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But during the COVID-19 pandemic, stores are closed, home visits are off-limits, and Walter E. Smithe's designers and customers alike are getting used to communicating online when tackling home projects, said Colleen Smithe, the company's director of advertising. covering couch in SLIME prank on Mom

Today we'll evaluate K W Nelson Interior Design and Contracting Group Limited (HKG:8411) to determine whether it could have potential as an investment idea. To be precise, we'll consider its Return On Capital Employed (ROCE), as that will inform our view of the quality of the business. First, we'll go over how we calculate ROCE. Second, we'll look at its ROCE compared to similar companies. Finally, we'll look at how its current liabilities affect its ROCE. Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What is it? ROCE measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. All else being equal, a better business will have a higher ROCE. In brief, it is a useful tool, but it is not without drawbacks. Renowned investment researcher Michael Mauboussin has suggested that a high ROCE can indicate that 'one dollar invested in the company generates value of more than one dollar'. So, How Do We Calculate ROCE? The formula for c...

ALISON Hammond gave This Morning viewers a tour of her Birmingham home – but an interior designer said it was done up wrong. The much loved presenter gave Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield a quick look at her home for the segment with Kelly Hoppen. The home boasts a kitchen and dining room, with a wall dedicated to her telly achievements. Below are family photos, showing her with 13-year-old son Aiden, with the whole set up decorated with hanging bulbs. Above the dinning room table - created with a white table and four blue chairs - is a metal framed mirror. Asking for advice, Kelly helped Alison out by telling her to turn the dining room table around - which Alison did live on air. "And then the mirror I'd move above the sofa for now," Kelly added over video chat. "I can't do that right now!" Alison said. Kelly laughed and said: "I didn't expect you to actually do it. That makes the table look better already, put a nice bunch o...

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Caffrey & Associates, Special to Naples Daily News Published 6:50 a.m. ET April 25, 2020 Theory Design's award-winning Vice President of Design Ruta Menaghlazi has completed the interior design at Seagate Development Group's Sonoma model now open for viewing by appointment only in Isola Bella at Talis Park. (Photo: Submitted) Theory Design announced Vice President of Design Ruta Menaghlazi has completed the interior of Seagate Development Group's furnished Sonoma model that is now open for viewing and purchase in the Isola Bella neighborhood at Talis Park in North Naples.  Isola Bella is an exclusive 4.5-acre enclave being developed by Seagate.  The neighborhood features 17 luxury single-family homesites with water and golf course views and situated adjacent to Talis Park's Grand Piazza that showcases the Great Lawn and the award-winning Vyne House clubhouse.  The homesites can accommodate custom estate residences from 3,500 to more than 5,000 ...

For eight years, Renae Farley and her husband, Richard Pommer, spent weekends looking for their forever home, a place that was conducive to entertaining and had a downstairs master suite. They were thinking about building a home when Pommer was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He died in January 2018. Out of habit, Farley continued the house hunt for a while, but became frustrated and decided to drop the quest. As she was unsubscribing from a real estate site, a house caught her eye. The home, in a quiet La Costa neighborhood abutting the golf course, fit her requirements. So she decided to take a look. When Farley stepped inside the 2,300-square-foot home, she knew. "I bought it on the spot," she said. "It had perfect bones and perfect feng shui." The 26-year-old, four-bedroom, three-bathroom house had been owned by one couple since it was built and was still in original condition with closed-off spaces, pony walls and lots of small, white square tiles set...

Gorden Wagener has spent a good amount of his coronavirus quarantine thinking about waffles. Daimler's head of design, who created such iconic cars as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and Vision Mercedes concepts, wanted to bake bread during his pandemic free time, but soon found the bread maker he wanted was out of stock. So he ordered a waffle iron from Williams-Sonoma instead, and the German and Germany-based designer has been perfecting his at-home recipe for the delightfully dimpled grid of syrup holders ever since. That's how he landed on the idea for a glove-box waffle catapult. When I heard he'd become a waffle master, I asked whether he could do deliveries. "The car is easily smart enough to launch a waffle accurately -- you could write smart messages on the waffle and then throw it!" Wagener suggested on a recent phone call. A paperboy tossing waffles instead of the morning news, he would do it from the new GLE Coupe. Wagener, of course, spends ...

