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Atlantas David DAmbrosio wears two design hats. He is an interior designer, known for his classic, livable spaces. The 31-year-old is also the owner of Redefined Home Boutique in the trendy West Midtown Design District.

Background: Growing up, I split the year between South Florida and upstate New York. In college, I studied interior design and interior architecture. When I returned to Miami after studying abroad, I worked for a commercial design firm for three years. To take my career as a designer to the next level, I realized I had to do something big. In 2010, I moved to Atlanta and opened the store.

Store owner vs. designer: In the beginning, it was hard to juggle a store and an emerging design career. Now, it is second nature. I love working with clients. But having a store that I can constantly change as new products come in sparks my creativity.

The store offers: Bella Notte Linens, Lillian August & Hickory White casegoods and upholstery, Noir, plus objects found on my travels. Atlanta companies include: Phillips Scott furniture, Avindy Jewelry, Currey and Company lighting and Kevin Peskin Art.

My design style: Transitional with a mix of classic and modern. I like light neutral linens, clean-lined furniture, found objects, dramatic lighting and hits of color and geometric pattern.

Where youve seen my work: Elle Dcor, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Southern Living, Traditional Home and House Beautiful

Favorite accessories: Utilizing objects that were created for one purpose and using them for another. For example, refinishing iron bowls, used by industrial and construction workers in India, to hang on the wall. Or using old olive and potato bins as pendants in laundry rooms. Other favorites: books with beautiful bindings and organic forms, such as natural driftwood.

Favorite design trick: Layering new objects with old objects and family heirlooms.

Design pet peeve: Misuse of scale and proportion. An undersized chandelier or oversized area rug can make the overall aesthetic of a room feel off.

Biggest design mistake Ive made: Sealing the slate floors in my condo in Miami. They turned charcoal-black and were impossible to keep clean.

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The final frontier of the connected home has nothing to do with thermostats, fancy doorbells, or smooth jazz coming out of your credenza.

If your domicile is large enough to also house a car or two, then the first and last portal you pass through every day is most likely your garage door. And when you and your Porsche (or Chevy Impala) roll to work or come home from the gym, youbeing the owner of a fully-connected homeexpect more than just an old-school remote-controlled garage door opener. You want something smarter. Something that not only opens and closes the door, but a device that can be controlled by your phone no matter where in the world you are. Such a device should also know when you switch off the lights and lock the front door, then anticipate your next move and open the garage door for you (and your Impala).

The Iris Z-Wave Garage Door Controller, available from Lowes stores for $99, is such a device. Its part of the Iris connected home platform. The controller itself is a small device you connect to your garage door opener. That in turn connects wirelessly to a central Iris hub (another $99) which you connect over Ethernet to your Wi-Fi router. A companion smartphone app gives you total garage door control, and lets you tie the openers actions to other devices running on the Z-Wave protocol you have installed. There are a number of protocols for home automation on the market, and Z-Wave is one of the most popular. Major manufacturers like GE, Schlage, Trane, and Utilitech make devices that can talk to Iris equipment.

Recently, I installed one of the first Iris production models to see if it lived up to my connected garage door dreams. To compare, I also installed a couple of non-Z-Wave, but still smartphone-connected openers, the Chamberlain MyQ Garage ($130) and a pre-production version of the new BTMate GarageMate ($50) controller.

Most of us have had totally reliable remote-controlled garage door openers for decades. So if theres any hassle at all with a smart garage door opener, people will balk. It has to make everything about opening and closing a garage door more convenient than the current one-button norm. Luckily, installation was dead simple. First, I connected the Iris controller to the metal opener mounts, then connected two wires to the opener. There are three screws on my opener for connecting wires, but one of them is for the safety triggerthe common garage door feature which detects something blocking the door and prevents closing. Otherwise, the two wires from the Iris can go in either of the remaining two ports. Lastly, I attached the tilt sensor to the upper inside part of my garage door using the included mounting plate.

On my MacBook, I registered for an Iris account at IrisSmarthome.com. Then, I connected the Iris hub into my router. To add the garage door controller, I clicked Add Devices in the web app, found the controller in the list, and pressed a button to pair it. Slicker than silk. I then installed the Iris app on my iPhone 5s and logged in. Up popped the garage door controller under the Control tab. It took 20 minutes, including the time to mount the controller and install the app.

My first tap on the app to open my garage door worked perfectly. The Iris controller beeps loudly and flashes a light as a warning. Inside the app, theres a tab called Control and then a tiny icon with an up and down arrow. You press it to open and close the door. It worked, but I wanted a bigger and more obvious button.

In the web app, I set a rule to close the garage door automatically each night at 11pm. It worked like a charm. You can even set a rule to close the garage door when you lock your front door if you install the Iris lock. One downside: Driving up at night, I had to fish out my iPhone, find the app, and click the small button open/close button. The Iris does not sense when I pull up in the driveway. However, I was able to open and close the garage door from my office downtown. Once, I opened the garage door for a friend so he could grab my lawn mower when I wasnt home. He texted me and I hit the button again to close the door. I was impressed.

To test the safety feature, I put a large box in front of my garage door and tried to use the app to close the door. After two attempts, the app stopped sending the command. It turns out this is a UL safety feature. To close the door, I had to push the garage door button manually at home. Also, I never saw any warning messages in the app.

Iris does let you grant access to friends so they can open and close your garage door from their phones. And, you can connect the app to multiple garage doors. However, you pretty much have to set a lock code on your phone. Otherwise, anyone who steals your phoneeven for a momentcan use the app to open your door.

