Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Knobs can infuse a room with style


By Gretchen McKay


Portable workbenchwww.blumtool.com616.698.7500Undermounted lighting and fancy molding are great ways to dress up a boring cabinet door.Fogco carries its ceiling-hung Revolution climate control system, which broadcasts a focused air stream mixed with fog in a full-circle around the unit, according to the company. The system aims to help wood products keep their ideal equilibrium moisture content for better quality control and less waste in manufacturing, finish and storage.MetalTec Innovations, a division of Irwin, Pa.-based ProMetal/Ex One Co., has just the ticket. Using a printing process, artists there are able to take any computer-aided design plan and -- in a marriage of art and math -- turn it into a solid, three-dimensional product.Accuridewww.accuride.comBlum Tool Co.

A 21/2-inch stone crab knob in a standard finish costs $100, and a 3.98-inch starfish knob imbedded in a delicate lattice of coral will set you back $167 a piece. A 10-by-51/2-inch doorknocker in the shape of a turtle costs $778.




Author: Gretchen McKay


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