DEADLINE APPROACHING- WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO SPAIN!

Designer Jamie Snavley of San Francisco created this stunning, fully accessible bathroom { and home – click the picture above to see this entire home } for a wheelchair bound client in San Francisco, using Silestone for his floor patterns and a Kohler tub – two of the 3 sponsors of NKBA’s University’s exciting new *Professional of the Year Competition* – more on that below – but first…

Good morning, Mitzi’s readers, this is Leslie Carothers – writing on behalf of Mitzi – who is on her way to Houston today to present 2 of her IDCEC/NKBA approved CEU courses on accessible design and the #BoomerSmarts Home of the Future to Houston’s interior design community at the Houston Design Center tomorrow and then to speak to the Houston public on Friday morning at 9:30 am on

“Chic Products for The Evolving Needs of the 50+ Homeowner”

I hope, if you live in Houston and are reading this, that you will be able to come, but, if not, please note that Mitzi will be making all of her CEU’s available for online purchase, 24/7, starting in September, so that you can listen to them comfortably, on your own time, and in your own homes or offices.

Mitzi was contacted yesterday and asked to share a bit on her blog about the NKBA University’s exciting new contest for a GRAND PRIZE trip for two to SPAIN and since the deadline is quickly approaching and she’s on her way to Houston, she asked me to write about it for her.

So, without further delay..here are the details of this wonderful new contest for design professionals!

Numero uno most important piece of information?

THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS –> 12 noon ET, next Tuesday, August 26th!

THE PRIZES?

3 brands, all leaders in universal, accessible design: Kohler, Spain’s Cosentino – makers of Silestone, the first solid surface to incorporate an antibacterial agent in the manufacturing process and headquartered in Houston }, and GE Monogram have banded together to award these fabulous prizes to whomever wins this exciting competition.

Don’t you love GE Monogram’s new fully accessible and ADA compliant dishwasher and their sink that moves up and down, next to it, shown below?

What would happen if one of your children was suddenly wheelchair bound, even with a broken leg from a skiing accident? Planning your kitchen with products like this is not just #BoomerSmarts – it’s plain smart.

The GRAND PRIZE, a trip for two to Cosentino’s headquarters in Almeira, Spain, will be awarded next year on January 20th, 2015 at KBIS 2015 in Las Vegas, during the new mega event: DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION WEEK, where, for the first time ever, KBIS, Las Vegas Market, the International Home Builders Show, the International Window Coverings Show and the International Surface Event have banded together to give show attendees and consumers an unprecedented ability to see all of the products from the exhibitors that go into making a beautiful home.

Note that all 4 finalists get to go to this exciting, collaborative tradeshow event, courtesy of KBIS!

In addition to this collaboration between all of these tradeshows, Veronika Miller, the CEO of the web’s #1 cutting edge luxury resource and portfolio site for interior designers and consumers, http://modenus.com, will be taking another group of designers and design bloggers on one of her #BlogTours to this show and Mitzi and I are happy to share, with permission, that Mitzi has been selected to be part of #BlogTourKBIS2015!

Watch http://facebook.com/Modenus for further announcements of the other members of this mega #BlogTour!

{ Are you a manufacturer or exhibitor that would be interested in working with Mitzi professionally to see if your product qualifies for her prestigious, trademarked #BoomerSmarts seal of approval, to use in your marketing materials before this show? If you are, please contact her via her contact form on http://mitzibeach.com. }

Wouldn’t it be fun to win this grand prize to see the beautiful Cosentino factory, shown below, in SPAIN? Even if you’ve been before, there is always something new to learn, see, do..and, importantly – eat and drink! Word has it that Spain has grapes that grow well due to the rains on the plains..

If YOU were to win, which one of these side trips would you and your guest be most likely to go on, after a tour of Cosentino’s state of the art facility? { Let us know in the comments either here or on Mitzi’s Facebook Page, here!

Side Trip 1 to see the famed Patio Gardens of Cordoba, Spain, a short trip away { I wrote about those here }

A flight up to Bilbao, Spain to see Frank Gehry’s magnificent Guggenheim Museum -Bilbao?…or

a bit longer flight down to visit Maryam at her famous bed and breakfast in Morocco, Peacock Pavilions, set in an olive grove, as shown below in this magazine article from House and Garden?

Why decide, right? My thinking, too. Why not all 3?

Nothing is too far away..once you’re in Spain. Here’s Spain and Morocco below, and below this map, is an outline of Spain mapped onto Texas, to give you an idea of relative distances.

So, are you ready to enter NKBA’s U’s Professional of the Year contest?

Let’s show the judges and the general public great universal design, like this award winning accessible residential bathroom design by Mitzi.

or this beautiful home designed by San Francisco’s James Snavely, below.

Remember, the deadline is next Tuesday, August 26th, 12 noon!

Here’s the link to enter:

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

http://www.nkba.org/Design/Professionals/UProfessional/landing.aspx

{ And, personally, I would love to see a Texas designer win this…. {if Mitzi doesn’t}….or at least be a finalist…so #DesignTexas #DesignHouston #DesignDallas #DesignAustin #DesignSanAntonio…let’s rock this contest and show them great Texas design! }

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Leslie Carothers
for

Mitzi Beach, ASID, NCIDQ, CAPS

Masters In Interior Design

#HPMKT Official Stylespotter – Spring + Fall 2014

America’s #1 Expert in Interior Design, Housing and Chic Products For the USA’s 80 Million Baby Boomers

Interior Designer, Speaker, Educator, Author, #BoomerSmarts Brand Consultant

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