Archive for July, 2012
Piedrafina Now Available at Construction Resources Slab Gallery
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Piedrafina is now available at our indoor slab gallery!
Piedrafina, the newest environmentally-friendly countertop option for bathroom vanity tops, is now available at our indoor slab gallery located at 227 Rio Circle in Decatur. Piedrafina joins the suite of environmentally friendly options that include Cambria Quartz Countertops, Vetrazzo recycled glass countertops, PaperStone and more in our extensive list of available materials. If you are looking for your next renovation or new home to be part of the green revolution we are ready to help with LEED-certified products that will wow you!
Piedrafina is made of recycled marble with a resin composite that gives it shape. The Piedrafina slabs are thin, so they are perfect for bathroom vanities, from huge double vanities to the tops of sink consoles. It’s a great surface for capturing the luxury and beauty of marble in an eco-friendly way. We will have all colors of Piedrafina to choose from, though we have a limited selection available at the moment. There will be a Piedrafina slab of the gorgeous light cream Botticino in the showroom soon! Read More→
New CRHome Website Coming Soon!
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Get ready for a new CR Home experience for kitchen countertops and more!
We’re excited to announce that our website, ConstructionResourcesUSA.com, is getting an overhaul! The current site is packed full of information and products, but needs an update to keep our customers aware of our newer offerings and designer features. We are happy to say that the new site is sleeker and easier to navigate with even more information and product offerings, from kitchen countertops to bathroom vanity sets.
While the new site isn’t live yet, we are excited to share some of the cooler features. The new site focuses more on design and we want you to know that we are here to do the heavy lifting, from fabrication to installation, to bring to life your vision of a kitchen or bath that is uniquely you. The site is also tied in closer with social media, so the wealth of the inspiration we share on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Houzz is only a few clicks away. The website has updated product information for both residential and commercial applications, too. Read More→
Are You Pinteresting Enough to Win a Big Green Egg?
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Construction Resources wants to know if you have got what it takes to entertain with southern style! Atlanta’s premier provider of kitchen countertops has joined forces with The Southern Coterie in a new giveaway to help you expand your outdoor kitchen with a new Big Green Egg. All you have to do is create a Pinterest Board all about Entertaining with Southern Style, tag your pins with #thesoutherncCONTEST and go hog wild with southern inspirations! The winner will be chosen on Labor Day, September 3.
What makes southern style entertaining? That’s all up to you, but a place to start would be your favorite southern hostesses, tablescapes or recipes. There’s a growing set of examples on both the Construction Resources and The Southern Coterie Pinterest pages to get your inspiration going about what to pin.
For all the details, you can check out the rules on the Construction Resources Pinterest page. There’s no time like the present to start. Before you know it, you’ll be in high cotton with great pins and a brand new addition to your outdoor kitchen!
If your outdoor kitchen isn’t ready for a new arrival, be sure to stop by the Construction Resources indoor slab gallery. We can help turn your patio or backyard space into an epicurean playground outdoors that your friends and family will look forward to coming by, sitting a spell and feasting on your scrumptious vittles!
Originally posted on Atlanta Real Estate Forum, Atlanta's best source for Atlanta new homes news.
Construction Resources finds New Ways to Inspire in addition to our Indoor Slab Gallery
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Come join us on Pinterest (and Houzz) to share inspirations!
In addition to the 20,000 square feet of the indoor slab gallery and additional showrooms across Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina, Construction Resources is always exploring new ways to inspire with gorgeous kitchens and baths. To that end, we’ve been working hard on developing robust profiles on two new social media sites, Pinterest and Houzz.
Pinterest allows us to share tons of photos in different categories. We’re using it to show our products and our kitchen, bath and other home and commercial design spaces. An awesome part about Pinterest is that it’s easier than ever to share images, or “pins,” with other users. Often, the images automatically link back to the source material. This means if you see a gorgeous countertop picture, you can often go right to the product information without being bothered to search for it. We’re updating our Pinterest frequently, so you can check often or follow our boards to see when we have new inspirations to share. You can find the Construction Resources Pinterest boards here. Read More→
Support Team USA in your next Remodel with Cambria Quartz Countertops!
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Come to our Indoor Slab Gallery for the largest selection of Cambria and support USA!
Support American goods this Olympic season with a purchase of Cambria quartz countertops! You can make your home party central for the best of the London Summer 2012 Olympic Games with an environmentally friendly, domestically created countertop surface that is gorgeous and functional. Cambria is easy on your conscience and wallet and will make your home look better than ever with any selection of its 100 different color profiles.
You can see the largest collection of Cambria in Georgia at our indoor slab gallery. As a certified Cambria Lexus partner, we have the largest inventory of Cambria and we get the newest designs first. Our skilled fabricators and installers can help you go from selecting a slab to having it installed in just 10 business days. While it’s a little late to get your new countertops installed by the opening ceremonies on July 27, you can still get your countertop installed in time for your favorite event and host a spectacular viewing party! Read More→
Cambria Customers Reaping Rewards from Spring Sale
Posted by: | CommentsAs you might recall, we recently held our Spring Clearance Sale event, during which tons of our inventory was on discount and we offered special buys on our extensive selection of Cambria Quartz countertops.
One of the buyers at our sale, Pam Heisler of Smoke Rise, Georgia, let us follow up with her and take pictures of her installations. Four bathrooms received a Cambria upgrade and they turned out beautifully!
