New Product- Kohler Flipside Handshower

The Kohler Flipside Handshower has four rotating spray faces that allow a completely unique showering experience. The Flip design spray head is sure to make your showering experience totally different and fun!

Yarmouth Honors Fallen Marine

Lt. Nicholas Xiahros of Yarmouth was killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan. His wake is being held today and funeral tomorrow. The town and businesses of Yarmouth have posted signs and ribbons all over town honoring Lt. Xiahros. Snow and Jones thanks all of our troops for their service and thinks it is great to see people being so supportive of our soldiers.

BusinessConnector- Get your business out there!

You're on Facebook, you may Twitter, you have a profile on LinkedIn. Another great outlet to promote yourself and your business is BusinessConnector.biz. Operated by Cape and Plymouth Business Magazine, this site lets you create a company profile and connect with other businesses on the Cape and the South Shore. With the ability to post pictures, videos, blogs, and press releases, BusinessConnector is another terrfiic way to create visibility for your company.

Watch for Unlicensed Contractors

As the economy slowed, construction slowed and this resulted in layoffs across the industry. Homeowners are now coming across "contractors" offering bargain rates to remodel their homes. These contractors are often unlicensed, uninsured, and not legal to perform work in your home. Their prices may seem incredible, but you are risking work that may not be performed to the standards you need, and this may result in you having to hire someone to come correct the work.

Recently, 42 unlicensed contractors were busted in New York. Homeowners often face legal battles trying to recoupe money from unlicensed contractors. Make sure your contractors are licensed and insured, and check references! A remodel is a big investment- treat it as such!

Remodel v. Diamond Studs

85% of women would select a $5,000 room remodel versus a pair of diamond stud earrings. More than half (51 percent) of women dislike the décor in at least one room in their best friend’s home, but only 55 percent of women would tell them. Ladies, any thoughts? Read more....

New Displays

Stop by the Norwell showroom to see new Kohler, Grohe, and Symmons displays. There are tons of new kitchen and lavatory faucets, as well as several new sinks. Be sure to see the Botanical Gardens sink, featuring a hand painted layout of flowers in black, as well as a tiny ladybug providing a little pizzaz! The new Evenweave apron front sink is sure to be a big hit here in New England.

New displays are coming soon in Yarmouth as well.

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Martha's Vineyard Decorator Showhouse and Garden

Looking for something interesting to do this summer? Take a trip to the Vineyard and while you are there, stop by the Decorator Showhouse and Garden. Through the collaboration of interior designers, landscape architects and other Island trade specialists, the Captain Thomas Mellen House has been transformed into a show case of artistry, craftsmanship and whimsy. More than 35 Vineyard craftsmen and decorators will transform each of the rooms to reflect their interpretation of Edgartown's unique style. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the home and gardens as well as participate in the demonstrations and lectures planned throughout the summer under a tent on the house’s grounds.

To learn more about the home and hours of operations, visit the showhouse website http://www.marthasvineyardshowhouse.com/.

Design Ideas- What to do?

Sometimes the hardest part of a building or remodeling project is assembling your ideas together into one design. A great way to get ideas for your projects it to take peaks at completed projects, cut/print pictures, and bring them to your designer/builder/architect/plumbing showroom. Together, your team can pull your concepts together into your ideal projects.

Kohler works with industry publications and assocations to create "Idea Homes", incorporating different plumbing, kitchen, furniture, and paint products together to create themes. On the Idea Homes website, you can look at completed homes and view a list of fixtures, furniture pieces, and even the paint colors used. This site is so helpful in assembling your ideas!

2010 HGTV Green Home to be in Plymouth

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [July 7, 2009] HGTV will build its third annual “green” home in The Pinehills, an innovative master-planned community located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The 2010 HGTV Green Home, just eight miles north of Cape Cod, will be a custom-built, shingle-style cottage with approximately 2,100 square feet of living space. It will feature construction and design elements that are known to contribute to an energy efficient, cleaner and healthier living environment.

“The Pinehills is the perfect community for our third annual HGTV Green Home because it allows us to showcase the latest cost efficient, accessible and eco-friendly approaches to living that can be incorporated into any home,” said Jim Samples, president of HGTV.

Viewers can enter for a chance to win the HGTV Green Home Giveaway grand prize package during the entry period from April 16 – June 4, 2010.

“This will be our first HGTV Green Home in a New England location, which gives us the chance to demonstrate the best building products and practices uniquely suited for the charm and challenges of a northeast climate,” said Jack Thomasson, HGTV House Planner. “As an added bonus, The Pinehills offers desirable features and amenities such as beautiful wooded lots, walking and nature trails, a swimming pool, three championship-caliber golf courses and the many attractions of The Village Green with its shopping and health/fitness facilities.”

Starting next April, fans can visit HGTV.com for a virtual tour of the home or they can see a televised tour during the HGTV Green Home 2010 special on Sunday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

“We’re honored that HGTV has selected The Pinehills as the location of its 2010 HGTV Green Home,” said Tony Green, managing partner, Pinehills LLC. “The Pinehills community is based on a vision that protects the natural environment in a variety of ways - from preserving 70% of the land as open space to providing miles of walking trails to connect neighborhoods to shops and services at The Village Green. The HGTV Green Home will be constructed by MacKenzie Brothers, one of the outstanding custom home builders at The Pinehills.”

HGTV Green Homes are always fabulously constructed homes that combine tremendous design with the latest in green products. Kohler and Rinnai are always featured in HGTV Green Homes, and are carried by Snow and Jones. Stop by a showroom to learn about how you can incorporate green products into your remodel or new home!

To learn more about the HGTV 2010 Green Home, visit : http://blog.hgtv.com/greenhome/2009/07/07/hgtv-green-home-2010-location-revealed/.