HGTV ask Kenneth Brown :
August 30, 2007
For this next installment of Ask Kenneth, I will be answering questions from the fan club members. If you want to join, it’s free - just email Linda Wiley at kennethbrownfanclub@gmail.com and submit a question. Get your questions in by the end of the week and look for answers next week.
August 30, 2007
For this installment of Ask Kenneth, I selected questions that relate to the many details of design. Often, it’s these small elements that can pull a room together and give it that “wow” factor. Everything from glass for the fireplace to fake floral arrangements. I hope you enjoy!
Kenneth
Q: My husband saw a room you designed somewhere (he can’t remember if it was in a magazine or TV) and you used small glass pieces in a gas fireplace instead of those regular fake logs. Can you shed light on this for me please? He rarely gets into design and I want to take advantage of this opportunity - Stephanie Harris, High Point NC
A: Stephanie, There are a few alternative inserts for gas fireplaces. One of my favorites is from a company called moderustic. They sell special glass pieces that come in many colors. DO NOT do what a friend of mine did - he thought any small broken glass pieces could be used and after lighting the fire, glass pieces started popping and shooting into the room. Check out www.moderustic.com to see more
These are great options if you are going for a modern look. Stick to the traditional log style for a classic look.
Other companies claming "As Seen On HGTV" ask them for their credits! We do the work and they try to steal the glory. Not very nice!
Ed
DIVINE
DESIGN 
with Candice Olson
Divine Design
Episode HDIVD-809
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Andrew is a hip, young design-loving bachelor who has just moved into the house of his dreams. Up until now he was living the life of a nomadic advertising executive, bouncing from one booming metropolis to the other. He purchased a 1950s home with the ultimate view of a golf course, and this golf-addicted homeowner couldn't be happier. The house has great bones, lots of space and a few recently renovated rooms, but there is one problem. His living room with a view just happens to be painted a very unmanly shade of bubblegum pink. Andrew is longing for something a little more sophisticated and cosmopolitan as well as a space to entertain old friends and new colleagues. It's time for host Candice Olsen to get rid of the pink and add a rich, urban living room redesign that will make Andrew feel right at home.
HGTV’s reDesign With Kenneth Brown
Saturdays 8pm e/pDream rooms. And host Kenneth Brown--an acclaimed designer who's "a dream to work with." That's reDesign. Once a frequent guest on HGTV, Kenneth is known to viewers for his inventive yet impeccably tasteful take on design. The result is virtually no-holds barred interior design. Redos that morph into stunning breakthroughs on every episode. Kenneth has a remarkable gift for quickly developing a rapport with others and demystifying design. His natural inclination is to always work closely with clients and to clearly explain his reasoning as the creative process unfolds. Related Features:
HGTV’s Design on a Dime
Saturdays 10pm e/p Design on a Dime makes over a space for design-conscious home dwellers who want lots of style but may not have lots of money for the project. With a budget of just $1,000, a design team tackles a problem area such as a boring bedroom, lackluster living room, cluttered dining room or outdated office space. Together the team transforms the ordinary into the awesome. What a dramatic change! And what fun to see the residents’ reaction to their new room! The budget isn’t big, but the payoff sure is. Hosts are Sam Kivett (100s and 200s), Lee Snijders and Kristan Cunningham (300s); design team members include Charles Burbridge, Summer Baltzer, Dave Sheinkopf and Spencer Anderson.http://TLC.Discovery.com 
Boise International Airport
Fire Water feature in the lobby/ food court
 
