Black PVC vinyl privacy fence. V300-6 Illusions Vinyl Tongue and Groove Privacy Fence shown in the Grand Illusions Color Spectrum Black (L105).
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Eric’s Activity Feed post Eric Schmidt Status is online Eric Schmidt • You Owner, Sound & Vision (We're hiring!) now • Edited • Just now For the best motion picture viewing we always specify Stewart Filmscreen. They are the only projection screen manufacturer to build optical screen materials from the ground up - literally the molecular level up. Many competitors use rolled vinyl made from hard pressure rollers on vinyl to make their screens. This same vinyl is used to make a host of other products including car seats, window roller shades, indoor and outdoor signage, tarps, tents and pond liners. For the best picture, specific material chemistry is required. See the team at Sound & Vision to gain insight into which Stewart Filmscreen is right for your home theater! https://lnkd.in/d2NCJKJd #stewartfilmscreen #projection #cinema #hometheater #movies #screeningroom #theater #soundandvision

THE DOOR NAME ORIGIN - "ALLUMINIO ELIVIA VERTICAL WOOD GRAIN 4HS" Of all the interior door models in the Elivia collection, this one is perhaps the most unapologetically elegant. Why? Hmm … That which is self-evident can be the most difficult to explain. Is it because it is built using the latest breakthroughs in interior door making technology? Look at the finish: the process of applying it utilizes something called “stretching” by professionals, which is to say that instead of simply slapping the finish on top of the interior door’s surface, our company fuses (for lack of a better word) the materials (on molecular level, no less), the result being that the finished product is more warp-resistant, scratch-resistant, and fade-proof than any interior door put together in the past. This is especially important in climates known for their high humidity levels. Yes, but this has more to do with engineering than aesthetics, right? Okay, so, is this interior door super-elegant because it features all the wonderful state-of-the-art hardware, specifically, the 3D adjustable, self-lubricating concealed hinges (made in Italy, by the way – a country which is, arguably, the birthplace of elegance as a concept)? Self-lubricating means your interior door will never creak. 3D-adjustable means that the installation is quick and precise (far more so than what you’d expect from ordinary hinges). Concealed means, of course, that the pin will not be visible from either side of the interior door when it’s closed. Actually, there is no pin. Neat, isn’t it? Would that be it? Perhaps. Elegance in interior doors is a tricky concept. It combines (well, at least in the case of this particular interior door model it does) the “wow!” effect with the long-term agreeability. How so, you might ask. Well. It gets your favorable attention the first time you set eyes on it (the “wow” part); after which, you’ll never get tired of looking at it. For as long as you own it, it’ll always be easy on the eyes. That must be it. Maybe. Maybe not. There’s more. This interior door is almost certainly Italian in spirit. Italian culture is rooted in Greco-Roman (Italian designers are very proud of that fact). Look at the vertical latitudinal orientation (which is to say the direction) of the wood grain. Pointing upward means creating additional visual space, pushing the ceiling higher (because your ceilings can never be too high). This is a time-proven architectural trick which ancient Greeks, with their characteristic tongue-in-cheek humor, referred to as “optical correction.” (By the way, if you’d sooner increase, the visual horizontal space of your room, you should look into this interior door’s sister – with the appropriate direction of the wood grain). And then there’s the 4HS part, which stands for four horizontal stripes – resembling the four strings on the violin: the ultimate elegant musical instrument if there ever was one. In its present form, the violin appeared in early Sixteenth Century in (guess …) northern Italy. Of course. To be fair, it quickly gained popularity throughout Europe, and the rest of the world soon after. It’s elegance (the appearance as well as the sound) agreed with both street musicians and the nobility. The French king Charles IX ordered an Italian master to construct twenty-four violins for him in the year 1560. Was the violin the source of inspiration for our designers? Let’s move on to the finish.

