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True Identity Concepts

Professional | White Plains, NY
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Creme, raised panel cabinetry with chocolate glaze and stainless steel appliances.
Traditional Kitchen
Television viewing area with hidden television behind picture frame.
Basement Renovation
Raised panel kitchen cabinetry with cooktop, granite, and stone backsplash
Single Family-Kitchen & Bath Renovation

Company Overview

True Identity Concepts is a Residential Interior Design Service company for busy homeowners looking to add a positive renovation and/or new design experience that minimizes the time consumption involved in making informed design choices, managing the ordering and tracking of processes for timely installation, and managing the project to ensure budgetary goals and initiatives are met to create a design that captures your true identity.

Services

Design, Interior Design, Kitchen Design, Space Planning

Areas of Expertise

Residential Interior Design: Kitchen & Bath Design, New/existing/temporary space planning, colour consulting, real estate staging, small business office design, and NEW! e-Design

Service Area

Westchester County, New York

Contact Info

P.O. Box 204

(914) 281-1336

http://www.TrueIdentityConcepts...

In Business Since

2009

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Allied ASID


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Set the Mood With These 10 Color Theory Tips

Blue or green? Red or pink? If you're feeling color paralysis while decorating, it's time to think strategically, not emotionally! You may love blue, but there's a good reason to keep it ...»
away from the kitchen. And even if purple isn't your favorite color, adding it to the bedroom may be...shall we say...in your best interest! Here are ten fabulous color theory tips:

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Sofa Placement

A friend of mine asked me if it was ok to put her sofa in front of her window- I said heck yes!!
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  • Expired produce is a good way to add free material to build your pile.
  • Compost is the key to a successful garden
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  • Coffee grounds are one of the best materials you can add to a compost pile
  • Fall is the perfect time to collect tons of falling leaves from heavily wooded neighborhoods
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8 Great Tips For Finding FREE Compost Materials

Compost is a necessity if you want to have great soil and healthy, productive plants. Along with cover crops, compost is one of the two major components that are critical to our garden's ...»
success year after year. However, for many people, finding sources to create that compost can be difficult. Today's post is all about finding endless supplies of cheap (meaning free) materials to build any size compost pile you like!

Every single day, in communities all over the world - millions if not billions of pounds of compostable materials are wasted by heading to a landfill. Although many cities and townships are beginning to have their own composting facilities - most still don't. And among those that have them - only a small portion of those materials actually make it to the facility. So, what does that mean for you? It means that with just a little planning and leg work - you can have all the materials you want for free.

Whether you compost in 5 gallon buckets, fancy bins, barrels or in a huge pile "out back" - finding the resources to fill your pile should never be a problem. A quick word of caution when finding materials - make sure the materials you collect are from a safe source. Wood shavings made from treated lumber, or grass clippings from a chemically treated lawn are not good additions to your compost pile. Just using a little common sense goes a long way when collecting.

The following list is by no means the end-all to finding free material - but it's a great start:

1. Breakfast Diners and Cafes

Diners and cafes can be the mother-load of free composting materials! Most restaurants plow through dozens of eggs and potatoes each day, and left-over egg shells and vegetable peels make fantastic additions to your pile. Once again - it's all about asking - most places are more than glad to give their scraps away. A local cafe here goes through over 12 dozen eggs during a single breakfast rush - not to mention pounds of potato peels and coffee grounds. One single pick up of a few five gallon pails of materials can be the beginning of a great compost pile.

2. The Black Friday Composting Bonanza - Straw, Pumpkins, Gourds & More...

Black Friday - that crazy day after Thanksgiving. Well, we think it should be called "Black Gold Friday". Why? Because all of those people that decorated for Harvest Fests and Thanksgiving suddenly have no use for those straw bales, pumpkins, gourds and corn stalks. They can be yours simply for the asking - and a quick way to get great material for your pile. We scored over 7 bales of free straw and a slew of pumpkins and gourds from friends and family just this past year.

