November 2009 Welcome to the November edition of the CK Valenti Designs Newsletter. Read Full Issue Online > 
This month's spotlight provides a view into our design process. Before a custom project can be built, it has to be designed. We've found the best way to communicate a custom design is to render it in a three-dimensional (3-D) drawing, or "rendering". A 3-D rendering allows the customer to see their project, how it fits within a room, as well as all the design elements, before any construction begins. This makes design changes much easier to accommodate than after the work has actually started. The rendering above is an in-progress draft of a murphy bed with a folding desk in Southwest style. Read more >
Phoenix Green Streets, November 13th from 6-10pm CK Valenti Designs is excited to have a booth in the "Green Zone" at the Phoenix Green Streets event on Friday, November 13, 2009. The Green Streets Festival in downtown Phoenix is a free community event open to the public on Friday, celebrating green initiatives, sustainability, arts and urban living. It will feature local arts and crafts vendors, locally-grown food prepared by some of the Valley's favorite chefs, and a beer garden with seasonal local brews hosted by Arizona's Four Peaks Brewing Company. The first-ever Green Zone on East Roosevelt Street between 4th Street and 7th Street will feature demonstrations and booths for vendors showcasing eco-friendly, sustainable products and services and information about energy and water saving resources, rebates and programs. Click here for more information. We hope to see you there!
EDUCATION CORNER A "Murphy bed", or wallbed, is a bed built into a closet or freestanding structure that allows the bed to be stored away when not in use. Although William L. Murphy patented this type of bed, in 1989 a court ruled that the use of the term "Murphy bed" is no longer allowed to be trademarked because the public perceives the term as a general term for a hide-away bed.
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