THE DOOR NAME ORIGIN - "ALLUMINIO ELIVIA VERTICAL WOOD GRAIN 4HS" Of all the interior door models in the Elivia collection, this one is perhaps the most unapologetically elegant. Why? Hmm … That which is self-evident can be the most difficult to explain. Is it because it is built using the latest breakthroughs in interior door making technology? Look at the finish: the process of applying it utilizes something called “stretching” by professionals, which is to say that instead of simply slapping the finish on top of the interior door’s surface, our company fuses (for lack of a better word) the materials (on molecular level, no less), the result being that the finished product is more warp-resistant, scratch-resistant, and fade-proof than any interior door put together in the past. This is especially important in climates known for their high humidity levels. Yes, but this has more to do with engineering than aesthetics, right? Okay, so, is this interior door super-elegant because ... Show more! FINISH: WALNUT When it comes to interior door finishes, walnut may not be king per se, since “different folk have different views,” as the poet said, and it behooves a proper collection of finishes to be thoroughly democratic; but, but … you could view walnut as an important majority leader descended from royalty – like, say, Louis Napoleon back when he was still an elected official and not, as he eventually came to style himself, Napoleon III. Strictly speaking, a walnut is the seed of a drupaceous nut, and not a true nut in the botanical sense. It is native to Persia (walnut oil is a staple in Iranian cuisine to this day) and North America, even though approximately one half of the world’s production today is done in China. That said, one of its more historically curious uses would be the production of ink and dyes. Those are made, or used to be made, at least, from the husk surrounding the nut. The ink could be used to produce drawings – or darken paper to make it look older. It has (as it turned out by the by) excellent archival properties. It was used liberally by many capable and honest artists in the past. A keen observer of the human condition, a Florentine named Leonardo da Vinci never left his house (which featured some pretty interesting interior doors, but that’s a story for another day) … never left it without a vial – and a sketch book. As he took leisurely strolls around the streets and piazzas, he observed folks – socializing, arguing, fighting, striking bargains, and gossiping. Let us mention in passing – and this is merely an opinion, mind you – that his sketches seem to be a great deal livelier than his portraits, which for the most part adhere to the epoch’s somewhat mawkish standards and the algebraic, rather than harmonious, approach to depicting humans. The perpetual beguiling mystery of Mona Lisa’s smile is undoubtedly magnificent, but it is the Tuscan polymath’s quick yet amazingly insightful drawings that give us an idea – oftentimes a very comprehensive one – of what everyday life was truly like in Florence in the Sixteenth Century. An old man gloating at someone’s misfortune, two passionate merchants arguing over the price of some highly important delivery, a young woman lamenting the lack of decent men whom a reasonable person could view as husband material, and on and on – it’s all there in Leonardo’s sketches characterized by masterful lines and elegant shading despite the obvious – and necessary – impetuosity of each sketch. So precious and brilliant are those casual masterpieces that, had the scientifically inclined fellow eliminated the need for outdoor sketching by inventing photography, it would have been an historian’s immeasurable gain, certainly, but also an art lover’s great loss. The idea behind our Walnut Finish is to invoke in the interior door owner a feeling of timeless historicity. Some things change, but others are forever. Stability is an important quality in an interior door, is it not? Rembrandt van Rijn, who also used walnut ink extensively, was a studio artist, with only a few outdoor paintings in his legacy. Truth be told, he was a better draftsman than Leonardo, at least as far as technique goes (don’t let this get around). Well. He lived a century later and had the benefit of all the development art had undergone since the great Italian master. Just like these interior doors – your interior doors – are a huge improvement on anything that was available only twenty years ago, never mind a hundred years ago. The “oscillation” of Rembrandt’s line, the delightful shift from the descriptive to the aesthetic stroke, makes his production in that category quite unique. Upon reaching artistic maturity, the stubborn Dutch master began to shun the unbroken contour line, which caused a lot of trouble for his drawings a century later, when dealers and collectors who wished to “update” his sketches to fit the current fashion had the audacity to “complete” Rembrandt’s pen-and-inks. Fortunately, some of the sketches escaped this sorry fate and have been preserved in their original glorious state to this day. Rembrandt’s mastery is yet another thing this interior door finish might remind you of each time you look at your doors.

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

One custom piece of art and a pair of orange columns add all the colour that this breakfast nook needs! Made from stretch ceiling, the wall art is framed with narrow aluminum profiles, which are attached directly to the wall. This ensures that it always hangs straight and holds up strongly in spite of a minimum of lightweight materials. The stretch material itself bonds with digital printing ink at a molecular level, so it will never fade or discolour. The nonporous membrane also resists dust and cooking odours, and wipes clean with a non abrasive cloth. We can print any high resolution image that you choose!

