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Cindy G. McClure Vice President


Sarah Pollinger Treasurer


Tonya Bruno Chairman of the Board


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A REMODELING RESOURCE FROM NARI METRO DC | WINTER 2013


08 |COVER STORY


Design Trends for 2013


Kitchen and bath remodeling trends in the upcoming year will reflect the changes homeowners are making in other aspects of their lives.


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24 | Through the Looking Glass


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Design & Print Firm Blue House bluehouse.us


Christopher Schriever Sales Director


Chris@bluehouse.us


Kyle Harrington Sales Manager Kyle@bluehouse.us


Jessica Feirtag Creative Director Jessica@bluehouse.us


Create is published quarterly by the National Association of The Remodeling Industry Metro DC Chapter, and is mailed to more than 50,000 homeowners throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C. © Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Address correspondence to: Editor ℅ CREATE, NARI Metro DC Chapter, PO Box 3548, Manassas, VA 20108. The views expressed by the editorial staff of this publication are their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of the advertisers or their agents. CREATE is an independent publication and the publisher neither takes sides nor declares a preference for any one builder, manufacturer, supplier, technology, process or solution. Instead, we try to provide neutral information concerning the remodeling industry and related products. Press releases or information about your company should be submitted to our editorial team for inclusion as space allows at narimetrodc.normandy@gmail.com.


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Photo (top) courtesy of ART Design Build, www.artdesignbuild.com & John Tsantes of Tsantes Photography; Photo (above right) by Steve Whysall, Whysall Photography.


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