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PVC has far more uses than coated fabrics. Its used in a variety or projects and tasks, including construction projects, household plumbing, greenhouse irrigation and more. Normally, you would think of this kind of material as a practical resource, but as it turns out, it can also be a very practical supply for DIY projects as well. Below are 20 awesome projects you can put together using PVC pipe, ranging from festive decorations, handy household items, creative games, and even some inventive storage. The best part? If any of these projects inspire you, you can easily pick up a ton of PVC from your local hardware store at extremely reasonable prices. So put the yarn and glue sticks aside: DIY just got more fun and inventive with PVC! #1. DIY a festive holiday wreath using PVC pipes, ornaments, and paint. #2. Use PVC pipes to separate your wine in an awesome wine rack. #3. Spray paint small PVC pipes gold to create awesome, cheap napk

Logo by P&2M Design Inc. This weeks Vinyl of the Week is the highlight of our Automotive collection here at Enduratex™, PHANTOM! PHANTOM breaks the mold when it comes to automotive upholstery fabrics and dares to be new and exciting. Photo by Jerry Laursen Photography “PHANTOM is an exciting offering. It surprises you with the bold color pop on the edging and its sporty feel. The middle panel perforation provides another interesting design element that makes this collection smart and sophisticated, but not too serious,” said Jeff Post, vice president and general manager of Enduratex™. “We think that the Automotive market will immediately embrace its versatility and that other segments will spark to it due to the unique nature of the offering,” he added. Photo by Jerry Laursen Photography To compliment this radically unique collection, pairing it with the strong colors from the Enduratex™ Independence collection is another way to personalize and enhance PHANTOM. Althoug

The 47-year-old pizza chain’s new prototype follows the old pizzeria model. T hink of a fast-casual pizza place: Customers walk down a line to choose their toppings, see their meal put together right in front of their eyes and get their meal in well under five minutes. Odds are, you envisioned the model made famous by Chipotle. It’s an efficient, effective approach — and one that accounts for much of the restaurant industry’s growth in recent years. It’s not the only model for fast-casual pizza, though. In fact, based on price point and food quality, the old-fashioned family pizzeria could be categorized as fast casual. That’s the approach being taken by one recent entrant into the fast-casual pizza sector. The company, though, isn’t new. In fact, it’s a 47-year-old brand that’s going back to its roots by opening up a traditional family pizza restaurant. While the price point and quality make Mr. Gatti’s fast casual, the whole operation is about history, tradition and authent

Last week we sent three team members to Hospitality Furnishing Design for a lunch learn. The members from our team who attended were Eric Petersen - National Sales Manager, John Kessler - Sales Rep. and Dino Urena - Sales Rep.  There were 23 designers from Hospitality Furnishing Design who joined us. The designers were trained in the art of vinyl fabrics. They learned vinyl basics, coloring, and everything else. We want to thank Hospitality Furnishing Design for sitting down with us and taking the time to learn about our industry. To find out more about Hospitality Furnishing Design check out their website here: http://www.ffenow.com/

Logo by P&2M Design Inc. This weeks Vinyl of the Week is one of our newest editions to the Enduraprint program, SYNCHRONICITY! Here at Enduratex™, we know that the hospitality and contract community thrive on individuality and the ability to make things your own. This is why we are expanding our Enduraprint program with SYNCHRONICITY, a unique and beautiful fabric with uncompromising performance. Photo by Jerry Laursen Photography SYNCHRONICITY maintains a sophisticated presence while achieving best in class as a performance fabric. It is available in 15 SKUs and features a polyester and rayon mixed knit backing. Denise Turner, of Color Turners, is the creative genius behind the colors and names that speak to the soft sounds of radio; Twilight Rays, Spice Merchant, Soft Focus, Sings the Blues, Reflection, Posh Peacock, Opening Night and more. Photo by Jerry Laursen Photography SYNCHRINICITY is the latest addition to the popular Enduraprint program and features a roto-g

Anchoring the nightclub, the DJ booth was designed to resemble a traditional mantle complete with a mosaic fireplace and pixelated stag’s head. Once home to nightlife concept Riffs Raffs, Manhattan nightclub Squares immerses guests in a vintage atmosphere that honors refined design principles as viewed through a pixelated kaleidoscope. Michael Stillman of restaurant group Quality Branded envisioned a cheeky concept that both celebrates traditional elements and upends them, looking to local studio Reunion Goods & Services to design the venue to feel tied to the NoMad neighborhood’s history and grandeur, but in an unconventional fashion.  The venue’s dark, handsome palette references the traditional society clubs and libraries at the root of the design scheme. “There’s been a movement towards creating new ‘vintage’ spaces recently. We felt there were enough of those places that we wanted to create something that was old yet new,” notes Laura Flam, director of interiors at Reuni

Color Marketing Group gives offers a hue of hope, “Generosity.”  With energy and spirit, it’s a hue to transition to the new year. Generosity, a red with a slight influence of blue, revealed during discussions at Color Marketing Group’s European meetings in 2014, to emerge in 2016, has advanced as a hue of hope for a new year. Generosity lifts the spirit, and announces the joy of a new year. Seen as a hue that embodies hope and happiness, it is also an antidote to heavy, toned hues. Its generous spirit applies to its many iterations, too. With nuanced changes in the hue, it is suited to everything in home, fashion, cars, or personal electronics. It brings moments of color joy to everything from wood stain, to fashion, to automotive. It offers a new take on red-stained woods, as it casts a deep berry accent to the grain, and will give tabletops, furniture, and cabinetry a new spin on life. Fashion accessories, outerwear, footwear, and knitwear will all embrace this new hue.

Logo by P&2M Design inc. This weeks Vinyl of the Week is one of the newest additions to our Contract and Hospitality collection, PALM HARBOR! PALM HARBOR carries an elegant collection of neutral colors and offers a rich hand and distinctive embossed weave pattern.  PALM HARBOR is  coated with FORBID SRT. FORBID SRT is an award-winning and proprietary Enduratex™ topcoat that dramatically increases the stain resistance while preserving the integrity of the fabric luster and softness.  Photo by Jerry Laursen Photography “PALM HARBOR has a sophisticated leather-like look that resembles a fine Italian leather product.” said Jeff Post, VP and General Manager of Enduratex™. “The weave embossed pattern, along with an elegant neutral color palette is perfect for hospitality settings with an elevated look.” he added. Rendering by Power Rendering PALM HARBOR's elegant collection is available in 15 SKUs. PALM HARBOR has our Q1 Polyester backing and it

by  Margie Monin Dombrowski, Contributing Editor at restaurant Development and Design A former food truck opens its fourth location with an ambitious adaptive reuse project. F or several years, a closed Amoco gas station sat empty at the edge of the Princeton Shopping Center, one of the oldest in  New Jersey. The longer the gas station remained vacant, the more of an eyesore it became to neighbors, who pushed for it to be torn down. “It was in need of a refresh, but looking at the bones of it, it was a beautiful modern structure,” says Joshua Zinder, principal of Princeton-based  Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design , who saw the building’s adaptive reuse potential. He pitched the idea to the owner of the shopping center but they decline.  It wasn’t until Zinder proposed the idea of converting the gas station into a restaurant to Tom Grim and Stalin Bedon, co-owners of  Nomad Pizza , and  EDENS , the shopping center’s current owner and developer, that the unused space was giv