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Workers cut down trees and place them in a wood chipper as work at the Meriden hub continues Monday morning Jan. 4, 2014.
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BELLEVUE In Southern Idaho, EJ Harpham is well known for her ceramic cups and platters. Many boast intricate carved images of Idaho trout and wildflowers that are sold at places like Silver Creek Outfitters in Ketchum.
But outside of Idaho, shes known as a tile artist who creates and paints large-scale tile murals that adorn the walls of the Hollywood race track jockey lounge or the exteriors of three-story buildings facing the Pacific Ocean.
Harpham painted more than 2,000 tiles for a 2,000-square-foot mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe that she installed on an exterior wall of Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Los Angeles.
The mural featured not only the vision of the Virgin Guadalupe as she appeared to an Indian peasant, but it featured the flags of the Americas, two famous volcanoes located near where the miracle occurred and the extinct lake where Mexico City is now located.
My work is everywhere but here, for the most part, said Harpham, who works in a spacious studio attached to her home south of Bellevue.
That mural was blessed by the archbishop of the Diocese of Guadalupe. More than 35,000 worshippers came to pay their respects when it opened, so many the fire department was going to shut it down as a fire hazard, she added.
It all started when Harphams parents gave her a potters wheel to mark her high school graduation.
Here, my friends were going to Europe or driving around in a new VW Beetle, thanks to their high school graduation presents, and I got a potters wheel, Harpham said, turning on her native Long Island accent at will.
It turned out to be the best thing Harphams parents could have given her.
Harpham took a couple pottery courses and finally ended up at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in 1977 when the art center was bringing in the countrys foremost potters.
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(PRWEB) January 11, 2014
HomeThangs.com the Online Home Improvement Store has made their goal to deliver the right product to the consumer. With that in mind, shopping and home design tips, as well as special product selections are being introduced.
Adding a tile backsplash is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to dramatically update the look and feel of a kitchen. Its a simple but striking alteration, and can really help set the mood for the whole space. Installing a backsplash is also a great way to add color to a kitchen, and HomeThangs.com has introduced a quick guide to the most popular shades for every color in the rainbow.
Red tile backsplashes are very popular in modern kitchens, and work especially well contrasted with glossy white cabinets. Bold, intense, primary reds are daring and can really make the space pop, and work equally well whether theyre small mosaic tiles or a single painted glass sheet.
Bright, bold oranges have also become something of a niche statement piece, especially in modern or professional style kitchens. Orange backsplashes have the same assertiveness that red ones do, but are a little softer and warmer feeling. Especially rich, pumpkiny oranges can be quite inviting, making for a less stark modern look.
As with paint, yellow can be a difficult color to get right. Sandy yellows a few shades darker than off white are easier to pull off and give a warm, sunny tint to the kitchen, but darker ochres and mustard yellows need to be paired very carefully with surrounding colors. Paying attention to light levels (both natural and electric) is especially important with this color; the wrong lighting can make the wrong color yellow look dingy or sickly.
Green is a color thats become a lot more popular lately, strangely in step with the green home movement. Soft, springy or sagey green tiles pair well with renewable materials like bamboo and are great for creating relaxed, natural, earthy kitchen spaces. Lime greens show up in the most modern kitchens, but by and large green tile backsplashes are limited to more subdued leaf tones.
Blue tile backsplashes are easily the most diverse in terms of tint, tone, and shade. While most other colors usually stick more or less to a few popular varieties, blue backsplashes come in every stripe, from icy baby blues to near-black navy, true-blue primary blues to assertive aquas and teals, and everywhere in between. Blue tile adds an open, airy feel to the kitchen, and has a pleasant calming effect. This is one of the few colors where one inch square tiles are still popular, too.
Purple is probably the most difficult color to use for a backsplash because it can be quite difficult to pair with any color besides more purple, which can mean committing to a very purple kitchen. That said, eggplant purple is a spectacular choice for the bold, while lighter, lavender tinted gray stone tile offers a subtler look for a more traditional kitchen.
To see some beautiful, colorful tile backsplashes in action, check out the full article here.
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Williamson County Sheriffs Office detectives arrested a county school custodial worker late Friday night.
Victor Manuel Alvarado, 48, of Antioch, is charged with observation without consent at Scales Elementary on Murray Lane in Brentwood.
Alvarado is in jail on $75,000 bond. Hes scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court 1 p.m. Jan. 23.
Detectives are continuing their investigation.
Williamson County Schools officials said a custodian was found above an open tile space in a girls bathroom at Scales Elementary School in Brentwood on Friday.
A janitor who was contracted to work at the school through GCA Services in Nashville was found by a maintenance worker in the crawl space above the bathroom, Williamson County Schools spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said Friday night.
Williamson County Sheriffs Department officials were on the scene of the incident, though no criminal charges have yet been filed. Spokeswoman Sharon Puckett said authorities were questioning a person of interest in the case as of Friday night.
The maintenance worker told district officials he noticed something was wrong when he repeatedly fixed a misplaced tile in the bathroom, only to find it taken out again moments later. He then looked up and saw the janitor sitting in the crawlspace above the ceiling, Birdsong said.
There is no reason for the janitor to be in the ceiling, she said.
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WE STARTED demolition on July 5th and moved into our renovated condo on Labor Day. That was two months to gut and restore the bathroom and kitchen as well as refresh the nicest way I can think to put it the rest of the tired interior.
Why such an unrealistic timetable? More to the point: Why were we moving again? By early August when every day was packed with workmen, decisions and expenses, you can believe I was asking myself those questions.
Nine years ago when our youngest child left for college, we downsized from our family house to a 1,400-square-foot condo in the Queen Anne neighborhood. At the same time, we bought a little weekend house on Whidbey Island.