Few people are better placed to give advice on how to make our homes more joyful during lockdown than American interior designer, Kelly Wearstler. Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller are among those who've fallen for her trademark style which evokes local character through the use of natural elements.  And she's a regular fixture at the top of 'best interiors' lists as documented in Architectural Digest, Time magazine and Wallpaper*. She's also responsible for some of the most stylish US hotels – Avalon Beverly Hills, the Viceroy in Miami.  Her work references Bauhaus, Spanish Revival architecture, and the mid-century Italian architects Carlo Scarpa and Gio Ponti. A bold, graphic approach underpins her collaborations and she says she likes things best when they are "perfectly imperfect".  Today she presides over a team of 50 in a 6000 square ft Craig Ellwood modernist building that serves as her studio in west Hollywood; her lighting business alone is wor...

When your entire life is happening inside your home, it matters how that space feels and functions. Interior designers often focused on this even before self-quarantine, asking clients how they spend their time at home and how various rooms might make them happier. These questions get at the real purpose of a well-designed home. And now they seem more important than ever. "We're expecting more from our homes than we ever have before, and they can serve us in more ways than we've asked in the past,'' says New York-based interior designer Carolyn DiCarlo. ``We've historically looked to trends or magazines to tell us what to put in our homes. But now is a different time. It's time to consider our home as our personal place of refuge, and how to make that happen." Here, DiCarlo and two other interior designers — New York-based Jenny Dina Kirschner and South Carolina-based Elizabeth Stuart — share advice on how they create ...

Los Angeles-based designer Marissa Zajack, founder of Marissa Zajack Creative, recently marked her commercial interior design debut and the expansion of her creative studio with the launch of chic Downtown L.A. dining destination, Red Herring (which is currently available for pickup and delivery). Ms. Zajack, who previously worked as a graphic designer in the entertainment industry, is also currently working on three residential projects in Los Angeles—her own four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot apartment, one for the owners of Red Herring (after doing the restaurant, they hired her for their home), and one for a Hollywood industry executive. Ms. Zajack's previous work in the entertainment industry as a graphic designer has informed her current interior style, where she often applies a vibrant visual palette that is polished, but still fun. More: London Interior Designers Say Light is Key to Creating Calming Spaces Her portfolio now includes interior design, furniture design and...

The Subaru Outback's marketing campaign highlights the crossover's traditional adventure-ready selling points but also something the automaker hopes to be a new pitch — the model's interior. Redesigned for 2020, the Outback's most noticeable new feature is an 11.6-inch tablet-style touch-screen infotainment system on all but its base trim. The layout, a first for the brand, signaled a stark design change from the outgoing model, which had either a 6.5- or 8-inch infotainment screen. Subaru of America is making the redesigned interior a selling point. It bolstered rest of the cabin with more premium materials throughout, including sound-insulating inner film for the windshield and front-door glass. Other available creature comforts include nappa (full grain) leather seats, ventilated front seats and a heated steering wheel. One new trim, the Onyx Edition XT, has a gray, two-tone interior with water-repellent seat material, a nod to Subaru owners who bring some of the out...

Theory Design's Ruta Menaghlazi is creating the interior design for the furnished Bal Harbour model now under construction at Hill Tide Estates, a 9.98-acre gated enclave on the southern tip of Boca Grande. (Photo: Submitted) Theory Design's Vice President of Design Ruta Menaghlazi is creating the interior design for Seagate Development Group's furnished Bal Harbour model now under construction at Hill Tide Estates, a 9.98-acre gated enclave on the southern tip of Boca Grande being developed by Seagate. The Bal Harbour is one of three models available for purchase at Hill Tide Estates.  Seagate's completed Captiva model is open for viewing and also features an interior design by Ruta Menaghlazi.  Theory Design was named recipient of a 2019 Aurora Award for the Captiva's interior in the Best Interior Design of a Home Priced over $2 million category.  Seagate was presented an Aurora Award for the Captiva in the Best Single-Family Detached Home Over 4,000 Square Feet c...

The interior design program at Michigan State University is a small one, only accepting 20 students to their program a year. The Human Ecology Building is their home. There, students have 24/7 access so they can get into lab rooms with the programming they need. They have hours-long studio classes where students can work on their projects and receive feedback from their professors. When MSU responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by making the switch to online learning through the rest of the semester and into the summer, Eunsil Lee, an associate professor in the program, didn't think they'd be able to make the transition. "Previously, I thought online studio was impossible," she said. "Now, I found online studio is possible, and it works really well, really fine." Throughout her st...

