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OSU class cultivates ideas for Tulsa home

The lot that contains the home of Hugh McDougall and Jeri Fritz has an unusual slope, and finding the right plants and design to complement the historic structure in the Swan Lake neighborhood has been challenging.
The couple tried and failed to find the right mix. Each attempt hasn’t been exactly what they’ve envisioned for [...]

Monday, June 11th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Going back to the basics in home design

Enid resident and decorating service owner Serita Selman and interior design consultant Peggy Bixler of A To Z Carpet Center make a pretty good pair when it comes to interior design.
They are currently on the final stages of an interior house remodeling project for Selman’s home in Nicholas Oaks, and each has applied her individual [...]

Monday, June 11th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Going back to the basics in home design

Enid resident and decorating service owner Serita Selman and interior design consultant Peggy Bixler of A To Z Carpet Center make a pretty good pair when it comes to interior design.
They are currently on the final stages of an interior house remodeling project for Selman’s home in Nicholas Oaks, and each has applied her individual [...]

Monday, June 11th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Tuttle receives $3,400,000 loan for drinking water upgrades

OKLAHOMA CITY — Senators Ron Justice and Andy Sykes and Representatives Susan Winchester and Phil Richardson have announced that a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) construction loan of $3,400,000 was awarded to the Tuttle Public Works Authority, Grady County during the Feb. 13 meeting of the 9-member Oklahoma Water Resources Board held in [...]

Friday, March 2nd, 2007 In Construction Loan

Architecture students offer residential hall designs for projects

OSU school of architecture students are presenting their ideas for OSU’s future residential halls as part of a course project.
Thirty-two architecture students and eight architectural engineering students are participating in a jury review of the projects.
The project for this semester’s comprehensive design studio course, Architecture 4216, is designing a residential hall for 900 [...]

Saturday, February 17th, 2007 In Architecture, General News

Drummond Designs posts double-digit growth for 9th straight year – Residential home plan designer welcomes 10 new authorized agents to its network

Business continues to boom for Drummond Designs, as the company, which specializes in the development of residential home plans and architectural-related services, posted record sales for a ninth straight year in 2006.
The company announced today it sold more than 6,500 plans throughout North America between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Drummond Designs’ sales [...]

Thursday, February 8th, 2007 In Architecture, General News, Home Improvement

Architect of turnaround to leave Mervyns

Two years after taking over as executive chairwoman and leading a turnaround, Vanessa Castagna will leave Mervyns on Feb. 1.
Cerberus Capital Management LP, the New York hedge fund that purchased Mervyns from Target Corp. in 2004, said Thursday that Rick Leto, president and chief merchandising officer for Mervyns, will take over day-to-day management of [...]

Sunday, January 21st, 2007 In Architecture, General News

Local architect-turned-artist believes his creativity is divinely inspired

Local artist Floyd Marsellos isn’t quite sure how his ideas for paintings come to him. But he does believe they don’t come from him.
“Somehow God is the author of all creativity,” Marsellos said. “Somehow we can plug into that. Even people who don’t believe in God, I think that this is where their creativity comes [...]

Sunday, December 31st, 2006 In Architecture, General News

Oklahoma Law to Legally Recognize the Interior Design Profession

The new Oklahoma law, the State Architectural and Interior Designers Act, registers professional interior designers in the state. Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (D) signed the bill into law on May 15, 2006. With his signature, Oklahoma becomes the 26th U.S. state and jurisdiction to legally recognize the interior design profession. Eight Canadian provinces also legally [...]

Monday, December 11th, 2006 In Home Improvement

Architect featured in photo exhibit

Selected works of longtime architect William Lightfoot are to be featured in a photography exhibit Saturday at the Lightfoot Building at 12 Northeast First Street in downtown Paris.
The exhibit is the work of Ginger Cook, a third semester student of Paris Junior College photography instructor Marvin Gorley.
Lightfoot, 81, is to be on hand to visit [...]

Sunday, November 26th, 2006 In Architecture, General News, Home Improvement

Petwebdesigner.com offers specialty web design services for animal breeders and kennel owners

For many kennel owners and dog breeders, finding new customers can be hard, especially on the Internet. However, Petwebdesigner.com is helping improve the situation by offering specialty web design for pet websites.
“We were looking to build a website to advertise our kennel and puppies, however we had no idea where to start. We searched on [...]

Monday, June 19th, 2006 In General News