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HOT No-cord cultivator At one time, cordless meant gutless, but that thinking changes fast when you dig into dirt with the long-tonged new Powered Cultivator from Black and Decker. Powered by an 18-volt rechargeable battery, the Cultivator’s counter-oscillating steel tongs can turn over four inches of soil across 300 square feet on a single charge. It’s cordless, so you can take it anywhere in your yard, and its telescoping handle adjusts for different users. Come to think of it, it would fit your teenager perfectly. Available wherever Black and Decker is sold. �� Smart house lock Burnaby-based Weiser Lock came out with a new locking system this March–the SmartKey–that eliminates “lock bumping” (a method that thieves use to break through conventional tumbler locks), but also allows the cylinder to be rekeyed in seconds. You never have to worry about lost or stolen keys. You just replace the key, not the lock. The cylinder also allows consumers to rekey all locks in a home, so that they can operate from one key. The SmartKey is available now in Weiser stores and at independent retailers. Ahhh spring time - and new products to make it brighter and bolder Sleek bath cabinet Kohler keeps coming up with good ideas, such as this tiny, perfect Leighton mirrored bath cabinet for the powder room. It is said to be an Early Georgian design but would flatter many Yaletown condos. It is 21 inches wide by 30 inches high and requires a recessed installation. The glass shelves are adjustable and the half-inch beveled mirror door comes with polished chrome hinges. Very nice, don’t you think? Available at bath dealers and leading hardware outlets.
Teak cooler cabinet HomeSense, which now has outlets across the Lower Mainland, offers discount prices on items for the home, and sometimes they are a huge hit. An example is the teak cooler cabinet for the deck, big enough to handle a case of beer or a few bottles of wine, and strong enough to sit on. Priced at around $60, they sold out in hours of hitting the floor in the Coquitlam HomeSense store this spring, but are still available at other HomeSense locations. There is also a larger version, with no cooler, that can be used for storage and seating. Fabulous faux coatings Langley-based Mayne Coatings has a process that can make aluminum look like anything from marble or leopard skin to wood, and it is the latter that has proved a hit for the young company. Founder Wayne Nelson discovered the process in Italy in 2005 and brought it home. “The process is literally a photographic likeness of wood bonded onto aluminum,” explains Nelson. It involves patented technologies that allow any image to be transferred onto metal via organic, photosensitive pigments. The ink becomes gas at very high temperatures and penetrates the paint powder already sprayed onto the surface. Bottom line: it creates a realistic wood grain on hard-wearing metal surfaces. Expect to see it appearing on doors, windows, window screens and railings this year. Thicker engineered hardwood Engineered hardwoods are now a force in the renovation flooring market, and new products are making them even more of a contender against real hardwood. An example is Renaissance Old World Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer that distributes in British Columbia. The company has developed an engineered hardwood with the veneer coating a hefty 3/16-inch thick, about twice that of most engineered floors. This allows the floors to be sanded and treated more like real wood. They can even add tool marks and aging patinas to make the floor look like recycled hardwood, and can match existing floors for a renovation. Each custom plank is actually signed by a craftsman. This is not inexpensive, priced about the same as a high-quality oak. Check with your local floor dealers for availability. ��
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