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New 14m lights 'will save Stockton 1.8m a year in fuel and maintenance bills'

5:21pm Monday 7th July 2014 in News

NEW STREET LIGHTS: An lighting engineer attaches one of Stockton's new street lights.

WORK on a 14M street lighting replacement programme which it is hoped will save tax-payers 1.8m a year in bills started today (July 7).

Stockton Borough Council started replacing 28,000 lanterns in a seven-phase process which will last three years.

All street lighting columns over 25 years old will be replaced, with work taking place first on lamps over 40 years old.

The project started today in the Roseworth area of Stockton.

Some areas will only need lantern replacements but others will also involve the addition, reduction or replacement of street lighting columns.

There has been some controversy over LED lighting elsewhere in the country with some people complaining that it does not disperse enough light.

However they have a longer lifespan, use less energy, are recyclable and contain no toxic materials, making them more environmentally friendly.

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Ah, the powder room. That whimsical, showoff of a bathroom. Unless of course, its fixtures are frumpy, its style lost in the last century. Here's how to remodel your powder room so you're never afraid to say, "Yes!" when someone asks, "Do you have a restroom I can use?"

Style A powder room, because of its small size, is a great place to take chances with design. You might try an intense color or unusual materials, ones that might overpower a larger room. "You can go really crazy," says Sara Ann Busby, president-elect of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) and owner of Sara Busby Designs, Elk Rapids, Mich.

Before contacting a bath design professional, give some thought to what style of powder room you prefer. Unsure of your personal style? Yes/No Design: Discover Your Decorating Style With Taste-Revealing Exercises and Examples by Diane Love (Rizzoli International Publications) can help you get a handle on it.

Once you've pinpointed your style, check out some beautiful bathrooms in person. Decorator show houses, kitchen and bath showrooms, and plumbing showrooms provide places to see styles in 3-D, says Jessica Clock, a designer with Carmel Kitchen Specialists Inc. of Carmel, Ind.

Color When auditioning colors for your powder room, beige, tan and sand need not apply. Bold hues like merlot, navy, chocolate and even black work well in this small space. Although conventional decorating wisdom suggests that lighter colors make a small room feel bigger, there's no need for visual tricks here. Embrace the room's small size and go for drama instead. "I love the idea of creating a jewel box. A bathroom doesn't have to be big to be effective," says Randall Whitehead, lighting designer and owner of Randall Whitehead Lighting Designs.

Layout Despite the room's small size, many mechanicals must be included. "You've got big drain lines to get in and obviously the water supply lines," Sara Ann says. "You've got to get ventilation in there and possibly a window and some very specific products that aren't really flexible in size," like a toilet and sink. A professional designer can look at the overall size of the room, take the mechanicals into account, and create a floor plan that maximizes space.

Materials Powder rooms are the perfect place to dabble in materials that are more costly, delicate or require more maintenance because the room needs considerably less material than other bathrooms and receives less traffic. Sara Ann Busby also suggests using materials in unusual ways. For example, she likes to add a twist to stone countertops by creating a jagged edge. The effect is unexpected and gives a natural feel to the bathroom.

Accessories To make a powder room hospitable, accessorize. Add art to walls, arrange small vignettes on the countertops, and provide little luxuries like finely milled soaps and rich lotion for guests to use. The one thing a powder room doesn't need much of is storage. Anything a visitor needs from hand towels to extra toilet tissue should be in plain sight. So put the lights on a dimmer, light a wonderful candle, and the next time someone asks to use the bathroom tell them yes, without hesitation.