 This fire pit featured starfire surrounded by water. We only did the glass and the burners were by another company.
Three Public Art Projects Selected for Boise Airport
BoiseCity Council has approved the selected artists to design and build an art glass fireplace with Aquatic Glassel, a cast and fused glass wall feature, and a fabric mural for the new buildings of the Boise Airport. Art projects will complement the modern, curvilinear architecture inspired by Idahos natural resources.
Project: Fireplace/Water Feature Artists: Lawrence Ko and Ray Ahlgren from Portland, Oregon and Moderustic of Rancho Cucamonga, California
Budget: $155,000 Site: Food Court in New Terminal Completion: September 2004
Sponsored by: Boises Percent-for-Art, Aviation and Public Transportation Department
A fireplace made of glass (Aquatic Glassel) with a surrounding water basin feature inspired by the stepped landforms of the Boise Riverbanks and nearby reservoir will act as a beacon of light within the new food court area. Sited below a skylight, the fireplace will be a focal point and gathering space for travelers.
W Hotels
San Diego, Chicago, Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotels
San Francisco, Huntington Beach, California
La Costa Resort & Spa - North Golf Course
Carlsbad, California 
Westfield Shopping Malls
Century City Los Angeles, California
San Diego, California
We have furnished glass for fireplaces in the food courts in dozens of their malls and we will post pictures as well soon.
We will be posting pictures of our fireplaces in the movie
" Oceans 13 "
as soon as we are allowed to publish by Warner Bros.
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Pitt, Clooney lead Oceans 13
28/03/2006 14:17 - (SA)
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Los Angeles - With several million dollar hits behind them, one would think George Clooney and Brad Pitt wouldn't need to steal, but they do and are returning to the scene of the crime.
Warner Bros film studio on Monday announced they were pairing up for a third movie in the successful crime film franchise featuring master thief Danny Ocean.
The movie, Ocean's 13, follows Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve which together earned more than $800m worldwide.
Producer Jerry Weintraub would only divulge one secret of the new movie: "There's going to be a heist," he told Reuters.
13 takes place in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and returning with Clooney and Pitt are Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle and other original actors. Ellen Barkin has signed up to co-star and Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh will return as director.
Warner Bros said filming is set to begin in July, but a release date has yet to be set.
In the movies, Clooney's Danny Ocean and Pitt's Rusty Ryan lead a pack of thieves who are specialists in crime. In the first movie they hit a Las Vegas hotel and in the second they planned three big heists in Paris, Rome and Amsterdam.
Ocean's Eleven, made in 2001 and based on a 1960 movie starring Frank Sinatra and his Las Vegas Rat Pack, raked in more than $450m worldwide, and three years later Ocean's Twelve pulled in another $360m.
Clooney won a best supporting actor Oscar earlier this month for playing a CIA agent in the political drama Syriana.
 Kathy Griffin's Christmas
Clich here to see the video of this star studded event. We did three fireplaces for this event.
The Kathy Griffin Project at Christmas time
Living room twin fireplaces with brushed stainless steel
Master bedroom fireplace
Behind the scenes Entertainment Tonight "ET"
Kathy and every one loves Raymond!
Ray Romano
Marines were on hand for the "Toys For Tots"
Andy Dick and friend
 
Billy Idol and Nicolette Sheridan at the
AMA American Music Awards 2004
The pictures below are from the Lure Lounge at the Wynn in Las Vegas. This was done for Steve Wynn with all gold. This was taken without the flame on and when we return we will have pictures of the fire pit lite up
Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Phone: (702) 770-7100
Website: www.WynnLasVegas.com
Another site with a nice picture of the pit (two pictures down from the top).
 
 
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Kathy Griffin my life on the D ListKathy's Grammy red carpet gig was a hit, but a scandalous one at that so even though she is happy E! has asked her back for the Oscars, she is less than thrilled to be relegated to the media bridge, far away from all the celebrity action.
In between a stressed-out stand up gig in New York and minor scuffles with her picky dress designer over avoiding “double boob” on Oscar Day, Kathy finds time to sit down with her best gays to write outrageous red carpet jokes and chill out to the 'Project Runway' finale. When the Oscars finally roll around, Kathy looks like a Queen and is ready to rule - until she loses her red carpet credentials and may not be allowed on air! Be sure to check out the 3 fireplaces Kathy so much enjoys and must have on during filming even if it's 120 outside! Thank you Kathy and thanks to www.bravotv.com
New Playboy club in 25 years opens next month
The first new Playboy club in 25 years opens next month in the appropriately named Fantasy Tower of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The Playboy Las Vegas experience will include not just the Playboy Club and Casino, but also a store; the Moon, a nightclub with a retractable roof; and the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa.
The "villa," a two-story, 9,000-square-foot suite, has a media room, a fully equipped gym and a sauna. An outdoor cantilevered Jacuzzi with glass walls and a Playboy logo, "Playboy art" selected by Hugh Hefner himself and 8-foot-round rotating beds will allow guests to achieve a Hef-like feeling.
The cost? $40,000 a night.
Our glass "AQUATIC GLASSEL" was specified for the Playboy Club and rooms in over 14 fireplaces in the new addition of the Palms and Playboy Club. We will be posting pictures after the opening in October.
The fire pit below will be aired in early of 2008. The fire pit was filmed by Yard Crashers (www.IdeaFactory.tv ) in Sacramento, California. A subsidiary of HGTV and Pie Town Productions. We will post air times as soon as we have them. But for now here are a few shots from the filming. Yard Crashers is a new program from HGTV who do complete makeovers in your back yard. Please contact www.IdeaFactory.tv for details on how you can get involved!
 
 
 
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The Chambers Hotel
www.chambersminneapolis.com
A very modern fireplace with starfire
 
Below we have the fire pit that we installed for Reba! In Nashville Tennessee.
Here is her stainless steel fire pit pan as we manufactured i |
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