The market is flooded with digital cameras and salespeople extolling the quality of computer-printed photos. So who needs a professional photographer to record their remodeling work? An expensive digital camera will do the trick, right? Wrong.
When I was a child, there was an expression I'd hear my parents utter from time to time: “Things aren't what they used to be.”
Customization is virtually a standard requirement in any upscale space. One way to achieve it is to incorporate hand-painted tiles into the room.
It's technical and artistic, tangible yet ethereal, all at the same time ó it's lighting. It can affect mood, aid or hinder functionality, and even become a focal point. Here are a variety of options in decorative fixtures, ranging from modern and minimalist to fabulous and funky, sure to add pizzazz to any room in which they are included.
Taylor Hicks probably won this year's title of “American Idol” as much for his individuality as his talent. To voting TV viewers, the 29-year-old's salt-and-pepper hair, down-home casual singing style, and rough-around-the-edges manner may have seemed like a refreshing change from what they might have expected an ideal “idol” ó polished, slick-haired, with movie-star looks ó to be.
