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Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS, founded in 1987, is a leading manufacturer & distributor of architectural columns representing the orders of classical architecture.

Chadsworth Featured on TLC’s Popular TV Show, “Moving Up”

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Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS are featured on The Learning Channel’s Moving Up, a new series hosted by Doug Wilson where three families are guided through the process of a major move.

Premiering in January 2005, the 15-part series follows a chain of new homeowners who move into one another’s homes and begin the design and renovation process that occurs during the first six months of adjusting to their new home.  There are many decisions to make and numerous design choices and renovations to implement.  Taste is testing in Moving Up and host Doug Wilson is there to invoke fond memories and humorous observations.  Each episode is rerun on TLC throughout the year.

Viewers will follow both the buyers and sellers as they move into, renovate and redecorate their new homes.  They will visit the homeowners every few weeks to see how the renovations are going.  A few months after the move, they will see how the families have decorated their new houses, and then Doug takes the previous owners back to see the changes made to their old homes.

The British Broadcasting Corporation, producers of Moving Up asked Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS to participate in several episodes of the show.  Chadsworth PolyStone® Columns were used in two episodes of Moving Up, this year.  “We are happy to participate, as well as educate, people about our columns,” says Jeffrey L. Davis, Founder of Chadsworth Incorporated.

You can see Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS in two episodes of Moving Up. 

From Floral Fetish to Field of Dreams.  On the New Jersey Shore, floral embellishment and bland beige decor give way to whimsical femininity.  Doug Wilson mediates when homeowners return to their old house and critique what the new owners have done to their home.

And in Harlem Hardware Headache, a young couple is moving to Harlem, but the apartment they’re buying is too masculine for their taste.  The current owner is attached to his sleek bachelor pad with columns at the entrance, which hold special significance for him.

 

Chadsworth’s Columns Are Featured Show on TLC’s Popular Television Series – Moving Up

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Chadsworth’s 1.800. COLUMNS were featured on The Learning Channel’s Moving Up, a new series hosted by Doug Wilson where three families are guided through the process of a major move.  Premiering in January 2005, the 15-part series follows a chain of new homeowners who move into one another’s homes and begin the design and renovation process that occurs during the first six months of adjusting to their new home. There are many decisions to make, and numerous design choices and renovations to implement. Taste is tested in Moving Up, and host Doug Wilson is there to invoke fond memories, and humorous observations. Each episode is rerun on TLC throughout the year. Viewers will follow both the buyers and sellers as they move into, renovate and redecorate their new homes. They will visit the homeowners every few weeks to see how the renovations are going.  A few months after the move, they will see how the families have decorated their new houses, and then Doug takes the previous owners back to see the changes made to their old homes.

 

The British Broadcasting Corporation, producers of Moving Up asked Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS to participate in several episodes of the show. Chadsworth’s PoyStone® Columns were used in two episodes of Moving Up, this year. “We are happy to participate, as well as educate, people about our columns,” says Jeffrey L. Davis, Founder and Principal Designer of Chadsworth.

 

You can see Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS in two episodes of Moving Up.  From Floral Fetish to Field of Dreams. On the New Jersey Shore, floral embellishment and blandbeige décor gives way to whimsical femininity. Doug Wilson mediates when homeowners returntheir old house and critique what the new owners have done to their home.  And in Harlem Hardware Headache a young couple is moving to Harlem, but the apartmentthey’re buying is too masculine for their taste. The current owner is attached to his sleek bachelor pad with columns at the entrance, which holds special significance for him.  Look for Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS on Moving Up’s web site, and check the TLC schedule for time and airdate of the show.

 

Chadsworth’s 1.800.Columns Makes Guest Appearance on HGTV’s – Curb Appeal

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Mr. Jeffrey L. Davis, the Founder and Principle Designer of Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS located at 277 N. Front Street in Historic Wilmington, NC was a recent guest on House & Garden Television’s popular show, Curb Appeal.  Curb Appeal, which is filmed in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, shows you how to make the most of your home’s appearance.

 

Each episode features a real house and homeowner with guest experts who discuss the owner’s needs and propose projects to improve the home’s appearance. In this episode, Davis helps create a portico where there was none to give the home a more welcoming look. “We are always happy to be a guest on Curb Appeal”, says Davis, “with so many people building and remodeling, it’s good to be able to show how columns can enhance the look of their home”.  Curb Appeal airs on HGTV on Tuesday evening at 8 pm, and is re-played many times over the season so that viewers may take advantage of the helpful guidance the show provides.

 

Chadsworth’s Fluted Authentic Replication ‘Uphold Tradition’ in Old House Interiors Magazine

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WILMINGTON, N.C., August, 2005 — Old House Interiors Magazine, which features period-inspired home design says this about Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS Fluted Authentic Replication Columns:

“Base your classical interior on a firm foundation with these Tuscan fluted columns.  They’re available in both wood and PolyStone® (a composite material). From Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS, website: www.columns.com.”

Now in its tenth year, Old House Interiors covers American period design from 1700 to 1940, with articles on restorations, interpretive use of period decorating, sensitive kitchens and baths, furnishings, color, textiles, and more. Coverage extends to architectural styles and gardens.  It features advice and sources for renovating, decorating, and furnishing houses built before 1950.

Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS was featured on the television show This Old House, as well as in Old House Interiors Magazine.

Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS Featured in “Pillars of Southern Charm” in the Charlotte Observer

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Chadsworth’s 1.800.COLUMNS and Jeffrey L. Davis, the Founder & Principal Designer of the company, were featured in an article, Pillars of Southern Charm in the Charlotte Observer’s Home Section on Saturday, May 14, 2005.  This edition of the Home Section clearly highlighted the use of columns in home building today.  The article stated, “Both builders and home buyers have been swept up by the nostalgia for a long ago small town life and the architectural detail that goes with it.”

 

 Builders have learned that columns sell houses.  Today, during an unprecedented burst of building in the South, columns are going up everywhere.  Experts say that most of us do not see individual columns, but react to them as important elements in the overall scene or streetscape.  Simply put, columns make us feel good.The Observer’s Home Section provided the correct components that make up a column, as well as shared how columns can be used in houses today. 

 

“Columns serve to remind us of a more civil time, they bring back Southern charm and gentility,” says Davis, “a time when families spent time together and enjoyed life.”

 
 
New construction has followed the national trend of New Urbanism, in which builders recreate an old-fashioned streetscape, complete with double-stacked porches and town squares, on tracts of suburban land.  Traditional houses that feature deep porches and tall windows, like those in Charleston or Savannah, make you feel like you are living with a bit of history.

 

You can visit Chadsworth’s web site for further information:  www.columns.com