3. Coffee Houses

Coffee grounds are a perfect choice for adding to your pile - and small coffee shops are a great place to find them! In fact, many coffee houses routinely save their grounds for customers. Some bigger chains even create a list of customers to save grounds for - insuring that the by-product of all of their brewing doesn't end up in the local landfill. Many of those same coffee shops serve breakfast and lunch as well, so they might be a good source for additional materials. Either way, you can get a great cup of coffee and get free compost materials!

4. Landscapers & Tree Companies

When you see those tree trimming and landscaping trucks in your neighborhood with the big shredders attached - ask them to drop off a load to your house. You'll be surprised how many are more than happy to accommodate you with tons of shredded goodness for free - many times saving them a costly fee and a trip to go dump them. This is where that dose of common sense comes in handy - it's a good idea to see what will be in the load. Shredded leaves and wood chips are a good source - but you might shy away from a tree company shredding up poison ivy vines :).

5. Grocery Stores & Produce Stands

Small grocery stores and produce stands can be a goldmine for composting materials. You might have luck with large chain stores as well, but smaller mom and pop locations are usually easier to deal with on the local level, and more than happy to help. Simply ask the store manager what is currently done with expired produce - and you might be surprised that they are willing to save it for you. Those rotten tomatoes, potatoes and fruit may be past their prime as a food source - but they make great additions to any compost pile.

6. Local Horse Stables, Hobby Farms and Farmers

Get to know your local farm community. Many local hobby farmers and owners of small horse stables are more than glad to give away their manure to gardeners. And so what if you don't have a truck - keep a couple of five gallon buckets handy (with a lid of course :) ), and take some home to your compost pile. The high nitrogen sources in chicken, cow, horse and rabbit manure really helps to heat your pile to make quick compost. For those that worry about the smell or odor - if you blend manure into your compost pile - little or no odor can be detected.

7. Fall Leaves & Clean Up Time

We talk about this one a lot, but fall is the easiest time to gather free materials for the compost bin! Just take a short trip around a few wooded neighborhoods, and you can have an endless supply of leaves for your pile. Most of the time, they are already bagged at the curbside for easy pick-up. We collect as many as we can each fall and store the extra for use throughout the season. Its a great way for us to have a year-round supply for use in future compost piles or mulching garden plants.

8. Neighbors & Friends

Yes, neighbors. You know the people that live beside and down the street from you? The ones you have never met but wave to every day. They are a great source of composting materials - and this is a great way to get to know them! They eat eggs, they have morning coffee, and they have potato peels and grass clippings. Now if they compost already - you may be out of luck. But you would be surprised how many of them just might save and supply you with more scraps than you can handle. What can it hurt to ask? You might make some new great neighborhood friends!

So there you have it - 8 great tips to finding free compost materials. The list of ways to find free materials could go on and on, and with just a little work on your part, you can have an endless supply of materials to build your pile. Your garden will thank you and reward you with great plants and produce! If you want to know more about composting, you can follow the link here to our post on : Composting 101.

- Jim and Mary

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Kitchen Design: What Matters ... Really Matters?

When we begin the process of designing a kitchen we ask a lot of questions. One of the most important is, "What matters most to you about this space?" ...»

A simple question? Seemingly, but the answer really depends on you-your goals, concerns and requirements. While one person would say "A great work space", another might reply, "a great gathering place", and a third would say "I just need MORE space."Most want all three­-a more efficient workspace wrapped in a beautiful package where people love to come and be together. In most cases there will be some compromise. Space restrictions and budget realities tend to dictate prioritization.

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  • TRD Designs created this waterfall and pond.
  • TRD Designs created this waterfall and pond -closeup.
  • Rocky Mountain Waterscapes in Erie, CO
  • Rocky Mountain Waterscapes in Erie, CO
  • Beautiful water feature enclosed around rocks and moss via Pinterest.com.
  • Put's Ponds & Gardens in Chesterfield, MI created these beautiful Basalt Fountains.
  • This is a nice way to bring your deck to life via Flower Story on Facebook.
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Waterscapes Create Beautiful Backyards

My passion for waterscapes stems from my childhood. I grew up with a brook in my backyard and my neighbors had ponds. We spent our days playing in the brook and the ponds: jumping rocks; ...»
catching fish, tadpoles, frogs and salamanders; and, creating dams to form a small pond and filling the pond with what we caught. A large storm would destroy our pond taking our treasures downstream, so we would have to start the whole process all over again ~ wonderful childhood memories!