We were hired to select all new fabric, space planning, lighting, and paint colors in this three-story home. Our client decided to do a remodel and to install an elevator to be able to reach all three levels in their forever home located in Redondo Beach, CA. We selected close to 200 yards of fabric to tell a story and installed all new window coverings, and reupholstered all the existing furniture. We mixed colors and textures to create our traditional Asian theme. We installed all new LED lighting on the first and second floor with either tracks or sconces. We installed two chandeliers, one in the first room you see as you enter the home and the statement fixture in the dining room reminds me of a cherry blossom. We did a lot of spaces planning and created a hidden office in the family room housed behind bypass barn doors. We created a seating area in the bedroom and a conversation area in the downstairs. I loved working with our client. She knew what she wanted and was very easy to work with. We both expanded each other's horizons. Tom Queally Photography

Silestone Eternal Serena is a finish of grey stone with fine, gentle, white lines drawn through to its depths. The subtlety and softness of nature defines this distinguished surface. Eternal is the first Silestone® collection to be manufactured with ‘N-Boost’ technology - an innovation patented by Cosentino which modifies the material at a molecular level and further enhances Silestone®'s outstanding technical and aesthetic properties. This new technology will be immediately noticed, as liquids are repelled – meaning an extraordinary level of stain resistance. N-Boost is not a seal or a wax and is therefore unalterable. Made from over 90% natural quartz crystals, Silestone® by Cosentino surfaces have a high resistance to stains as well as to scratches and impact.

Silestone Charcoal Soapstone's blue-grey finish with powerful grey highlights is inspired by the popular "soap stone". A spectacular creation, characterised by its solid depth which maintains a sense of movement. Eternal is the first Silestone® collection to be manufactured with ‘N-Boost’ technology - an innovation patented by Cosentino which modifies the material at a molecular level and further enhances Silestone®'s outstanding technical and aesthetic properties. This new technology will be immediately noticed, as liquids are repelled – meaning an extraordinary level of stain resistance. N-Boost is not a seal or a wax and is therefore unalterable. Made from over 90% natural quartz crystals, Silestone® by Cosentino surfaces have a high resistance to stains as well as to scratches and impact

Evocative of the beautiful, Spanish Marquina marble, Silestone Eternal Marquina with N-Boost presents an intense, black background with vivid white details and highlights which appear to sit proud of the surface. Eternal is the first Silestone® collection to be manufactured with ‘N-Boost’ technology - an innovation patented by Cosentino which modifies the material at a molecular level and further enhances Silestone®'s outstanding technical and aesthetic properties. This new technology will be immediately noticed, as liquids are repelled – meaning an extraordinary level of stain resistance. N-Boost is not a seal or a wax and is therefore unalterable. Made from over 90% natural quartz crystals, Silestone® by Cosentino surfaces have a high resistance to stains as well as to scratches and impact.

The Eternal Collection is the first in Silestone®’s offering to have veining and highlights distributed completely through the material, including its edges, resulting in an even more natural appearance. The unparalleled beauty of the surfaces is met with industry-leading performance, thanks to revolutionary Silestone® N-Boost technology. This innovation, patented by Cosentino, modifies the material’s surface at a molecular level to further enhance its outstanding technical and aesthetic attributes, including greater colour saturation and extraordinary lustre, along with an enhanced water repellence ensuring it is easier than ever to clean and maintain. Creamy, soft and minimalist, Silestone Eternal Marfil puts a unique spin on Crema Marfil marble to bring an organic serene aesthetic to the space.

Irena's Toronto home is brightened with oversized wall prints made of super-durable stretch ceiling material. The printing ink bonds with the stretch membrane on a molecular level. Photo: Laqfoil Ltd.

Silestone® N-Boost Stellar Negro is an intense black hue flecked with light-catching crystals, reminiscent of a night’s sky. Despite its inky tone, the surface reflects light beautifully, enhancing any space with a sense of movement. The consistent work of the Cosentino Research and Development Department has also ensured that the brilliant gem-like highlights are visible from the surface right through to the depths of the slab, even at intersections and edges. N-Boost technology modifies the surface of the material at a molecular level, further improving its qualities and offering surfaces that are both highly practical and stunning.

Printed stretched ceiling and wall by Laqfoil. Stretch ceiling membrane is tough, easy to clean, and when printed, it bonds with the ink at a molecular level. We carry rolls up to five metres (16 feet) wide for seamless installation. For a hyper-realistic look like this, we can print on translucent membrane and install it in front of LED or fluorescent lighting. Inspire your future deep-sea diver, marine biologist, fisheries expert or environmentalist while saving yourself energy costs and maintenance work and expenses!

Stretch ceiling is digitally printable, so that's what this condo owner did, choosing a high resolution image of Renaissance map. It is seamless, as the material comes in rolls up to five metres wide, and installed without adhesive, using tracks around the edges. This means that it will never peel off, and can be easily removed without damage and re-installed at a new location. The ink bonds with the material at a molecular level so there's no fading and the image doesn't wear or rub off. Stretch ceiling always sits perfectly flat and smooth with no bubbling, cracking, or flaking, and installs without dust or fumes.