pay as much as 50% MORE than they should pay! Finding A Floral Supplier When a prospective flower buyer wants to buy flowers, his first stop is usually the internet. The author’s flower shop is in Charlotte, NC and the two most widely used search terms in this area are: “Charlotte flowers” and “Charlotte florist.” When the customer searches for either of these terms, he will get a list of results. Paid results (advertising) are usually shown first. Organic (website) results come after the advertisements. When a customer clicks on an advertisement, he is usually taken to a beautiful website owned by a call-center floral middleman offering beautiful flowers, hand-delivered by a LOCAL florist. And the products are sales TAX FREE. But what is not revealed is that the middle man does not actually have a flower shop in Charlotte! The Difference Between Toasters and Flowers With “durable” products like toasters and sweaters, the location of the seller isn’t terribly important. That’s because the products will be shipped from a warehousevia USPS, UPS or FedEx. But flower arrangements are *fragile* and cannot be shipped that way! Instead, they must be locally custom-hand-crafted and hand-delivered! And this means that if a customer orders from a middleman’s website, the order must – somehow – be passed from the middleman’s company to a REAL local florist in, for example, Charlotte, NC. This “order transfer” is done by one of the three florist-to-florist networks: FTD, Teleflora and Bloomnet (1-800-Flowers). Too Many FEES and COMMISSIONS Membership in these networks is not free, so the middleman always adds a “handling charge” – typically about $15 -- to the customer’s bill to help pay for hiscosts to access to the network. Please note that the $15 handling charge usually far exceedsany TAX FREE “savings!” But the “handling charge” only helps pay for *access* to the network. The florist-to-florist network also takes a 7% commission, and also credits a 20% selling commission back to the middleman! What this means is that, for a typical online floral purchase, just under HALF of the customer’s money vanishes in unnecessary FEES and COMMISSIONS. By comparison, when a customer buys a toaster from an independent business listing it on Amazon, only a few percent of the purchase price goes to fees and commissions. With this huge profit potential available to third party floral marketers, it is not surprising that these middlemen spend huge sums on advertising and sales promotion. A few years back, one even took an ad during the Super Bowl! Buy Direct For Better Value Clearly, the consumer will always get His Best Floral Value by placing his floral order DIRECT with a Real Florist n the City where the flowers will be delivered. Sometimes it may be difficult to tell whether a Flower Supplier is located “in town.”Here are three easy ways to separate a “real” florist from a floral middleman: 1. Look for the street address, city and state on the website. Often this will be found on a tab labeled “About Us” or “Contact Us.” If you cannot find an address at all, then this is almost certainly a middleman! 2. Look at the telephone number. If the only number on the website is a TOLL FREE “800” number, then the floral supplier is probably not local. 3. Look at the invoice (before you click the BUY NOW button!) for any “Handling” or “Service” charges. A REAL florist will never add these charges to your bill! For more information about Charlotte Flowers and Charlotte Florist, please visit the author’s Flower Hut website at http://flowerhut.com. BUT, if you do not want flowers delivered to Charlotte, Matthews, Mint Hill or Pineville, NC, please do NOT order from us! Take the time to find a REAL florist in the town where you need flowers delivered. You’ll be glad you did!

Eat-in kitchen - mid-sized transitional u-shaped medium tone wood floor and brown floor eat-in kitchen idea in Seattle with an undermount sink, flat-panel cabinets, light wood cabinets, quartz countertops, green backsplash, ceramic backsplash, stainless steel appliances and gray countertops

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Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional dark wood floor dining room remodel in Chicago with beige walls

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Example of a mid-sized trendy wooden and wool straight and rectangular mixed material railing staircase design in Charleston with painted risers

Dedicated laundry room - large transitional slate floor and multicolored floor dedicated laundry room idea in Chicago with an undermount sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, white walls, a side-by-side washer/dryer and gray countertops

I'd rather not advertise the company that manufactured the automated screens. I will tell you they are powered by a Somfy motor system and work well. However, the manufacturer cut them incorrectly so I had to change the way they were supposed to be mounted. Also they were damaged in shipping and lots of communication problems. they look great because I was able to find an alternative mounting system.

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Relaxing master bedroom in a soothing color palette. The floor is wood and the bathroom is enclosed with glass. Photography: Elad Gonen