Home-improvement ideas open up world of design

Home-improvement ideas open up world of design
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Los Angeles Daily News
Aug. 14, 2004 12:00 AM


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Decorating With Funky Shui: How to Lighten Up, Loosen Up, and Have Fun Decorating Your Home by Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004, $14.95): A variation on the ever-so-trendy feng shui, this book teaches you how to turn trash into treasures. Each chapter incorporates the four directions of funky shui - creating a conversation piece, brightening up with color, lightening up with delightful lighting and celebrating your favorite things - while giving great ideas for every room in the house, and outside. It has excellent pictures and fun tips.

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Aug 13, 2004


The family of a local couple has gathered together to give their parents a remodeled home for their 50th anniversary.

David and Virginia Crockett have lived in the house for 45 years. As the years have passed, their home has become a little run down. So while they are on their dream vacation to Alaska, their 5 daughters and over 30 grandchildren have bonded together, working night and day to give their home a makeover.

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Homeowners: 'Help, My Home Improvement Project Went Awry'
Thursday August 12, 5:20 am ET


CINCINNATI, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The booming trend in "television fix-it shows" has homeowners all across the United States attempting projects they do not have the skills to accomplish. Wall paper that sticks everywhere but the wall. A crooked tile backsplash. A leaky roof. For many homeowners, what was supposed to be a weekend of home improvement projects, many times, turns into a disaster of epic proportions.

Just recently, a House Doctors franchisee was able to fix a "do-it-yourself" project gone bad, when a Louisiana man attempted to install a new front door. Nightfall was nearing and the man was unable to properly hang the door, leaving his girlfriend in a panic that she might not be able to lock, or even close, her front door that night.

The woman called House Doctors and the local owner was able to fix the boyfriend's handyman work that night. This story, along with thousands of others, is becoming commonplace because of the influx of television home improvement shows, added Steve Cohen, president of House Doctors - a national home improvement/repair franchise.

"When homeowners use House Doctors, they are guaranteed the project will be done right the first time," said Cohen. "Our franchisees employ handymen who are equipped with the expertise to do nearly every kind of service a homeowner requires, at a reasonable price and in a professional manner that values customer service."

Sometimes, the best prevention of a "do-it-yourself" disaster is planning and practice, and knowing when to call a professional. Tim Carter of http://www.AskTheBuilder.com has witnessed thousands of homeowners turn a weekend project into a costly venture that never ends.

"Homeowners need to set realistic goals before starting any home improvement task," said Tim Carter. "Television shows and magazines make projects look easy. Whatever time you think it's going to take, triple it."

House Doctors, established in 1995, operates more than 200 franchise locations across the United States. House Doctors provides a variety of home repair and handyman services to local homes including drywall, painting and carpentry work. Homeowners receive free service calls and estimates. All handymen are bonded and insured, and the work is guaranteed for one year on labor. Each office is independently owned and operated. For more information, visit http://www.housedoctors.com or call 1-888-HOUSEDOC.




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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Launches Home Furnishings Brand Williams-Sonoma Home

Williams-Sonoma Home Takes Williams-Sonoma Beyond the Kitchen and Into the Rest of the Home

August 2004 (Newstream) -- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) on August 12 announced the launch of Williams-Sonoma Homeâ¢. Williams-Sonoma Home will be the first brand in the Williams-Sonoma® family to focus exclusively on the premium level of the home furnishings market. It will offer a lifestyle brand that is classic with European-inspired casual elegance. Williams-Sonoma Home follows the example of its namesake brand, providing the best in design and craftsmanship from around the world. The new brand will be centered on beautifully crafted dining and living room furniture, accessories for entertaining, lighting, tableware, bedding and bath linens. Williams-Sonoma Home will launch fall of 2004 with the delivery of the first catalog the week of September 13, 2004.

Williams-Sonoma Home believes its commitment to the customer experience is unique to the industry. Exemplified by an exceptional time of delivery for custom furniture, Williams-Sonoma Home expects to deliver custom upholstery in 45 days from time of order. The fragmented and specialized nature of the custom furnishings industry traditionally does not allow for standardized levels of customer service and expectations. By owning the process from design to delivery, Williams-Sonoma Home plans to define a standard level of service that consumers of fine custom furnishings have not consistently enjoyed, at a price level that is attainable to a broad group of consumers.

Williams-Sonoma Home aims to tap into the underserved market for consumers of traditional custom home furnishings and at the same time appeal to a growing group of customers who aspire to the designer level. According to Dave DeMattei, president of Emerging Brands for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., "We want to inspire customers to create beautiful living spaces of casual elegance, with impeccable quality and an enduring style of their own. We believe Williams-Sonoma Home will shape the industry by delivering the very best quality and original design coupled with an incredible focus on the customer experience."

The Williams-Sonoma Home catalog will be delivered in-home the week of September 13 and be available in Williams-Sonoma retail stores throughout the country beginning September 10, 2004. Catalogs can be requested at www.wshome.com or by calling 1-888-922-4110.