Resources

Sara Ann Busby NKBA President-Elect, 2007 Sara Busby Design Elk Rapids, Mich. SaraBusbyDesign.com

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Home Catch The Exclusive Premiere of TLCs Newest Renovation Show 'Spouse vs. House' posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:00 AM

A urinal in the house? Graffiti in the family room? Could this be the result when hesitating wives leave the all-important renovation work and design decisions completely to their husbands? Six couples will take the brave step to find out just how synchronised (or not) their visions of a dream home really are in Spouse vs. House. For three weeks, man and wife are separated wives are exiled from their homes and husbands are entrusted to manage the budget of US$25,000 for the renovation of three rooms. Part design drama, part couples therapy, trust, compromise, and other relationship-related issues will surface throughout each of the six hour-long episodes in the series. Spouse vs. House premieres on July 10 at 8:00 p.m. with new episodes airing every Thursday. Encores every Friday at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

Spouse vs. House is a renovation show with a twist: each couple is given US$25,000 dollars and three weeks to remodel three rooms of their home. They think they will be doing this renovation together, but they find out on Day 1, that's not going to happen. The rules are the wife must move out by herself and the husband is left behind to be in charge of the entire renovation without her. To make the stakes even higher, they can have no contact at all over the three-week period.

The husbands are put in charge of the US$25,000 budget and must make all the design decisions themselves. They are allowed to have friends to come help, but any "professional" help must be paid for out of their budgets. While they struggle to choose the correct cabinets, cupboards, tiles, and wall color, one thing is for sure: all of them are overwhelmed by the work, especially since many still must manage the renovation around their full-time jobs.

Meanwhile the wives feel as though they've been left out in the design cold... or have they? They will soon realise they have their own renovating work to do in their very own "doll house" an all-white, life-size replica of one of the rooms in their house that they can redesign in any way they wish. With the help of professional interior designer, Ryan Brown, they are given the task to transform their dollhouse room into their ultimate fantasy version of the room. And money is no object! 48 hours before the husband completes his renovation he will get a chance to see his wife's finished dollhouse and it will be the one chance for the wife to express to her husband what she wanted done in that room. Our husbands can buy anything they like off the dollhouse floor to bring home, if they have the money and the desire to do so. Will they like what their wives have done? Or will they be too far down the road in their own renovation to incorporate anything their wife has chosen to do? And in the end of the entire process, will the wives be happy with their spouse or disappointed with their house?

Tune in to the following episodes of Spouse vs. House to find out if this design story ends with happy house, happy spouse or both!

The Rhodes Chris and Susan Rhodes think they are remodeling three rooms in their home together, but when this responsible wife learns her less focused husband is in charge of the US$25,000 budget and she has to move out, she's nervous and for good reason. She describes her husband as "her third child" and when he contemplates spending US$4,000 on speakers for his DJ tables rather than putting it into their remodel, she might be right to question his ability to handle so much money on his own. When, she sees what local graffiti "artists" have painted in her playroom, tensions explode in this highly emotional episode. Was this remodel about what was best for them or just for him?

The Andersons Justin, an in-between-jobs chef and his ever-efficient wife Erin, are given three weeks and US$25,000 to remodel their kitchen, bar room, and three-year-old son's bedroom. But when the couple learns that she has to move out for the entire renovation leaving every design and decorating decision to her husband, it's a recipe for disaster. Will this laid-back husband spend too much time hanging out with his buddies rather than working on turning his former bachelor pad into a sophisticated family home? What will the wife do when she learns her husband has spent US$3,000 on a bunk bed he knew she didnt want for their young son?

The Swentys This domestic partnership is not all bliss when Maija Merchant finds out her live-in boyfriend Jeff Swenty is in charge of their entire remodel and she'll have no say in his design plans. Worse, she would like her bedroom remodeled while he wants a new man cave in the garage. With US$25,000, Maija hopes that at the very least he'll incorporate some of her ideas she's created in her "dollhouse," a life-size version of her living room she's remodeled with designer, Ryan Brown. But when Jeff sees the dollhouse and hates it, will Maija like anything about the remodel when she gets home?

The Hinds Colin and Ali Hinds can't wait to remodel their kitchen, living room and son Preston's room with their US$25,000 budget. But when this in-control wife finds out her CEO-type husband is in charge of everything and she gets no say in the remodel, she's none too pleased: especially about her son's room, which she had special plans for. Worse, this CEO finds himself quickly over his head: it's hard to manage a renovation when you don't understand what's involved, and Colin has never renovated a single thing. Will Ali be able to let go of her controlling ways and like anything Colin's done? Will Colin deliver on a remodel that will make his wife and son happy, or will he run out of time, money, and people to delegate the work to?

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