The bathroom vanity in the powder room features Cambria’s Aragon. The color stands out in the luxuriant red bathroom, and the hints of yellow in the countertop work well with the gold and bronze accents in the room’s décor. Read More→
Over 100 More Bonotti Italian Marble Slabs Coming to Construction Resources
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Due to the amazing reception our initial slabs of the Collezione Italia collection of luxury marble countertops, we have more on the way! 110 additional full slabs of Calacatta Extra honed and polished, Bianco Carrara, Arabescato, Statuario Extra, Calacutta Oro and five other colors are coming to our slab gallery within the next 60 days. This continues the exclusive partnership between Construction Resources and Bonotti Stone Trading to bring the highest quality Italian marble to our customers.
With the white countertop trend continuing to dominate, and marble holding tightly to its lofty position as the luxury stone for those who want to impress, this wealth of material means discerning customers will have the most options at our slab gallery. These luxury stones are of the highest quality, with exceptional veining and stark whiteness which, makes them stand out from other quarried stone. We also carry the highest quality stone care products, including cleaner and sealer, so your investment in luxury stone will be protected from blemishes.
Customers seeking the look and cachet of marble but looking for an environmentally friendly option can also delight in the selection of our newest exclusive partnership with Piedrafina, a recycled marble composite surface. You can find Piedrafina and some Bonotti slabs at our indoor slab gallery today, but like us on Facebook to be among the first to know when the new Bonotti slabs arrive.
Originally posted on Atlanta Real Estate Forum, Atlanta's best source for Atlanta new homes news.
Design Tips for an Entertaining Kitchen
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If you are looking at either buying a new home or renovating your current abode and want it to be the place everyone comes to and hangs out at, follow these design tips. From fabulous kitchen countertops to cabinetry, it’s easy to make your kitchen the heart of fun in your home.
- Arrange your kitchen for entertaining – remember that while you want people inside the kitchen, you don’t want them between you and your workspace. You can influence this by setting barstools around the outer edge of your work area, so people can watch, converse and have fun in the kitchen without slowing down your cooking and prep.
- Keep the upper cabinets – while there has been a trend recently of removing above-counter cabinets, there’s just too much space available to not keep them. This added space can make prep, clean up and entertaining easier.
- Good lighting is essential – you need good lighting to see the food you’re working with and just as important to define the space and set the mood. In the kitchen, it’s better to have more lights and install a dimmer so that you can set lighting as appropriate. The extra light can also go a long way in showing off your kitchen furnishings.
- Choose a surface that is easy to clean – when it comes to counter surfaces, look for stain resistant surface options like Cambria quartz countertops. You can achieve similar effects with powerful sealers and the right cleaning products for materials like granite, marble and more.
To see some great examples of working and entertaining kitchens, as well as gorgeous bathrooms, you can stop by any of our kitchen and bath showrooms. What other tips do you have for making a kitchen a great entertainment spot? Share them below in the comments.
Originally posted on Atlanta Real Estate Forum, Atlanta's best source for Atlanta new homes news.
Live Large in Small Bathrooms
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Swapping out your vanity or doing a glass enclosure for your shower can make a small bath feel bigger.
Having a small bathroom in your home doesn’t mean having to suffer or undergo a big renovation. There are lots of tricks you can use to make small bathrooms feel bigger than they are and Construction Resources is ready to help with quality bathroom specialty products.
One of the easiest ways to change the size and feel of your bathroom is to change from the traditional vanity, which can take up space and be clunky in a smaller bathroom. You can replace it with a sink console, which is more open and airy and leaves space for décor. The other option is to go from a traditional vanity to a petite vanity, which takes up less space but is still enclosed so you can privately store necessities and toiletries. You can save space and look wonderful with a petite vanity of Cambria Quartz made from a remnant and we have many options to choose from at our slab gallery.
Another way you can make the space seem bigger is by using glass shower doors rather than a shower curtain. Even patterned or privacy glass will make the bathroom seem bigger, as opposed to cutting off the space with the shower curtain. You can also make the most out of the space with clever uses of shelving and towel bars, so that it doesn’t feel like the necessary items of the bath are crowding the space – organization is a must to make small feel big. Read More→
Construction Resources Welcomes Piedrafina to its Eco-Friendly Countertop Options
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Construction Resources, Inc. is proud to announce its exclusive selling rights for a new environmentally-friendly countertop material, Piedrafina. Residential and Commercial projects can choose from among twelve distinct colors of Piedrafina for bathroom vanity tops, tub decks, shower surrounds, walls, fireplace surrounds and more. This recycled natural stone product is the perfect choice for a smart and elegant space.
“We are excited to expand our ecologically-friendly countertop options with Piedrafina,” said Mitch Hires, president of Construction Resources. “It’s a different material – where many environmentally-friendly counters are recycled materials, Piedrafina is recycled and remixed stone that provides a classically inspired alternative to luxury stone.”
Piedrafina marble is a countertop product that is comprised of 95 percent natural marble with polyester resin binders and pigments. This allows it to have the luxurious color and feel of natural marble with the added resilience and durability of a manufactured material. This makes for a material that easy to clean and maintain. Only at the Construction Resources Slab Gallery will you be able to view all twelve Piedrafina colors of Arena, Emperador, Roca Café, Botticino, Perla, Bianco, Noche Bella, Cappucino, Capri, Classico and Venatino.
On the heels of providing the recycled countertops for the new Georgia Tech Hank McCarnish Pavillion, the addition of the Piedrafina line demonstrates how Construction Resources is fully embracing the green building material evolution. Construction Resources already stocks a number of environmentally friendly materials for countertops such as: Cambria Quartz, PaperStone recycled paper, Vetrazzo recycled glass and many more.
Construction Resources has all of these surfaces as well as traditional stone slabs and remnants available at their 20,000 square foot indoor slab gallery. Countertops can be fabricated and installed in as little ten business days.
Originally posted on Atlanta Real Estate Forum, Atlanta's best source for Atlanta new homes news.