BOB STERN BUILDING CO.

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Presents

"Custom Cabinetry At A Price You Can Afford"
Come Visit Us at Our New Birmingham Showroom

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Since 1965, the name
Bob Stern Building Company
has become synonymous
with quality remodeling in
Oakland County

We would like to invite you to
join us on
Saturday, November 22, 2008
From 10:00.-3:00
For an open house celebrating
the Grand Opening
of our new Showroom

Take this time to see our new
DeWils cabinetry line and
meet our new Designers

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will be served

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554 North Old Woodward * Birmingham, MI 48009

248.593.9191 • 248.593-7822 fax

www.bobsternbuilding.com

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such clean, pure heat that any carbon
monoxide levels it emits are way below
any unsafe standards," Brown says.
They don't require chimneys or
hearths, but probably should not be
installed in smaller rooms because the
heat could be overwhelming, he adds,
noting that most ventless fireplaces are
installed in basements.
The large variety of styles, designs
and accoutrements are numbing, start-
ing with mantels. They are all the rage
as they define the architectural style
of the interior decor and make a state-
ment for their owners. Brown says he
has 1,000 different mantels on display,
in granite, wood, marble, limestone or
stainless steel.
The medium-priced mantels range
from $2,500 to $5,000, including instal-
lation. Other mantels start around $900.
Then there is the vast array and
greater choice of what Brown calls "jew-
elry" — grates, andirons, pokers, bel-
lows and gloves. "You're buying some-
thing artificial to look good 98 percent
of the time," he says. "The more real it
looks the homier the room looks:'
More and more of Brown's sales are
coming from the owners of modest
homes, many of whom are installing
fireplaces in their basements. American
Fireplace is doing a lot of refacing of
fireplaces where it takes the brick wall
from an existing fireplace and either
strips it or makes it over. The company
also is building fireplaces in physi-
cian waiting rooms, conference rooms,
retirement centers, convalescent centers
and car dealerships.
Flame chambers soared in popular-
ity in recent years once Underwriters
Laboratories approved the new format
shape and size, Schaerer says.
Glass beads and crushed volcanic ash
replaced fake logs and create a spec-
tacular light display when gas shoots
through them.
By using optional materials, such as
stone in geometric shapes or cannon-
balls stacked in the shape of a pyramid,
the resulting light show is even more
dazzling, he says.
Most of Schaerer's clients have at
least four fireplaces, many of which are
in the new format, measuring 60 inches
long and 24-26 inches high.
One of Schaerer's clients in,Orchard
Lake Village owns five fireplaces,
including one in the bedroom that
Schaerer says costs around $45,000.
"It's100 percent style the customer
says. "I wasn't going to bring in wood.
I wanted the look of a fireplace and the
sounds of the flames:'