LAS VEGAS - Chef Sandra Mallut grew up in the San Fernando Valley with no thoughts of being a chef or baking anything well. There was a fork in the road for Chef Sandra, and a choice was made to change careers into the culinary and baking industry. 

Chef…

WEST LEBANON, NH - Three new wall mount vent free gas fireplaces from Solas offer a contemporary fire to complement the New Hampshire-based company’s range of direct vent wall mount units.

The simple, low-cost solution brings warmth and new ambiance to homes or commercial settings.
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WALPOLE, MA – Walpole Outdoors, a manufacturer and distributor of architectural landscape products and structures, and Sroka Designs, a Washington D.C.-based interior design firm, have teamed up to create a high-end outdoor entertainment space for the 2015 D.C. Design House.

Skip Sroka, owner and founder of Sroka Designs, was…

HIGH POINT, NC - Dudley Flanders and Buzz Homsy will receive the International Casual Furnishings Association’s (ICFA) 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. Flanders founded Lloyd Flanders with his father, Don, in 1982, and Homsy is co-owner and founder of California Backyard, a five-store retail operation based in Sacramento, Calif.

Flanders started…

HIGH POINT, NC - The International Casual Furnishings Association (ICFA) finalists for the 2015 Apollo Awards recognize retail excellence in the sales and marketing of outdoor furnishings.

Finalists must demonstrate outstanding accomplishments and a commitment to customer service. The ICFA membership will vote via an online ballot for a winner…