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2008 COTY Award
Stone-Glidden High
Performance Home Systems recently won its third consecutive Contractor
of the Year (COTY) award from the National
Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). The firm received the 2008 COTY for
Best Home
Theater/Media Room award for a renovated family room
in a contemporary Prairie Style home in eastern Montgomery County,
Pa.
The award-winning design brought the room into
greater harmony with the styling of the rest of the house. It
provided increased seating space and eliminated the need to build
the equipment into expensive cabinetry.
“Homeowners might be surprised
at the range of affordable options available to them today,” said partner Mark Glidden. “We
offer access to outstanding resources and technologies, but the
value we bring to a project is more than our products and experience.
It is also based on the relationships we have with the contractors,
designers and architects we include on our team.
”Originally,
a stacked array of laminated cubes popular in the 1980s held
the television set and other equipment. Working in concert with
Anthony Meli of Built In Exposures, the Stone-Glidden team integrated
a 55-inch plasma panel into a Prairie-style room divider. For
movies and sporting events, the push of a button lowers a 110-inch
projection screen from one of the wooden coffers in the ceiling.
The projector itself and all speakers are built into the ceiling,
so they are completely invisible. To achieve the effect, Stone-Glidden
used the innovative Novawall® ceiling
system, which also enhanced the room’s acoustics.
A small
corner cabinet, about the size of an end table, holds the CD
and DVD players. Amplifiers, switching equipment and cable boxes
are racked in a cool, well-ventilated area below the family room
to prevent heat build-up. The entire system is operated from
a Stone-Glidden “One-Touch Control” Unit,
featuring a user-friendly, radio-frequency touch panel.
“We’ve worked hard to earn and uphold our reputation
for excellence, so it’s gratifying to receive recognition
for our work,” said partner Tom Stone.
NARI’s annual
COTY awards recognize excellence in remodeling. An independent
panel judges entries on problem solving, functionality, aesthetics,
craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty and entry presentation.
Best of Bucks & Montgomery Counties
- 2006
Stone-Glidden named to the BEST
OF BUCKS-MONT for Home Electronics in the by the readers of the Daily
Intelligencer.
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