JANUARY has become a month of trade shows for the stone and flooring industries. We have an exciting year of stories planned to present to our readers, and in this issue we offer an exclusive interview with Davis Ellison and Richard Horne, and one of their award-winning collaborations in custom tile and stone. Enjoy the shop and product review of Glassos®, and CCS Stone, reviews on the new Polishing King Tool review, the new Noble linear drain products, and the Seam Phantom. We hope you make good use of the information on upcoming trade shows, as well as the general good advice and tips from our industry experts. All of us at the Slippery Rock send our readers sincere wishes for a prosperous start to the year – L.H.

January 2013 Issue Articles

When Style Meets Stone, by Joel Davis

Funny Money

From the Publisher’s Pen

Surfaces | StonExpo / Marmomacc Americas to Offer Diverse Education

MIA CEU Program Adds New Course for Architects

International Surface Fabricators Association Names Sawyer as Executive Director

Quote of the Month

Surfaces and International Certified Floorcovering Installers Association (CFI) Add Increased Value for Floor Covering Installers at 2013 Show

Gonna Stick It to Ya

Those Pesky New Year’s Resolutions, by Ida Mae Nowes 

Adding Insult to Injury 

The Case of the Vulgar Cockatoo

Sharks Alive! 

Noble Company Introduces FreeStyle Linear Drain^™ Accessories 

Sneaky Stowaway

New Surface King Polishing Tool Now Available from Braxton-Bragg, by Joel Davis 

Noble Company Helps to Install Major Projects

Get This Guy a GPS

Goldilocks Sleeper of the Year 

Florim Introduces the Ecowood Realistic Wood-Look Porcelain Tile Range 

Law and Order: SUV 

Turtles on the Loose 

Four Simple Steps to Drive Your Business – and Life – Forward, by Sean McCool

Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should, by Richard Pierce Thomas

The Stone Detective, by Frederick M. Hueston, PhD 

Advisory Council Formed as Coverings Prepares for Atlanta 2013 

The Lone Re-Arranger Strikes Again

A Keystone State of Mind 

The Varmint County Chronicles, by “Boomer” Winfrey 

The Slippery Rock Classifieds  

The Truth About Snow Skiing, by Sam Venable 

Sports Quote of the Month

How Garter Snakes Can Kill

Seam Phantom – The Granite Countertop Salvage Tool 

A Resolution Ode to January 

Coverings 2013 Calls for Entries in Project: Green and the Coverings Installation and Design Awards

Unreasonable People, by Aaron J. Crowley

South Mountain Flooring Offers Unique and Exotic Choices of Wood Flooring

The Polished Perspective, by Tom McNall

Product Profile on Glassos^®: The Next Big Thing?  by Peter J. Marcucci

Sustainable Practices: Natural Stone Accents for the Home, by Stacy B. Williams

 

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