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Edison, New Jersey (PRWEB) August 01, 2014

365 Home Warranty has decided to participate in the Rutgers University internship program on the New Brunswick, New Jersey campus starting in the fall of 2014. In the beginning eight internship positions, both paid and unpaid, will be available in various departments. Students studying business administration, information technology, public relations, marketing/communications, and executive management are all encouraged to apply. Job listings will be available online for students to view on Rutgers CareerKnight system.

CareerKnight is more than just internship and job listings. It is an online system full of career resources. Rutgers students can create high quality resumes and cover letters, as well as schedule career counseling sessions, on campus interviews, and employer information sessions. Rutgers also organizes and hosts career and internship fairs. 365 Home Warranty may attend these events in the future. CareerKnight is an online portal with everything students need to be educated about their future options and to build a strong strategy for achieving success.

The 365 Home Warranty team is very proud to be working with one of the nations leading research universities and the states finest public institution of higher education. As a company, 365 Home Warranty is dedicated to social responsibility and community involvement. Joining forces with the Rutgers internship program is another way for the business to engage with the community and build strong, long-lasting local ties.

According to 365 president, Harry Bailey, the internships that we are offering are valuable. These positions allow students to gain hands-on experience and learn skills relevant to the degree that they are pursuing. Our internship program compliments the education students are receiving and gives them the opportunity to develop abilities that cant be taught in the classroom, Bailey continues, they learn through real world business experience in a friendly, high energy, yet professional atmosphere.

365 Home Warranty is searching for interns with the same traits as their current staff members. It is key for applicants to show strong character and approach the work with positivity, motivation, and a desire to learn. To find out more about the kind of professional atmosphere being fostered at 365 Home Warranty visit http://www.365HomeWarranty.com. Explore the CareerKnight System here.

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For some homeowners, older houses mean solid construction, careful attention to architectural details and a link to earlier times--when craftsmanship was acquired by doing and the results conveyed a builders identity. Houses built before 1964 offer their owners unique preservation opportunities to return to those standards and to reconnect with Kansas history.

Active preservation efforts by public and private entitles on the local, state and national levels also provide tax incentives, tax credits and available grants to qualifying properties for all stages of the restoration process. Historical preservation can bring up to 90 percent rebates from city tax increases on improvements and, with state or National Register of Historic Places designation, properties become eligible for income tax credits and restoration grants. Beyond financial incentives, historic preservation of older properties also conveys intangible rewards: Improved neighborhoods, better aesthetics from coherent and authentic architecture, and the security that comes with structural integrity.

Restoration may reveal hidden gemsa previously unknown cast-plaster or pressed-metal ceiling, finely crafted details beneath painted wood trim or clues to engineering innovations to resolve 19th Century building dilemmas, said Wes Darnell, of WDM Architects.

Darnell, founding member of WDM Architects in Wichita, specializes in historic preservation. WDM is one of very few Kansas firms offering historic preservation expertise; its past preservation efforts have focused predominantly on public and commercial structures, including the Andover Public Library in Andover, KS, and within Wichitas historic district. WDMs year-long restoration of the Eaton Hotel returned it to its 1883-1900 design and recreated the last block of old downtown Wichita. By comparison, architectural involvement in residential restorations is rare, Darnell said, for budget reasons and because city historic preservation offices now help in this work.

Katrina Ringler defines Three Rs to fixing up older houses renovation, restoration or rehabilitation each with a different goal to making repairs. Ringler, who is with the Historic Preservation Office, within the Cultural Resources Division at the Kansas State Historical Society, deals with non-profits, private home owners, public and private groups fixing up structures built more than 50 years ago.

Most home-owners or real estate investors are interested in renovating an older home to increase its re-sale value on the housing market, or to make it more livable as a rental or as their own home. Renovating might involve upgrading the kitchen cabinets and counters, adding a modern bathroom and re-wiring electrical outlets to facilitate the location of a dishwasher or clothes dryer. Add a coat of paint, some wood sealer and the house is ready for move-in.

By comparison, rehabbing a house, means paying attention to authentic, historical details in upgrading the structure, Ringler said. The objective is to reproduce the character and appearance of the original architecture while adding modern conveniences to increase occupant comfort. This might include improved electrical wiring, modern plumbing and central air. Outside the house should look like it did when first built, say vintage 1900 architecture, but inside, the home has all the comforts of today.

Restoring is the most difficult approach and means returning the structure to the time period of its construction, both in character and detail, to retain its historical integrity. An 1880 home or courthouse would be restored to an 1880 standardno air conditioning, indoor plumbing or dual-pane windows. These restoration standards are maintained by successful nomination to local, state or national historic registers. Nomination to the Register of Historic Kansas Places requires application at the state level and can take up to 12 months for a decision by the Kansas Board of Review. Successful nomination carries tax incentives and makes the sponsoring preservationists eligible to apply for annual renovation-aid grants of up to $90,000. By law, half this funding goes to restore public buildings like courthouses, one-room schools and other structures with documented historical significance and a demonstrable benefit to the community.

Local, State and National Historic Registers

A separate review process for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, administered through the National Parks Service, can earn federal tax incentives and eligibility for restoration grants. Information is available online, at the NRHP website, http://www.nps.gov/nr/research/. Topeka also accepts applications for its Local Landmarks program. For properties so designated, the city conveys an historic zoning overlayprotecting the property, and adding a review by the council-appointed zoning board for changes that require a building permit. Those interested in Local Landmark applications, city property tax rebates and grant eligibility should contact Tim Parish, Topekas Historic Preservation Planner, 785-368-3013.

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