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HOW ABOUT A LITTLE “THERAPY” WITH YOUR DESIGN?Award Winner Portland Design Firm Offers Clients More Than Home Design

PORTLAND, Ore. -Perhaps the thought of re-designing your home might already have you imagining potential disagreements with your spouse or “significant other”. Now leading Portland area design firm, the Jennifer Adams Design Group has taken a ground breaking step to help these worries. Offered in its services on many high end projects is a member of the “Design team” that you normally would not expect, but many often need, a therapist.

“This has been a wonderful addition to our business. I cannot begin to tell you the number of projects that we have worked on where clients tell us they feel that we play the role of a therapist in their lives just as much as we play the role of a Designer! We are in people’s most intimate spaces and we see a lot. It is amazing the emotions that are brought up during the design process!” said Jennifer Adams, owner and president of the Jennifer Adams Design Group. Not surprising many of the clients are spouses or partners, even business partners who differ on project scope, budget as well as individual design elements. “It’s not always between the couple; we often deal with emotions relating to contractors, vendors and builders. Pretty much every aspect of the design process brings up heightened emotions. Not all projects require these services, but enough seem like they could benefit from having a therapist, so we felt like it was time to add one to our team,” added Adams.The man behind the design counseling and consultation is Gregory Cason, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with a large private practice serving couples and individuals in Los Angeles. He also serves as a Clinical Instructor with the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine where he trains psychiatry residents and psychology fellows. In addition he is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Graduate Institute where he teaches Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. “When two people embark on designing an environment together, whether it be their home or business, they bring their entire history of experience as well as their hopes and fears,” Says Cason. “I think it’s safe to say that while being in their environment during a project, I definitely dispense more relationship saving advice than I would do in a traditional patient session in the office.”Dr. Cason has a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston, an Internship in Professional Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center, and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. All of his doctoral training has been accredited by the American Psychological Association. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from California State University, Northridge and a B.A. from UCLA. Previous professional roles include Director of Doctoral Training at the Southern California Counseling Center, Associate Director of Client Services at AIDS Project Los Angeles, and Director of the Counseling Center at Woodbury University. Dr. Cason has also served on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Psychological Association. He has written several articles and has a column called “Ask the Therapist” for a popular health website.

About the Jennifer Adams Design Group: Jennifer Adams Design Group is widely considered one of the top interior design firms on the west coast. The firm was founded by Jennifer Adams and in less than ten years time the firm is a leader in high-end residential, commercial and even aviation projects. The firm has two offices, one in Portland, Oregon and a Southern California office in Del Mar, just north of San Diego.

Jennifer Adams, Founder and President of the group, is also well known for her media roles. Jennifer is the reoccurring on-air designer for BETTER, a nationally syndicated television program produced by Meredith Broadcasting, owners of Better Homes & Gardens. In addition, Adams was a lead designer on HGTV’s popular show, “My First Place” and she does a style and design segment on the popular Portland radio program on KXL Radio, “Brian Bushlach’s Home & Wealth Show”. In 2008 Jennifer was named to the Portland Business Journal’s “40 under 40″ list of outstanding business people under the age of 40. She was also named Woman Entrepreneur of the year by the Portland Business Journal.

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Article by Anthony Allen

Overview

The Brother HL-2700CN is an affordable color laser printer capable of printing 31 pages per minute in black and white and 8 pages per minute in color. This printer is ideal for small and medium sized businesses that print primarily in monochrome, but occasionally require the print quality that only color laser printers can provide. This device is affordably priced in the 0 – 0 range and is a good fit for companies looking for a color laser printer.

Features and Functionality

The Brother HL-2700CN is an out of the box network compatible printer that has a 10/100 Base-T network card pre-installed. Due to the versatility and interoperability that offices require, this printer comes with PC, Mac OSX and Linux based drivers.

The printer holds 250 sheets of letter and A4 size paper, but the larger 550-page tray (LT-27CL) can be added to expand the maximum paper capacity. Although this printer isn’t equipped for duplex printing, the DX-2700 duplex unit (0) will enable the HL-2700CN with double sided (duplex) printing functionality.

The Brother HL-27000CN includes a compact flash slot to store additional fonts, documents or other commonly used templates. Besides the compact flash memory integration it comes with a 300MHz processor and just one 144-pin DIMM slot with 64MB of memory. Memory can be expanded up to 576MB, which is more than adequate to meet the needs of modern small and medium sized organizations.

The printer comes with starter Brother HL 2700cn toner cartridges. The device is packaged with four standard capacity toner cartridges: Cyan (TN04C), Magenta (TN04M), Yellow (TN04Y), Black (TN04BK) that yield approximately 5,000 pages for the Black cartridge and 3,000 pages for the different color cartridges. High capacity cartridges are also available with yields of 10,000 pages for the Black and 6,600 pages for the color cartridges.

