The San Francisco
Chronicle (January 21, 2009) "A Line of Inspiration
from Venice"
The Cincinnati Enquirer (July
8, 2006) "Ceiling Light Makeover"
Plain-Jane recessed ceiling lights can be transformed
into decorative period lights in less than five minutes with an instant
face lift by substituting the white trim collar. Beaux-Artes has 10
styles in 4-, 5- and 6-inch sizes, including French Provincial, Gaelic,
Victorian, Florentine and Regency. Thirty three hand painted finishes
also are available. Just remove the light bulb and the two springs holding
the baffle and replace the ring with the new polyester resin medallion.
About $28 each. At www.beaux-artes.com.
Residential Lighting for 2006 Top New Product Award Elan
Magazine
The Washington Post (Thursday,
March 30, 2006)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/
AR2006032900618.htmlExtreme Fakeover
Artisans' Arlington Show House is Faux to the
Finish by Annie Groer
Spaces (September 2005)
Home Lighting & Accessories Magazine
(September 2005
) http://www.homelighting.com/magazine/pdf/148-150catalog.pdf
Beaux-Artes
The 2005 Catalogue contains decorative elements
for the home, including medallions for recessed lights in eight styles
and 33 finishes. Also, architectural wall panels reflective of French
Renaissance, Georgian, Classical, and Spanish Empire historical cultures
are shown along with an array of HVAC grilles in various motifs, some
derived from Arts & Crafts, Louis SIV, and Italian Renaissance eras.
Mini-duct terminal medallions, filter and crawl space grilles, hinge
straps, and customizable cabinet door selections complete the booklet.
The
News (Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration August 15, 2005)
Grilles, Duct Terminal Medallions
Decorative grilles (supply, return,
and filter), supply grille dampers, and mini duct terminal medallions
are available. Designs in the Arts and Crafts, Gothic, French Colonial,
Georgian, Italian Renaissance, and Louis XIV styles are offered. Various
sizes and shapes of each grilles are available in each style for many
of the supply and return grilles, to fit different duct sizes. All products
are cast with polyester resin and are pre finished in 33 faux finishes.
All products are custom made.
Boston Globe (September 15,
2005)
Today's Custom Home
Finishing Touches, Decorative Fixes for Everyday Eyesores
You've invested countless
hours and boundless energy in your new home to ensure that every detail
is just right. Except for the industrial-looking recessed lights above
your farmhouse-style kitchen sink. and the metallic HVAC return in your
Louis XIV sitting room. Not to mention the speaker grilles that look
glaringly out of place in your faux finished media room walls. In the
past, these utilitarian and often unattractive building items could
be found in even the most exclusive residences. Now, Melanie and Stuart
Kershner are out to make over these everyday eyesores with a unique
line of custom-made decorative architectural products.
The artistic couple first realized the dire need for
decorative embellishments when they were installing an intricate plaster
ceiling and noticed how several sterile recessed lights were detracting
from its overall appearance. "Stuart made a master mold of a decorative
piece for the recessed lights, and we were so pleased with the result
that we realized it could be a viable product," explains Melanie.
With that discovery, the family-owned firm Beaux-Artes was born in 2000.
From that first recessed lighting medallion, the Churchton,
Maryland-based business has expanded to offer HVAC, filter and speaker
grilles, crawl space vents and other items in styles ranging from French
Colonial to Rococo and Louis XIV to Arts and Crafts.
Each piece is individually cast in polyester resin
when it is ordered and pre-finished by hand in one of 33 faux finishes
at no additional charge (silver and gold leaf are available for a premium).
One of the reasons the Kershners devote so much time to creating these
works is so that their clients won't have to invest valuable hours and
resources installing them. Recessed lighting medallions, for example,
can be hung in as little as two minutes without any rewiring. Grille
installation is as simple as removing and replacing a few screws.
Among the firm's newest products are ready-to-assemble
architectural wall panels. "Previously, wall panels were created
by professionals with molding that was only available in small sections
and had to be mitred. Our panels are cast in resin and prefinished so
that anyone can install them." Indeed, every set of panels comes
with adhesive caulk specially tinted to the finish you select that simultaneously
attaches the panel to the drywall and caulks the seam. For a more custom
look, Melanie offers handpainted enhanced canvas centers that are installed
just like wallpaper.
Other offerings are designed to transform doors. Hinge
straps can be glued next to existing hinges and provide a dramatic facelift,
while faceplates fit over existing doorknobs - eliminating the need
to remove the existing knobs just to change a door's appearance.
"We're looking to do the same thing with window
surrounds and door trim next. We look for things that are not alredy
in the marketplace, things that appeal to those who want to do-it-yourself,"
she says. The result is a custom creation that looks as if it's been
created specifically for your home by skilled craftsmen - because it
has. "Architectural details add value to a home, not only do you
recoup your investment financially, but they create a beautiful backdrop
for your life," Melanie says.
Old House Journal
Home & Design Sourcebook (Fall/Winter 2006)
Complete the look of your room by using Beaux-Artes
Historic Arts and Crafts Grilles instead of the standard covers
often found in homes. Beaux-Artes recreated three-dimensional patterns
in 30 different finishes (all cast out of polyester resin), using an
original grille from the 19th century. Visit www.beaux-artes.com
or call (410-867-0790).
Qualified Remodeler (October
2005)
Product Spotlight
HVAC The Artes & Crafts Style
Grilles are decorative historic grilles from Beaux-Artes and come in
a variety of sizes from 2-1/4 by 12 in. to 16 by 20 in. All products
are cast with a polyester resin and are prefinished in over 30 faux
finishes including, but not limited to: gold leaf, verde gold, bronze,
brass, silver leaf, white, rust, washed wood and oxidized copper.
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