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Index
May 2012
Featured Articles Decorating Ideas
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Talking to the Wall
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Featured Businesses The Blind & Shutter Gallery
Redwood Inc.
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Handicap Modifications
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Home Builders
Weld House Homes
Carpenters
Ringo’s Construction
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House Plans
Great House Plans
Countertops
Gary Beam Formica Countertops Goldstone Red’s Quality Marble Unique Kitchen & Bath
Electrician
Mr. Electric Zawadzki Electric
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HVAC Contractors
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Insulation
Comfort Air Lochridge Priest Oasis Heating and Cooling
DEK Insulation
Insurance Agency
Flooring
Custom Stain and Scoring
PUBLISHER All Things Home™
Grout Staining/Sealing
Access Mobility
Building Materials
Furniture Center
Anderson Glass Bullseye Glass
Grout Works of Central Texas
Blinds and Shutters
Furniture
Glass/Mirrors
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Terry Strickland State Farm
Irrigation
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Stein Lawn and Landscape
ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Jose Gonzales
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Metal Roof Supplies
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Paint/Supplies
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Plumbing Fixtures
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Realtors
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Real Estate Loans
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Spring is here. It’s time to celebrate warmer weather, enjoy nature’s beauty, experience luminescent light, and breathe in fresh air. As you open your windows this spring season, open your mind too - to updating your home with a lighter and brighter look. You can count on us to help you refresh your home with a beautiful new look this spring. ALTERNATE ACCESSORIES
PATTERN PARTNERS
Fabulously bold patterned drapery dress up these walls and serve as the inspiration for this room’s color scheme. Although the drapery and rug underfoot contain different patterns, they feature the same colors and therefore compliment each other. Choose furniture with solid fabrics within the color scheme to add stability and separate the patterns like this white couch and blue ottoman.
Use a neutral background as the canvas for pops of bright color, clean lines, and funky patterns. In this room, a coat of chic gray paint, a cream couch, and charcoal gray drapery, give a foundation to the bright plants, pillows and chair. These touches keep the room from looking cold. When you feel like a change in the color scheme, simply swap out accessories for a whole new look.
SMALL TOUCHES
If elegant, dark tones are more your style, toss in a few bright accessories for an unexpected burst of color. In this space, the yellow and blue pillows and blue art pop against the dark walls.
STAND OUT
Be bold and choose a primary color that makes a statement, such as this hot pink. The black and white accessories ensure that the color doesn’t overwhelm the eye.
CREATING A BALANCE
When deciding on a color scheme, commit to two main hues dispersed evenly throughout the room. Here the bright blue and bright yellow are placed symmetrically to create a visually stunning space. The lines of the carpet and painted black doors drive the eye toward the center and make the blue and yellow pair even more dramatic.
“WHITE” AS AN ACCENT
Strong color such as black is the perfect backdrop for the clean lines of white. Splashes of turquoise on the chairs and drapery give this space a crisp finish.
CONTACT US: For more info, visit The Blind & Shutter Gallery • 2314 W. Adams. Located in Temple, TX or give them a call at 254.773.9890. You can also contact them online at sales@tbsgallery.com or www.tbsgallery.com
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We have all heard the expression, “If these walls could talk…” Well, what if they could? Would they tell us that the picture of Aunt Gertrude is crooked, or that there is a spaghetti sauce stain in the bottom right hand corner from last weekend’s food fight? Ok, so before I get carried away with all the embarrassing possibilities of what secrets our walls keep, many people may be surprised to know that our walls really do talk. We just need to know how to listen. If our walls aren’t happy, then we aren’t
but just do not want to deal with the messy
happy. The best way to determine what our
and costly task of moving out of that room,
walls are telling us is to listen to ourselves.
tearing down walls, lugging in rolls of pink
For example, with the summer approching,
insulation, re-hanging sheetrock, texturing
we are already experiencing warmer weath-
the walls, painting, then replacing the floor
er. Let’s think about any room, or multiple
and crown molding. Whether we take on
rooms, in our home that always feel warmer
this project ourselves or hire a professional,
or downright hot in the summer. No matter
we all know that even a one room project
how new or maintained our air-condition-
like this can have the entire household in
ing unit is, we just cannot keep this room
an inconvenient turmoil until everything is
cool with the rest of the house. This is a
back to normal. But wait. If the insulation
good indication that the insulation behind
in that one room needs replacing, then we
our walls is no longer doing its job. Howev-
may as well start planning to have the rest
er, rather than listen to our walls which are
of the house re-insulated as well. Now we
feeling hot, sweaty with condensation, and
just need a place to stay while the work
100% vulnerable to mold, we just close the
gets done. Oh, and I forgot to mention a
door, happy that we still have another four
project like this can cost around $15 per
or five rooms of living space. On the other
square foot!
hand, many of us may know of the problem,
Almost all of the newer homes today
installation process is fairly quick as most
are built with spray foam insulation. This
home installs are completed in one day.
process is done by spraying on layers of
The cleanup is minimal because the insula-
foam before the sheetrock is installed.
tion is injected from the outside walls of a
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home that is brick, wood, vinyl siding, and
years or older, much like replacing the
many other applications.
pink stuff, spray foam is not a cost effective option. More than likely older homes have the pink insulation, or if the insulation has never been upgraded, they may have rock wool which is loose fill insulation. Many of the older homes may not have any insulation at all. In any case, the lack of good insulation leaves our home vulnerable to drafts, insects, rodents, and mold. All of these home invaders greatly contribute to our health problems, such as causing respiratory illness. But thanks to those great scientists, we don’t need to keep tearing down walls because they developed a more cost effective, environmentally friendly solution to the problem. In recent years, an insulation primarily
They do this by drilling holes in the mortar of a brick home or drilling holes underneath the siding. The insulation is injected and is already pre-expanded. The insulation fills over existing insulation and fills all corners and crevices of the wall. Once complete, the installer fills holes back in with matching color mortar, or fills holes in behind siding. Voila! So go ahead, open those doors and enjoy your quiet walls because this insulation offers up to 50% energy savings, up to 80% sound proofing, and it is rated highest in fire resistance, too. The best part about it is that it’s more affordable than doing the big project with the pink stuff, but less messy and less time consuming. We all love getting returns
used in commercial buildings, has started
back on our investments, and aside from
emerging in the residential insulation
lower energy bills and increasing the
market. The name of this product is called
resale value of one’s home, the most
Homesulate™ and was initially developed
valuable return of Homesulate™ insulation
in 1966. According to Terry Jones, partner
comes from providing our families with
for the only locally licensed Homesulate™
a more comfortable home and a
professional installers FoamForMyHome,
healthier environment.
the “Insulation was specifically designed and formulated as highly efficient thermal and acoustical cavity fill insulation. For 36 years, it has been specified and installed in more than 390 million square feet of new and existing commercial and
For more information on making your home more comfortable, or to get a free insulation inspection, contact Terry Jones at 254-855-7325 or visit www.foamformyhome.com
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