Armstrong Origins Cabinets Help Make LivingHomes’ C6 A Low-Cost, Zero Energy, Zero Carbon, and LEED Platinum® Level Production Home
Armstrong® Cabinets’ eco-friendly Origins™ line is featured in the new LivingHome® C6, an affordably priced, comfortably sized prefabricated home, designed by LivingHomes®, a premier developer of modern, sustainably designed, prefabricated homes. The house will be open-to-view during a public display from February 18-25 and then at the prestigious TED Conference, February 27-March 2 in Long Beach, California, and at Modernism Week, February 17-26 in Palm Springs, California.
Renewable resources are important in the kitchen, especially if a homeowner or a business is trying to qualify for LEED or other green building system points. The trend is to move towards green, minimalist and contemporary, especially if it makes sense to the budget.
Armstrong Cabinets remains conscious of environmental needs, as well as good design and pricing, and offers eco-friendly Origins with PureBond®, a urea formaldehyde-free, soy-based adhesive. The hardwood plywood is derived responsibly from managed forests, and then enhanced with a proprietary resin, giving it particularly strong bonding and water-resistance qualities. These cabinets combine easy installation and maintenance with the durability of Allwood™, Armstrong’s top-tier construction with quality features usually found only in custom cabinetry, alongside the environmental benefits of sustainable, low emitting materials.
“The Origins line is especially appealing to green-minded homeowners because the line offers the durability and strength of all plywood construction with the environmental benefits of sustainable, low emitting materials,” said Steve Glenn, CEO of LivingHomes. “It has always been our most important goal to develop an affordable LivingHome, and Armstrong Cabinets is an important component. We believe it’s the first production home to feature Cradle-to-Cradle® inspired materials and a LEED Platinum level environmental program. It’s also the easiest and fastest LivingHome to build.”
For cabinets, it’s all about wood. Armstrong’s Moderno™ slab door style, selected for the LivingHome C6, is a tribute to traditional tastes, yet refined for modern living. Moderno cabinets have unassuming, effortless beauty, and are ideal for homeowners who love the look of natural hardwood cabinets but prefer the understated wood grain patterns and textures of maple. Known for its close, uniform grain, maple’s fine texture lends itself well to either contemporary or traditional styling. Variations on dark/light (espresso, café, mocha/crème or white), warm wood tones are the hot cabinet colors. The most popular stains include naturals, light browns and darker espresso colors.
“Kitchens have become an all-encompassing, central room to the home environment. Families are changing, and while they may not be ‘cocooning’ anymore, they certainly are ‘nesting’. They want their home to reflect the way they really live,” said Mel L. Heintz, Product & Marketing Manager, Armstrong Cabinets. “Armstrong has long been a leader in sustainable forestry practices and innovative manufacturing. We continue to reach out to homeowners to give them top-quality choices in their kitchen cabinet selections,” she said.
The C6 was designed as part of a new partnership with Make It Right, a nonprofit founded by Brad Pitt and renowned architect William McDonough to build 150 Cradle to Cradle® inspired LEED Platinum homes in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, the neighborhood hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each C6 will help support the efforts of Make It Right.
The C6, built by Cavco, a nationwide leader in the systems building of prefabricated homes, is available in most states for a base price of $179,000. The C6 can be fully constructed in less than two months and installed on-site in one day. Consumers can get complete information about the C6 and create a Virtual LivingHome C6, with their choice of finishes and fixtures, at www.livinghomes.net.
Two C6 show homes have been on display and open to the public for tours. In Long Beach, California, LivingHome C6, decorated by Curated, is on display from February 18 to 25 at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, the site of the upcoming TED 2012 Conference, February 26-March 2. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. For more information, visit: http://conferences.ted.com/TED2012/.
The other LivingHome C6 show home, decorated by interior designer Jamie Bush of Bush Interiors, is on display as part of Modernism Week, the celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture and culture, in Palm Springs, California, from February 17 to 26. For more information visit: www.modernismweek.com.
Armstrong Cabinets manufactures kitchen and bath cabinetry and offers stylish products built with enduring value, and backed by the 150 year heritage of the Armstrong brand. For more information and tips, visit www.armstrong.com/cabinets or call 1-800-527-5903.
About Armstrong
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. In 2010, Armstrong consolidated net sales totaled nearly $2.8 billion. Based in Lancaster, PA, Armstrong operates 31 plants in seven countries and has approximately 9,300 employees worldwide. Visit www.armstrong.com.
About Armstrong Cabinet Products
Armstrong Cabinet Products, based in The Colony, Texas, is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of residential kitchen and bath cabinets in the U.S. A division of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Armstrong Cabinet Products provides consumers, builders and remodelers a single source for design, fabrication and installation services through its nationwide system of company-owned and independent distribution centers. For more information about Armstrong cabinets, visit www.armstrong.com/cabinets or call 1-800-527-5903.
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