Conclusion

The Brother HL-2700CN is a color laser printer designed to compete with high-end printers at an affordable price. The 2,400 x 600 dpi provides plenty of graphical power for printing presentations, charts, and brochures making this device a great choice.

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Anthony Allen is the founder of Dayton, Ohio based PrinterExperts.com. PrinterExperts.com is an industry leading online retailer selling high quality compatible and OEM printer supplies.

Article by Luke Cox

Going Green is a big issue these days and the largest cause for this is our energy sources we use every day. From powering our homes, offices and factories to our cars and transportation.

It’s no wonder the situation has grabbed our attention all of a sudden, as it becomes hard to breathe, as the once beautiful landscapes become transformed into an industrial smog.

It is time to do something about it. Go Green today. Use Renewable Energy Sources such as Solar Power and Wind Energy.

Powering the family home can use a lot of electricity and cost a lot of money. But it seems that the Eco-Friendly alternatives just seem too costly to implement. This is not True.

It IS true that pre-fabricated Solar Panels and Wind Turbines DO cost a lot, but, you CAN make your own. The technology is readily available to everyone and it’s quite easy to understand.

Anyone can make their own Solar Panels and Wind Power Turbines for their own home, and for a fraction of the cost of pre-made models.

Using these two methods of renewable energy, you can generate enough power for the family home, and quite often create excess power which you can sell back to the grid system power companies and actually MAKE money.

How good does that sound? And as a massive bonus you are also helping our planet recover from the damage we have done.

There is no excuse any more. Now that you can get the information on how to build your own Solar Panels and Wind Turbines for very little cost.

You will also instantly free yourself from the enormous power bills you are use to receiving. This will be the best investment you can ever make today.

It would also be the best investment the world could make today. So pass this message on. Be sure to tell everyone who owns a home of the advantages of Going Green. And help make our planet a beautiful place again.

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Modular homes may be defined as integrated sections in a plant setting, where they are never subjected to poor climate circumstances and then subjected to a construction site where it is pieced together on location. This phenomenon of construction is quite the reverse of common on-site development, which starts and finishes at the place. Cheap homes are organized in an assembly line way and are then delivered when completed. These different homes have the appearance and sense of a traditionally built house and fulfil all needs.
They may be built to be hurricane-resistant. No matter what condition the holder and restricted zoning region have most cheap homes designer have educated to make adjustments that will complete the demand of those configurations. The sections move through factory, with the organization quality control division inspecting them after each step. Finished modules are enclosed for safety, and then transported to home area. Depends on design and the developer, many modular house can be completed in a factory within very little period like one weeks.
One of the advantages of purchasing cheap homes is the process of pre-fabrication. The pre-fabrication process at an indoor area is important for two reasons. One the mess of fabrication that would have been completed on site is now handled before the home sited property, which marks in fewer time spent cleaning up after construction. And second, by doing work at an indoor facility to get it partially constructed, home is not at risk to all of the other things counting shower and animals that can harmfully change developing time and cause climate wear and tear. Another advantage is the power of modular homes. Many manufacturers claim that modular homes are designed to be securing than traditionally developed homes. The cause for this designing is that most of the homes are developed with screws instead of nails and insert glue to the joints to aloe an easier delivery to the location.
Cons of cheap homes are the challenge of accessing the site. One concern that on-site constructors do not have the idea of delivering a large home through slim streets. But excepting that these home are much better than ordinary home..

Article by Anthony Allen

Overview

The Samsung CLP-300N is a lightweight laser printer that is designed for home and small office use. It is perfect for college students and home office workers. It has a basic set of features including: 2400 x 600 DPI, 64 Megs of on board memory storage and out of the box network connectivity. This printer offers print speeds of 16 pages per minute. Selling at a price of 0-0, this printer is very economical and well suited for anyone looking for a color laser printer at a bargain price.

Features and Functionality

The Samsung CLP-300N is network ready and can be setup on a LAN using an integrated 10/100 BaseT network card. The printer has a printer server pre-installed that can be configured and changed remotely requiring no direct computer connectivity.

This printer is compact in size, but can produce quality prints that are comparable to that of much larger and more expensive printers on the market. The 2400 x 600 DPI maximum resolution is perfect for printing office based communications and collegiate reports. This laser printer is small, with dimensions of 15″x10″, and fits well on a desktop and perfect for a college dormitory. It can hold up to 150 sheets of paper ranging from: 3″x4″ card stock to Legal size sheets. The tray pulls down to allow for larger sheets of paper.

This printer is one of the quietest printers on the market. It has a Non-Orbiting Noiseless Optical Imaging (NO-NOIS) print engine that allows for quiet operation.

The printer comes with Samsung CLP300N toner cartridges. The device is packaged with four standard capacity toner cartridges: Cyan (CLP-C300A), Magenta (CLP-M300A), Yellow (CLP-Y300A), Black (CLP-K300A). Each color carriage yields approximately 2,000 pages and the monochrome yields twice as much (4,000) with a monthly duty cycle totaling over 24,000 pages.

