Kitchen backsplash - Grande Phoenician Residence 1706 boasts Gulf of Mexico views
Stainless-steel tiles will sparkle like diamonds in a kitchen backsplash while antique ceramic tiles can warm up a fireplace surround.
Sakura shower-tub provides a stylish option. The unit is built for alcove installation and comes with user-friendly, 12-in., step-over access. The 22-in. acrylic backsplash is reinforced for grip bars and the fold-down seat can be lifted for showering.
The home is on a lot with spectacular views of the Pacific, Koko Head, Molokai, Lanai and Maui. Until the turn of the century, that's about all it had going for it. It had been a rental property for many years and was besieged with dry rot and termite damage. The yard barely had a green thing in it.
Lower Glenshaw was already bustling with industry in 1852, when the engineering marvel known as Butler Plank Road cut travel time for stagecoaches from Pittsburgh and Butler to a mere 14 hours.
By Michael Mello, The Providence Journal, R.I. Feb. 23--When Carolyn Wexler found a house built to capture the wondrous natural light on Bristol's Poppasquash Point, it ended a 10-year search for a place in the upscale neighborhood.
Chilly days call for cozy kitchens, and Cottage Living offers 10 tips for adding warmth to the family-gathering space:
Cheri Nevis and her husband, Larry, put their house in Santa Clara up for sale this week, but they started getting ready to sell more than two months ago, when they ripped the juniper bushes out of their yard.
To hear one architect tell it, home is nothing more than a "warehouse for our stuff."




