Homes for Americans: Portable work centers to pool steps and lamps
Features coverage on a portable work center with adjustable legs for comfort and two height options, fiberglass pool steps with A frames and waterproof gasketing, a fluorescent indoor garden lamp line ensuring balanced spectrum and minimal color loss, and a pocket knife with a stainless blade touted as sharp and safe.
Fold-out blade lockknife and gypsum patch kit
The product describes a cross between a pocket knife and a utility knife with a zinc casting case and plastic lock, a changeable blade, and a dry sharp edge. It also details a one time use repair kit for wallboard including clips a 4 by 4 patch a disposable saw spackling compound spatula and sandpaper. The damaged area is cut out using the patch as a pattern then clipped in place with patches and compound smoothed for painting.
Treetop retreat wins Hexter Award for designer Tomlin
Dallas designer Gerald Tomlin of the American Society of Interior Designers won a Hexter Award for his treetop retreat concept. The wood lined tree house room blends rustic furniture, four poster lounge, attic conversion ideas, and a central pine four by four post structure with a tree trunk accent and movable lizard covered table.
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Vivian Brown
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Gerald Tomlin
American Society of Interior Designers
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Wind powered turbine ventilator cools homes on roof
The idea uses a roof mounted turbine ventilator powered by wind to vent attic heat, aiding air conditioning efficiency and reducing condensation. The concept, supported by the Office of Energy Conservation in the Interior Department, aims to cut electricity use.
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Andy Lang
AP Newsfeatures Q
Office of Energy Conservation
Department of the Interior
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