Conclusion

The Samsung CLP-300N is an economical lightweight printer that is best suited from consumer and small office use. It offers an impressive set of features and average print speeds. The 16 ppm print speeds are great for students and small business owners.

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Anthony Allen is the founder of Dayton, Ohio based PrinterExperts.com. PrinterExperts.com is an industry leading online retailer selling high quality compatible and OEM printer supplies.

Article by Alice Chan

Copyright (c) 2009 Alice Chan

We all know that Home Staging is the art of decorating a home to sell quickly and for top dollar. It is the most proven way to get the highest selling price for a property as you prepare it for sale.

An important thing for both Real Estate Agents and Home Stagers to remember is that before you start the staging process, you need to do research about whom is most likely going to buy the house, otherwise known as the TARGET MARKET.

Staging is not just about hanging up some art, sticking a tree in the corner and adding pretty pillows to the sofa. This seems to be the misconception sometimes.

Haven’t we all received phone calls from potential customers who tell us, “Oh, there’s not much to be done. Just a few accessories will do the trick”. That’s someone who doesn’t truly understand the psychology behind Staging. It’s part of your marketing plan and should be very strategic.

By knowing who the target market is, you will be able to design a lifestyle around that to appeal to that specific group of potential buyers and the real estate agent can design a marketing plan specifically to attract those same people.

So next time you’re commissioned to transform a property into a marketable showcase, ask yourself (or the real estate agent):

- Who are the prospective buyers?

- What do they like?

- Do they have kids?

- Do they have pets?

- Do their parents live with them?

Here are 5 reasons why you should know who the buyers will be:

1. You can cater the property to them.

2. You can draw immediate attention and instant appeal.

3. You can fix up the property faster and more economically.

4. The house will sell faster.

5. The sellers will save time and ultimately, money.

To elaborate on who the prospective buyers is, you want to know the following:

- Where are they from?

- What is their background?

- What is their ethnic heritage?

Scope out the neighborhood and get to know the neighbors so you learn what type of person is likely to move into the neighborhood. Generally speaking, there is a commonality amongst neighbors.

Visit competing homes for sale to see what those homes have to offer to give you a better sense of the types of upgrades that may or may not be needed. Notice the likes and dislikes of the neighborhood.

Are all the yards well maintained? Are they privacy seekers? Is there a sense of community? It’s important to take their lifestyles into consideration so you can design the right way to market the property to that type of person.

Is this community mostly filled with starter families? If so, staging bedrooms for young kids would be a good idea. Otherwise, if the neighborhood consists mostly of older kids, you’ll need to design more sophisticated spaces.

Are they huge sports fans? Capitalizing on a homey family room with a BIG plasma TV would be ideal for that type of neighborhood.

Is it in a golf community? Perhaps creating a study with a golf theme is just the thing you need or maybe a coastal or beach themed space in a water community or designing a floor plan that takes advantage of fantastic views.

If you’re ever in doubt about how to create buyer appeal that caters to a specific target market, visit new home developments in your area and see how they have designed their model units. Developers spend a lot of time and money doing market research about who their potential buyers will be and relay that information to their model home designers.

The style and décor needs to match the neighborhood, the home, and most importantly, the target market. For example, if it’s a 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo in the city or a more metropolitan part of town, the likely target market is a single person – a bachelor or bachelorette or even a young couple.

The ideal buyer is most likely someone in their 20s. Their lifestyle is going to be very carefree because there are no “family” considerations. Their style is probably going to be more contemporary and edgy. The second bedroom could be staged as a home office because that’s probably what it would be used for. Staging it as a guest bedroom or a nursery is going to be less appealing.

On the flip side, if it’s a 4-bedroom, 2-bath, single family home in the suburbs, this is a classic family home. The potential buyer or “target market” is going to be a couple with a growing family. Their lifestyle is going to be very family-oriented so the family room and kitchen areas are very important as this is where they will be spending most of their time. The décor should be more relaxed and family friendly.

You’ll need to work with the real estate agent to know who the potential buyers are and deliver the perfect house to them. Figure out what they want versus what they need. Remember, it’s not about you or the seller; it’s what the buyers want that will sell the house.

You need a focused design plan to create the results the seller wants. When they learn that your services are more strategic and designed to help them achieve their goals, they’ll be more inclined to refer you and want to work with you. Your goals should always be to position yourself as a value added service, not a frivolous expense.

About the Author

Alice T. Chan is the Staging Designers’ Success Coach and founder of SuccessfulStagingBiz.com. Our tools/programs help Staging Designers catapult their success by turning an expensive hobby into a profitable expression of their talent. Alice publishes the bi-weekly ezine “Set the Stage for Your Success”. To skyrocket your Staging Design business and gain credibility in record time, get FREE tips now at http://www.SuccessfulStagingBiz.com.

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