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If you are still undecided on what kind of lighting, or what type for that matter you would want for certain parts of your home, here are four designs you can check out. The pendant lamps from Prandina are new blown glass lamps showed off at the Light and Building 2012 fair.

There are four lamp designs to choose from. They are the Tiara, Gong, Bloom and Chorus. While all feature a curved and smooth appeal, each does have a certain distinction.

The Tiara offers pure elegance, the Gong looks like a cocoon, the Bloom offers up and down lighting while the Chorus is something that plays with subtle angles on a cylindrical shape.

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Last week was this years national Take Your Child to Work Day. Or as my dad and I call it, Thursday.

Warner Stellian is not only a family-owned business, but we employ Warner fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, cousins, nieces and nephewsyou name it! (In fact, were proud recipients of the 2012 St.

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Following a string of limited edition collaborations, Leica is back with a third in a line of special M-System cameras built with the help of renowned Parisian fashion house, Hermès.

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Designed in Hackney: this weeks focus on classics from design company SCP in the heart of Shoreditch continues with the Balzac armchair by Matthew Hilton.

Created in 1991, it was the first upholstered piece from SCP and went on to be their best-selling chair of all time.

Its manufactured entirely in their Norfolk factory, which has just been expanded so all chair-making processes can happen under one roof.

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Lately Ive been seeing problematic deck ledger flashing details so Id like to share with you my perspective on how to properly flash and secure your deck to the house. Properly flashing a deck ledger seems to be a lost skill with most weekend warriors..lets discuss how to properly secure the deck ledger and install the .

Building a new deck isnt really that difficult of a project. However, there are some details that must be followed in order to prevent premature failure of your deck and the area of your house that its attached to. The problem with attaching a deck to the house is it creates a great area to collect water.

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