The catalog launch is expected to be followed by an e-commerce site (www.wshome.com) scheduled for the spring of 2005. Current plans are in development to open Williams-Sonoma Home retail stores in key markets.

ABOUT WILLIAMS-SONOMA
Williams-Sonoma Home is a brand owned by Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a national specialty retailer of high quality products for the home. These products are marketed through 527 retail stores, eight mail order catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Williams-Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed + Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm, and holdeverything), and e-commerce web sites at www.potterybarn.com, www.potterybarnkids.com, www.pbteen.com, www.westelm.com, and www.williams-sonoma.com. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to the introduction of Williams-Sonoma Home, the delivery of the brand's first catalog, the timing of merchandise delivery, the ability to reach a growing customer market, the launch of the brand's e-commerce site, and the opening of retail stores.

The risks and uncertainties that could cause brand extensions; dependence on external funding sources for operating capital; our ability to control employment, occupancy and other operating costs; our ability to improve and control our systems and processes; general political, economic and market conditions and events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks and uncertainties contained in our public announcements, reports to shareholders and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2004 and all quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the following fiscal quarters. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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WPXI.com - News - Home Improvement Project Helps Elderly Woman In Need


Home Improvement Project Helps Elderly Woman In Need
Vandals Repeatedly Damage Puskar's Home
Stu Brown

POSTED: 5:16 pm EDT August 9, 2004

MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Earlier this month, Channel 11 reported that how vandals had been damaging the home of Margaret Puskar, 86, in Mount Pleasant Township.

Monday, help arrived.

Puskar and her son Mick were overwhelmed when six workers from a construction company showed up at her home to repair the damaged exterior free of charge.

"I think they're just wonderful. When I saw them pull up with three trucks this morning, I couldn't believe it. I said to my son, 'It's hard to believe there's good people in the world,'" Puskar said.

Over a period of several years, drive-by vandals on Route 981 have repeatedly hurled rocks, concrete, beer bottles and other debris through Puskar's house.



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By Kevin G. DeMarrais
The Record, Hackensack, N.J.

RISMedia, August 4, 2004 (KRT) - New Jersey moved a step closer to regulatory oversight of the home improvement industry Tuesday when the state Division of Consumer Affairs released proposed regulations needed to implement a groundbreaking law passed in May.

The Contractors' Registration Act, which is expected to take effect by Nov. 9, has two key provisions. For the first time, most contractors will be required to register annually with the state, giving regulators the ability to screen out unscrupulous companies and individuals.

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Sticker shock at the lumberyard; wood prices soar


By AVERY JOHNSON
The Associated Press
8/11/04 11:08 AM


The Wall Street Journal

Summer remodeling projects are getting more costly, thanks to rising lumber prices that are affecting such things as backyard decks and fences.

Lumber prices have risen sharply during the past year, due to a collision of factors as diverse as the war in Iraq, trade with China, the strength of the dollar, the housing-construction boom and wildfires in the American West.

The wholesale price of low-grade boards and plywood used in home-improvement projects like decks and additions is up 24 percent from June of last year, according to the government's producer price index. An ordinary eight-foot-long, two-by-four, a common type of lumber used for building construction, costs $2.95 today, up from about $1.85 in January 2003, says Gary Bowman, vice president of materials management at the T.W. Perry lumberyard in Chevy Chase, Md.

The biggest jumps have come in plywood, a low-grade product made by gluing together very thin sheets of wood, as well as oriented strand board, a lower-cost product much like plywood. At Wiley Bros. Inc., in Schaghticoke, N.Y., a four-foot-by-eight-foot sheet of oriented strand board now goes for $19.84, compared with $7.60 in January 2003, says co-owner David Moore.

The tumult in the lumber industry means higher prices for homeowners planning to remodel, add a deck, put up a fence, repair a shelf, build a treehouse, or create anything else that requires wood. While the higher prices aren't slowing down housing construction, they are hitting do-it-yourselfers hard -- creating order backlogs at lumberyards and forcing people to slow down projects or look around for cheaper grades of wood. Some woodworkers are even trading lumber on eBay in an effort to find better prices.

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SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- 'Toolbelt Diva' empowers women with power tools

'Toolbelt Diva' empowers women with power tools

By Derrik J. Lang
ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 11, 2004

NEW YORK – If Oprah Winfrey and Bob Villa had a kid, their offspring could be Norma Vally, the Discovery Home Channel's "Toolbelt Diva" who wants to empower women – with power tools.

She became familiar with unwieldy weapons of mass construction while renovating 100-year-old homes for her cousin's contracting business.

On her show, Vally guides a female homeowner – sometimes knowledgeable, usually not – in painting, sawing, nailing and demolishing in the name of home improvement.

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Medford, Oregon All the experts agree: you need to visualize your finished home improvement project before construction begins. Michael McGinty helps people do just that with his drawings. "I'm a building designer," he said. "I take the dreams and ideas that people have and put them on paper¿that helps them decide whether it's doable, whether it's what they really want and whether they can afford it."

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