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Sharon Bothwell Redding, CT
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Painting: What are your thoughts for the front door selection?

I'm coming into a project where the exterior deck and rail color was already selected, installed, and stained. I've completed the exterior paint and I am in the middle of completing the ...»
interior paint. Now for the door, any preferences for the entry door?

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    the clean-up after Sandy, the client is waiting a bit on the door. It seems that #1 and #3 are the two still under consideration. Once they are ready to move forward in the Spring with more renovations and the replacement of the door, you know I will post the outcome. I'm with you on #3, but it looks like #1 will provide a bit more of the privacy they seek...stay tuned.

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Ployblend Grout Renew - An affordable, easy way to update your grout color

We built our home in 1985. In 2000 DIY hubby laid ceramic tile directly over cheap vinyl flooring in our two baths, kitchen, dining room and laundry room. We went with a light tile, but ...»
for some reason I wanted the grout to be dark. My thinking was that it would hide stains on the grout and help each tile to "stand out". At the time it was a large improvement over the damaged sheet vinyl. Over time, however, the dark brown grout discolored or became "hazy" in places and it just always looked "dirty".

I first became aware of the ability to "paint" grout lines on that wonderful, informative, inspirational tool: Pinterest. After some research I located and purchased Polyblend's Grout Renew in Antique White (#10246) at Home Depot. See for yourself the transformation from "ugly, dirty" grout to a renewed, clean floors!

The Polyblend Grout Renew is a "colorant and sealer" all in one. Each grout line must be painted individually and dries very quickly. The instructions say to use a toothbrush, but I used a medium stiff small stencil brush (or two). My grout was sanded and it "ate" the brushes. You must take care to wipe the product off of any surface that you do not want colored before it dries. I did do a second coat on each of my grout lines for coverage. I painted a section, wiped off any excess, moved on to another section and then backed up to the previous section with a second coat, wiping off excess and then moved forward, until the job was completed. A very tedious process, but well worth it! I used a little over 1/2 bottle of grout renew on two baths. Cost per bottle is approximately $12.00!

These pictures were from a guest bathroom. I've already completed the master bath. The baths had 6x6 tile. Now I move on to the 12x12 tile in the kitchen, dining room and laundry room.

#tile, #grout, #grout sealer, #groutcolor, #bath, #DIY

4 Hours 6 Easy
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Family Room Reveal-Thrifty, Pretty & Functional

We bought this home 2 years ago & all along I had a vision for this room but..... with so much to get to & decorate I had to put this room on the back burner for a bit. So instead I ...»
re-used the furniture I had & made it work for the short term.

Slowly, I began adding in the pieces that I wanted & finally bought the sectional a few months ago. I don't think I am alone in saying that, sometimes we want so much for our home to look a certain way, the way we see in magazines but we forget that these

things take time. A room that is layered & filled with items and details that you LOVE evolves, over time. I had to tell myself this a few times:).

This family room makeover was done on a ridiculously SMALL budget.

I do believe that making your home pretty doesn't have to break the bank.

I shopped thrift stores, flea markets, outlet stores,I repainted, recovered, sewed, re-purposed, made and built things myself

to save some $.

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City Farmhouse Bellport, NY
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    layered & filled with items and details that you LOVE evolves."

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Kitchen Cabinet Organization

I thought I was done with kitchen improvements for a bit but turns out I was wrong. I tackled one of my most important kitchen cabinets to reorganize and make the most out of the space. I have these tips to pass on in my latest blog post.
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cleaning your shower

Best way to not have to clean you tube surround all the time or your shower doors. Clean the tub surround and tub, let dry, then put on a thick coat of turtle wax, be sure to put it in the grout also, that will keep from getting that ugly black mold. Let the turtle was dry and wipe off with a dry cloth. You can also do the sides of your tub, but never the bottom of the tub itself it would be dangerously slippery. You an also put turtle wax on the bottom of your shower curtain. The ...»
water will bead right off the walls or glass doors and curtain. I only do this once a year and saves me a ton of cleaning time, Been doing this for almost 8 years now.

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