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3-D Tile
3-D Tile

— 3-D Tile

What’s to love:

Love 3-D entertainment? Continue the 3-D theme in your backsplash, bathroom, pool trim.

What’s it do:

Keeps you right in style. Start shopping online for new lines of 3-D marble, mosaic and stone tiles in a variety of colors,textures and dimensions, like those shown here. This will help you determine what you like most, along with prices. Then you can shop locally and decide whether to order there, with installation, or find a contractor/installer and order online.

Price:

A place to start looking is glasstilestore.com; prices begin at $15 per square foot with free shipping.

Legrand/Wiremold Floor Boxes

What’s to love:

The 863 series of residential wood-floorboxes offers a solution for power/ communication needs in open spaces.

What’s it do:

For use on tile, carpet or wood floors. Has two power outlets, two ports of communication service. Round PVC box eliminates worry about properly orienting a square or rectangular shape in the floor. Cover assembly comes in brass and brushed aluminum. TopGuard protection keeps out water, dirt, debris from power compartment.

Accepts industry standard and proprietary devices from a range of manufacturers for voice, data, audio, video applications, with selection of data and bezel options available.

Price:

$160.20; available through electrical distributors.

HomeStyle, Pages 34 on 02/26/2011

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