Then this spring my husband decided to work from home instead of an office. We heard rumors that a condo wed always admired was coming available in a 1950s building around the corner. An idea was hatched: What if we could eke out renovation funds by buying and selling privately without real-estate commissions? Could we shoehorn living and office space into a condo smaller, older and less expensive enough that we could retire our mortgage in the move?
The six-unit building was converted to condos in 2000. Though it still had a pink tile bathroom and the kitchen was dismal, the unit had been well cared for. The owner had installed quality appliances and protected the oak floors. At 1,100 square feet, it had two bedrooms, one large enough for an office. I loved the wood-burning fireplace, a deck that ran the width of the dining/living room, and the big Japanese maple that lent the feel of living in a treehouse. A window wall looked south to Elliott Bay.
The idea became a plan. We reached a deal with the owner, sold our condo to friends when the market was booming in May, and found ourselves facing a big renovation on a small budget with a tight time frame.
Crazy? We probably wouldnt have braved it if our architect daughter, Katie Easton, wasnt willing to design the new space and line up craftsmen she worked with regularly. My husband acted as general contractor, and I chose the materials, subject to approval from the rest of the team.
The place called out for clean lines and uncrowded simplicity. The bathroom countertop, the kitchen sink, most of the fixtures, and all the kitchen and bathroom cabinetry came from Ikea, and cost less than $5,000.
We lucked out in our carpenter and general handyman. He built shelves, figured out tricky door and plumbing issues, and skillfully assembled the jigsaw of cabinetry.
We painted everything but the stone fireplace in warm white. I chose eco-friendly materials whenever possible, keeping maintenance and durability in mind. The kitchen counters are gray Caesarstone, a bulletproof, man-made quartz that looks soft like soapstone. We chose recycled glass tiles from Bedrock Industries and American Olean Greenworks tile for the bathroom. A roomy, tiled shower stall with glass doors replaced the pink bathtub.
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Update: 7:20 a.m.
Williamson County Sheriffs Office detectives arrested a county school custodial worker late Friday night.
Victor Manuel Alvarado, 48, of Antioch, is charged with observation without consent at Scales Elementary on Murray Lane in Brentwood.
Alvarado is in jail on $75,000 bond. Hes scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court 1 p.m. Jan. 23.
Detectives are continuing their investigation.
Williamson County Schools officials said a custodian was found above an open tile space in a girls bathroom at Scales Elementary School in Brentwood on Friday.
A janitor who was contracted to work at the school through GCA Services in Nashville was found by a maintenance worker in the crawl space above the bathroom, Williamson County Schools spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said Friday night.
Williamson County Sheriffs Department officials were on the scene of the incident, though no criminal charges have yet been filed. Spokeswoman Sharon Puckett said authorities were questioning a person of interest in the case as of Friday night.
The maintenance worker told district officials he noticed something was wrong when he repeatedly fixed a misplaced tile in the bathroom, only to find it taken out again moments later. He then looked up and saw the janitor sitting in the crawlspace above the ceiling, Birdsong said.
There is no reason for the janitor to be in the ceiling, she said.
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Janitor found above bathroom
Williamson County Schools officials said a custodian was found above an open tile space in a girls bathroom at Scales Elementary School in Brentwood on Friday.
A janitor who was contracted to work at the school through GCA Services in Nashville was found by a maintenance worker in the crawl space above the bathroom, Williamson County Schools spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said Friday night.
Williamson County Sheriffs Department officials were on the scene of the incident, though no criminal charges have yet been filed. Spokeswoman Sharon Puckett said authorities were questioning a person of interest in the case as of Friday night.
The maintenance worker told district officials he noticed something was wrong when he repeatedly fixed a misplaced tile in the bathroom, only to find it taken out again moments later. He then looked up and saw the janitor sitting in the crawlspace above the ceiling, Birdsong said.
There is no reason for the janitor to be in the ceiling, she said.
School resource officers then looked at other girls and faculty bathrooms at the school to find misplaced tiles there, as well.
Birdsong said she was told the janitor would not be allowed to return to the school.
The suspect had not been booked into the Williamson County Jail on any charges as of 8 p.m. Friday, a booking officer said.
School officials had a meeting Friday evening at the school to alert parents to the situation, Birdsong said. More than 500 parents attended, she said.
Nancy Windley, a mother of two children at the school and its PTO president, said she and other parents were upset about the situation but thankful school officials handled the situation immediately and told parents quickly.
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Miami Universitys state-of-the-art building automation system helped prevent major water problems experienced at other colleges and universities this past week.
Several houses and buildings in the region suffered fractured water mains and pipes when sub zero temperature rose to the mid-40s the past few days.
On Wednesday, Miami University reported minor pipe bursting problems due to a broken sprinkler system. There also was water that escaped from a fractured frozen pipe in an attic space at Porter Hall, according to university building maintenance officials.
Earlier this week, approximately 50 Wright State University students were evacuated from Cimarron Woods, an apartment building, following a water main break. This past Tuesday, several buildings at the University of Dayton suffered flooding.
Thanks to our monitoring system we were able to respond immediately, minimize damage and isolate the situation to get it cleaned up before any loss of property or damage to student rooms, said Jeremy Davis, director of building maintenance for Miami University.
Approximately 80 employees monitor the building automation system 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They keep a close eye on building temperatures and conditions.
If they get out of parameters they send an alarm and we respondwe use the system to increase temperatures during the times when temperature is cold outside so that we can reduce any failures to our system, said Davis.
Workers are also equipped with iPads to help them diagnose problems remotely.
The system helps conserve energy, indicates if theres a loss of water flow and protects building assets, according to university officials.
Its cutting edge. Its the greatest thing we have going. It saves us a lot of money, we use it for trouble shooting, for maintenance repair and for utilities costs, Davis said.
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