Home Design Podcast

Meet Laura Basili, The Deck Diva, of Brazilian Lumber as she explains the exotic hardwood industry, how to select the best product for your home project, the trends in the hardwood industry, hardwood maintenance, what are certified hardwoods, as well as sustainability efforts towards forestry management and SO MUCH MORE!
Why is Brazilian Exotic Hardwoods the best types of woods to use in your exterior home projects?
Learn more about Ipe, Cumuru, Garapa, Jatoba, Tigerwood, Massaranduba, Santos Mahogany and so many others. Depending on the color or workability that you want, there is an exotic hardwood for you. Cumuru is a current architects favorite here in South Florida due to the color and properties that it has.
Know the difference between the different levels of certified hardwoods and why this is so important. FSC certified wood is important to know about when selecting product and is seen as economically sustainable, which covers social aspects of forestry and manufacturing of the product.
Why are the Sustainability efforts so important when discussing forestry management? Forestry is healthy for the rainforest and our ecosystem. Brazilian Lumber is only interested in commercially viable trees. What does that mean? Only a forestry engineer is allowed to select the trees that are no longer viable to the forest and have gone through their life cycle. These trees are no longer seed bearing trees, which allows the underbrush to receive light from the sun as the overall canopy is reduced. Without this, farming and mining would go into these forests, which would pollute and negatively impact the environment. Forestry is controlled and helps the evolution and continuous development of the rainforest.
By doing this, forestry provides jobs, medical facilities, schools, and other aspects of naturally occurring and sustainable product that allows additional growth to occur (both in the forest and socially) that would not have been allowed to take place. The trees in the underbrush would never have the opportunity to grow.
Learn more about selecting the best hardwood for you, the ease of installing exotic hardwoods, maintenance, and so much more from Brazilian Lumber by listening to this podcast. Did you know that there is a platinum level of hardwood? There is just too much to know about exotic hardwoods and the industry so LISTEN NOW!
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The Plant Guy is the Rock Star plant expert that is raising the bar and setting trends in the plant world. From real plants, to artificial, to indoor, to outdoor, to artificial floral ceiling designs... We bring you this podcast to learn all about the BEST Plants for your home!
WHO KNEW PLANTS COULD BE SO EXCITING?
Do you have a Green Thumb?
If not, THIS IS FOR YOU!
If yes, THIS IS FOR YOU!
Welcome to the Home Design Podcast! Your host, Adam Kayce, sits down with plant expert and innovator, Matthew Lang, the one, the only, The Plant Guy! Through this episode we learn the tips on how to maintain our house plants with little to no maintenance. There are so many great solutions to make plant care easier than what we have experienced in the past. Matthew discussed some of the tools and types of tools that you can use to make your plant life more manageable. Did you know that there are self watering planter options?
There are so many amazing plant options for your home to increase the overall feel and design style. Matthew is coming out with a proprietary and one of a kind planter where it will have it's own water reservoir and will bring that easily manageable height to your home with living greenery.
We don't stop there so enjoy this episode where you will discover ways to achieve that perfect balance of greenery and life in your home to make you capture that biophilic design feel that we all keep seeing through the evolving home trends.
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The Home Design Podcast is where we aim to educate, inspire, and connect South Florida with the industry authorities within their trade.

Learn the Truth about what is in your water at home with Jamie Zappier of Allini Water.
Through this podcast episode Jamie dives into the reality of water filtration systems that are available to South Florida homeowners and businesses. There are multiple forms of filtration but which system is best for you and the water type in your home. There are so many important factors to selecting the right system but knowing the right questions to ask the professionals will help guide you to the proper system. We will also learn about what makes Allini Water Filters different.What will happen to your home when your water is not properly filtered?
- High Calcium will cause damage to plumbing (faucets, shower heads, appliances, etc)
- Alkalinity will cause corrosion
- Discolored water (noticeable yellow tint)
What type of water filters are available to homeowners?
- Ion Exchange (water softening system)
- Reverse Osmosis (drinking water system)
- Multi media or Carbon Based Filtration
- Nano Purification (pharmaceutical grade purification system)
Do you know the difference between removal and reduction for when it comes to filtration?
Do you know the PROS and CONS to each type of water filtration system?
What are the good minerals and which are the bad minerals?
- Calcium is not a bad mineral as we do need Calcium in our bodies. (do not remove)
- Small amounts of Zinc and Magnesium should not be completely removed from your water but they should be restructured to remove the negative effects. (leave some)
Get the TOP TIPS that you should know when selecting the right water filtration system for your home.
Learn more about Allini Water Filters.
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Are you ready for INSULATION 101?
When people look at remodeling their home, they tend to only look at the beauty side of things, and leave out the efficiency....insulation!
Insulation helps improve your homes integrity, effects the efficiency of your utilities, as well as your indoor air quality.
Most homes have the basic fiberglass or cellulose, SunPro specializes in spray foam!
Spray Foam v.s. Fiberglass:
- Fiberglass is 1/3 of the cost of Spray Foam
- Spray Foam reduces about 30% of the work load on your a/c unit
- Fiberglass will give about a 10% reduction in the work load on your a/c
- Fiberglass only focuses on conductive heat
- Spray Foam forms a radiant barrier
With windows and doors you're only working with the walls, leaving your roof with the most exposure, which produces more heat. In many cases homeowners believe they have an HVAC problem, when in reality their system is just overworked.
For more INFORMATION on insulation contact Michael and the SunPro team.

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Why are RENDERINGS so important and why hire a construction company that in house interior design specialists?

This podcast will introduce you to Derek Radzikowski of Ross Brothers and what makes them stand out as an Interior Design and Construction specialist in South Florida. Derek brings us through the importance of renderings and what the interior design process should look like when remodeling your home.

Ross Brothers is South Florida’s premier luxury home renovations company, with over 30 years of experience and over 1200 completed projects. At Ross Brothers, you will be involved throughout the entire process, collaborating with their highly skilled, well rounded team.

For more luxury renderings and interior design information check out Ross Brothers online at rossbrothers.com.
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