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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Well-rounded

I recently had to source the perfect round mirror for a client's home and found so many beauties that I just had to share. The only directive was that it be made of a natural material to support the eclectic beachy/safari/rustic vibe she has going on. Easy enough!! (The hard part was choosing just one.)


Driftwood Mirror $199 from Crate & Barrel.


Bali Hemp Rope Mirror $378.95 from Soft Surroundings.


Bone Sunburst Mirror $269 from Ballard Designs.


Buzz Round Wall Mirror $369.44 from Lighting Universe.


Round Bamboo Mirror $108 from Home Gallery Stores.


Recycled Scaffold Mirror $458 from Velocity Art & Design.


Buffalo Horn Mirror $495 from Clayton Gray Home.


Wooden Gear Mirror $429 from Shades of Light.


Birch Bark Mirror $214.20 from Sterling Lighting & Decor.

1 comment:

  1. Finally the modular home gets set on the foundation and your builder connects the utilities and does all of the on-site work necessary to get you moved in! All while the site-built home cross laminated timber builders is still twiddling their thumbs, waiting for it to stop raining.

    Using cross-laminated timber as the main ingredient in a building design CLT House has many benefits. Compared to steel or concrete CLT is reasonably easy to work with on site. Prefabricated sections arrive on a truck, are quickly craned into place, and are simply joined together with a skeleton crew. It has been said that if you see someone with a saw or a hammer on a CLT building site – it means something has gone wrong.

    Of course when it comes to timber building – there is always the question of fire-safety, but CLT is vastly different from stick-frame wood construction. Mass timber is significantly more difficult to ignite and once it catches fire it begins to char, causing it to burn at a slow predictable rate. Believe it or not, engineered timber CLT building system like this can outperform structural steel in a fire. In one test, a glulam beam was pitted against a steel beam in a fire. The steel failed after 30 minutes, while the timber remained straight and true, retaining 70% of its structural integrity.

    On top of all this – CLT is made of a renewable crop, making it one of the most sustainable and low carbon building materials on the market. Of course it isn’t all plain sailing designing CLT wood construction system with CLT. As with all new materials it will require a huge amount of rigorous testing before it will be widely accepted by building departments around the world. In addition to this CLT is unfamiliar terrain for many designers, so working with it requires the development of new details and ways of building.

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