Hassell Leads Design for Healthcare Precinct and First Medi-Hotel in Western Australia Share Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Mail Or https://www.archdaily.com/937763/hassell-leads-design-for-healthcare-precinct-and-first-medi-hotel-in-western-australia Hassell has approached health and wellness differently in the newest healthcare facility in Western Australia. With innovation at the core of the architectural concept, the Murdoch Knowledge Health Precinct puts people first, creating a state-of-the-art intervention, a hub for activities and interconnected public spaces. The Murdoch Knowledge Health Precinct, once completed, will generate a wellness community dedicated to treatment, mental health, education, aged care, and all aspects of enhancing livelihoods. In order to decrease traffic and lift the pressure on local primary hospitals, the project "will feat...

From House Beautiful In an effort to thank the healthcare workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chicago-based interior design studio The Design Bar has started a care package initiative that's reached impressive proportions. The project began with 50 care packages to be distributed to local hospitals and quickly turned into 500 with the help of several other brands and contributors. "What started out as a little thank you to two of my clients who are ER doctors has now blossomed into a full fledged effort to help brighten the days of those on the frontlines," Leslie Bowman, design director of The Design Bar, wrote in an Instagram post. The Giving Room project began with 50 bags made from The Design Bar's showroom merchandise. Alison Victoria, the publisher of Sophisticated Living magazine, joined the initiative asking others to pitch in with the goal of assembling 200 bags for hospital workers. After an influx of donations, they had enough goodies...

Design, especially interior design, has evolved from being mere aesthetics to a strategic element in designing spaces. Asha Sairam and Pankhuri Goel, principal designers at Delhi-based Studio Lotus also echo this sentiment that design is not only to please the eye but serve as an essential purpose in the creation of a space.  Asha and Pankhuri co-lead the interior design vertical at Studio Lotus and in their 10-year tenure there, have been awarded several accolades, including 40 Under 40 honoree in the Interior Design category at the Perspective Global Design Awards, 2019, and the Blue Elephant Awards at Kyoorius Design Awards, one of India's biggest annual conferences on design and innovation.  From an intern to design principal Asha's interest in design sprung from a desire to understand how political and socio-economic landscapes shaped design and fashion throughout human history.  However, her foray into interior design was incidental. While pursuing her bachelor's in D...

SAN DIEGO - April 13, 2020 - (Newswire.com) San Diego-based Carrier Johnson + Culture, a global Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Manuela Bravo-Smith as Director of the firm's award-winning Interior Architecture offering.  As Director of Interior Architecture, Manuela will lead the firm's efforts towards growing its design talent, while overseeing project delivery among its team of design professionals. Manuela's commitment to team leadership has long been in the making, as she says, "Challenge leads to opportunity, and now is the right time to realize that opportunity." Manuela offers an award-winning design resume supporting her ability to excel in this important design leadership role.  Manuela's notable interior design projects include: LAX Hyatt Place Renovation – 280,000 s.f. adaptive reuse/conversion of an existi...

From Veranda During a crisis, you can always find the helpers—individuals and businesses who rise to the occasion and pitch in for the greater good. From long-established design and luxury firms using factories to turn out gowns for healthcare workers to smaller brands donating to food banks and emergency-relief organizations, beloved designers and companies are stepping up in a big way to do their part. Between homeschooling, working from home and in the garden, and taking time to learn a new craft or skill), consider supporting those who are supporting others by shopping these five women-owned small businesses. Gatopard Just launched this spring, the new table linens brand Gatopard, started by sister interior design duo Griffith Blythe Interiors, features boldly colored, feminine designs for tablecloths, placemats, and napkins perfect for spring al fresco dinners at home. Griffith Roberts Roth and Blythe Roberts are also donating 10 percent of each sale to No Kid Hungry. "Since ...

© Submitted Theory Design's Vice President of Design Ruta Menaghlazi and interior designer Adriene Ged are creating the interior for Seagate Development Group's furnished Burrata model in the Ancona neighborhood at Miromar Lakes. Theory Design's Vice President of Design Ruta Menaghlazi and interior designer Adriene Ged are creating the interior for Seagate Development Group's furnished Burrata model now under construction in the Ancona neighborhood at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club.  Miromar Lakes is an award-winning community being developed by Miromar Development Corporation just north of Naples, minutes from Southwest Florida International Airport and numerous dining, shopping, and entertainment venues.  Miromar Lakes is the only community in Southwest Florida to offer waterfront living, beaches, and golf all at one location.  Acknowledged as the number one community in the United States, Miromar Lakes was named recipient of the National A...