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Architectural hardware can be the perfect solution to obtaining that sought after balance between all of the elements within the home. It is only through this balance between all of the elements that home design can reach its fullest potential of value perception.

Discovering your style is quite possibly the most difficult and important task a home owner will undertake.  Interior Design is a science, more than anything, one of psychology.  A person has to be willing to venture into self discovery in order to make the investment worthy of their tastes and expectations.  Here is the first step in the right direction.  Home Design really begs the question:  As a source of shelter, relationship, structure and intimacy what are your expectations of your home?  

Once a person can find the deepest, most honest answers to those questions, there are abundant resources to guide you on your quest to discovering what makes your home your castle. You must begin with “The Dream”!  Find pictures, pictures, pictures.  Begin by looking through catalogs, magazines and the web.  Create a collection of pictures of rooms that you are extremely attracted to.  Now, ask yourself what you expect out of your home and what it is about each picture that fits within your expectations.   As you complete that process you will be well on your way!

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Echo Garrett

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Doors: To Mortise or Not to Mortise
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The value of function and design in regards to interior doors and how they are prepped.

You have just spent months picking out the fixtures, colors, flooring ,windows, siding and all of the elements that contribute to the perfectly designed home.  The doors have the exact design you had wanted and the project is truly taking shape.  They are installing your doors:  Mortised or Drive In?  More often than not, your builder will make this call for you, so stay informed. 

mortise:  noun  a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.  a deep recess cut into wood for any of several other purposes, as for receiving a mortise lock.

drive in: verb  the contractor does just that - with a hammer he drives this supreme quality latch into the hole of the door... with a hammer? Yes, with a hammer!  I wonder how long it's supremecy will last. 

How is your door hardware installed?  Check it out. 

Echo Garrett
Triad Distributing NW, Inc.
Premiere Supplier to the Treasure Valley Building Materials Industry
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Posted by Echo Garrett at 2/28/2008 5:10 PM Permalink | Trackback
Comments (2)
Re:Doors: To Mortise or Not to Mortise
Good post Echo, One of those small details that home owners will often overlook
or more likely didn't know the difference to begin with. Explain to the readers why the drive in backset is inferior to the mortised backset latch. Flimsy hardware on flimsy hollow doors will create headaches for homeowners for years to come. Its almost always cheaper to spend more money the first time.
Bond Campbell
Posted by Anonymous on 2/28/2008 6:24 PM
Re:Doors: To Mortise or Not to Mortise
This is something new to me. However I have to say mortised looks way better and finished. Drive in looks cheap. Who ever pays attention to this part of their door anyway? Well I am here to say "You should" In fact fixed mortised is better that adjustable mortised, they will wear out in time. Good call Bond!
Posted by Anonymous on 8/26/2008 8:21 AM
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