Coweta Courthouse We at The Paint Doctor appreciate fine work and, thus, wanted to draw your attention to a beautiful restoration of the 107-year-old Coweta County Courthouse in Newnan, Ga., which was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Classical Revival style courthouse was designed by James Wingfield Golucke, who [...]
Home-renovation projects continue to be in the plans of many American homeowners this year, and painting figures in many of those plans, according to recent results of the American Express Spending & Saving Tracker Many homeowners say they’ll continue to opt for the “DIY“ approach, according to the sampling of the spending and savings habits [...]
From dark natural finishes to green color palettes, from the Shaker style to quartz materials, a newly issued survey identifies the hottest design trends in the kitchen and bath marketplace for 2011. More than 100 member designers of the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) participated in the survey, which was intended to reflect trends [...]
Many of you enjoyed The Paint Doctor’s blog post about Honeysuckle as the color of 2011, but just as many of you asked us how color forecasters picked it, and some of you wondered what colors are ‘hot’ for spring. Before we help answer those questions, it’s important to keep in mind that designers view [...]
I hope you will join The Paint Doctor in visiting the the annual Decorator's Showhouse benefiting the Atlanta Symphony celebrates, which opens April 6th and continues through May 9th. This year's home, called Lotus House, is a new 20,000sf estate on West Wesley Road, one of Buckhead's most prestigious addresses. The estate was designed by [...]
The AIA Architecture Billings Index, a key indicator of construction activity, leveled off in January after strengthening late in 2010, the American Institute of Architects reported. But the index suggested that demand for design services was at least holding steady. The AIA said the January ABI score was 50.0, down from a reading of 53.9 [...]