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VOL 22 ISSUE 8
August 2015
TULSA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
35 Years of Creating Dream Kitchens and Bathrooms Tony Sementi, owner of Tile by Tony, offers customers tips on choosing the right contractor for your home project. By Jim Butcher With nearly 35 years of experience in remodeling kitchens and bathrooms, Tony Sementi, who owns and operates Tile by Tony in Catoosa, emphasizes, “We do things differently than most contractors.” And as a result, he has developed a “Seven-Point Guide” on How to Pick a Contractor for this type of project. 1. Scope of work. Knowing exactly what you want done will help generate a detailed, accurate and less expensive bid. Be consistent and give identical information to all bidders. He suggests, share your budget with the contractor prior to the bid and consider doing the job in stages, if the estimate is too high. (continued on page 24)
Welcome to the showroom of Tile by Tony in Catoosa. Tony Sementi, who started the business in 1982, puts it simply, “If you can imagine it, we can make your dream kitchen or bathroom come true.”
Unique Furniture Store Making Changes
It’s No Accident
The Refuge Lifestyle is expanding their original location in Bixby.
By Duane Blankenship
By Jim Butcher Big change is coming to eastern Oklahoma’s unique southwest and western furniture store, The
Refuge Lifestyle, located in Bixby at 7600 E. 151st St. (continued on page 24)
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Perhaps the most unique and interesting furniture store in Oklahoma can be found in Bixby with father and son owners, Clinton Taylor Sr. and Clinton Jr., shown with specially created horses at The Refuge Lifestyle.
There’s a reason customers tell others about Premier Collision Center in Broken Arrow. It’s never much fun having to take your car to a body shop after it’s been involved in a wreck or even a minor fender bender, but you’ll notice your attitude beginning to improve immediately after walking through the front doors of Premier Collision Center and receiving a heartfelt greeting by Fay Higinbotham. Ralph Higinbotham and his wife Fay own the Broken Arrow collision repair center, and Faye has a way of putting a smile on just about anybody’s face. When you visit the website for Premier Collision, Ralph Higinbotham, owner of Premier Collision Center in Broken you’ll find three quotes that Arrow, leads a team of highly skilled technicians that transform your pretty well sum up the busiwrecked vehicle into before-the-accident condition, while extend(continued on page 24) ing a lifetime warranty on all repairs and paint as long as you own the vehicle. (continued on page 2)
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