Easier, Faster, Safer Cooking

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. You’re looking at one of the marvels of new technology in today’s kitchen – the induction cooktop. With induction cooking, the element located under the glass heats up the cookware, yet the actual glass surface maintains a cooler temperature. This new induction kitchen technology offers an easier, faster, safer cooking experience in the kitchen, and for many homeowners induction cooking is a great way to get the conveniences of gas cooking without the headaches of adding a gas line to your kitchen.

The main reason homeowners choose gas ranges over electric is because gas ranges have better control; they can turn on and off instantly whereas electric can’t. Induction cooking has the same type of instant on and off capability as gas. And most units automatically turn the burner off if the pan is not returned to the same burner within a certain time frame. Now that’s safety! Another great benefit of induction cooking is that induction cooktops clean up quickly and easily because it’s not the glass surface that provides heat to the pot. Spills become much easier to clean up since the cooking surface stays cooler than your cookware.

Induction in appliances is a simple technology, but many homeowners are not sure how it works. An induction cooktop has unique copper elements under the glass ceramic surface that use electricity to produce a magnetic field. The magnetic field reacts with the iron in metal cookware and transfers the heat to the cookware. The bottom line performance of induction is based on your cookware. An easy way to see if your current cookware will work is to do the magnet test. If a magnet will stick to the outside bottom of your pot, it will work.

An additional bonus that most homeowners don’t know is that induction cooktops are faster at cooking. The induction element technology heats up the pan faster and with less energy. The best example of the induction’s speed is the time it takes to boil water. With induction your time to boil water is greatly reduced; you can bring one quart of water to boil in as little as 90 seconds. Food gets to the table faster, so you can spend more time enjoying the food and less time waiting for food to cook.

Induction cooking is revolutionizing the kitchen. You can cook faster, gain the same convenient features as gas, have a safer cooking environment, and spend less time cleaning up. Life just got easier in the kitchen and induction cooking is leading the way.

If you want to see a live demonstration of these cooktops in action, just visit the new Friedman’s showroom and they’ll give you the surprise of your life. 

Friedman’s Appliances
9296 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922
865.693.4344
www.friedmansappliances.com

Save up to 25% on your electric bill

Sound impossible? Not at all, thanks to GreenWorks Energy Consultants and the cutting edge technology provided by a unique, state-of-the-art energy controller called a KVAR Energy Controller (KVAR EC™).

The KVAR EC™ system optimizes your electrical usage by reducing the consumption of excess electrical power required when appliances such as air conditioners, washers, dryers, heat pumps, refrigerators, and more operate in your home or business.


Have you ever noticed how lights appear to dim when, say, your air conditioner begins operation? Motors in appliances, such as air conditioners, frequently consume much more electricity than what is required for their safe and efficient operation. This results not only in wasted electrical consumption, but also shortens the life expectancy of these often expensive motors.

Once GreenWorks installs the KVAR EC™ system to your home’s electrical panel, a task typically requiring less than 30 minutes, you will begin experiencing an immediate reduction in electrical energy consumption while extending the lives of your appliances’ motors and other electrical devices located throughout your home including computers, HDTV’s, and more.


Just how much money you will save depends on any one of a number of variables, but electrical savings alone in the first year often provide for a 12 month payback on the total cost of installing the KVAR EC™. And it gets even better as GreenWorks guarantees a minimum of 6% savings within the first 90 days or your money back, plus a 12-year manufacturer warranty against defects in the KVAR Energy Controller.

You will also be delighted to learn the KVAR EC™ from GreenWorks also provides whole house protection against unexpected electrical surges so common today while significantly reducing our carbon footprint.

If you’re ready to begin shaving wasted dollars from your home or business’ electrical bills, call GreenWorks and discover how you too can take a bite out of rising energy costs. Most homes can curb electricity usage for as little as $499 installed. That’s the no brainer! Call today!

GreenWorks Energy Consultants
4109 Barbara Drive

Knoxville, TN 37918 

865.386.6623 

www.GreenWorksKvar.com

While many of us are now focused on losing those extra pounds that we put on over the holidays, Hayden Garrett Interiors poses this question: Does your house need to lose weight?

If all the stuff that you’ve been accumulating over the years has rendered your home’s original interior design unrecognizable, then know you’re not alone. You know what we’re talking about. You try to find the perfect accessory but nothing works, so you wind up with a house full of beautiful pieces that suddenly don’t seem as beautiful as they did in the store. Or you inherit your grandmother’s antiques and you’re not sure how to incorporate them into your existing furnishings. Or you feel like you can’t get rid of the (fill-in-the-blank here) because you paid too much for it back in the day. The list goes on and on.

No matter how or why you attained your stuff, it’s actually a common problem. And the solution is easier than you might have imagined. Hayden Garrett Interiors can reshape your home with a color and style makeover or a complete overhaul, offering design solutions that will put new life into your tired home.

Hayden Garrett Interiors founders and owners, Shanda Hayden and Ginger Garrett, formed the full-service design firm in 2009, then called It’s All Arranged, which highlighted room makeovers. The name change to Hayden Garrett Interiors more accurately captures the scope of their work. “Yes, we still do room makeovers!” says Ginger. “Sometimes it’s the perfect solution. Other times, not so. We’ll create a custom-designed home if that’s what the client would like.”

“Sometimes it’s hard for homeowners to see the forest for the trees,” said Shanda. “Most times, Ginger and I walk in and immediately see what needs to be done. It may be something as simple as changing a paint color or a home may truly need some major updating.”

What you will enjoy most about Hayden Garrett Interiors is their ability to develop an interior design plan that will meet your specific needs and budget. “We feel we give homeowners honest and valuable feedback on what improvements they should invest in for their home,” said Ginger.

You may recognize their talent from the rooms they designed for the 2010 and 2011 Knoxville Symphony League show houses. Both Hayden and Garrett are members of the national and East Tennessee chapter of the Interior Design Society, a trade organization that specializes in residential interior design. To meet the real estate needs of clients, they each hold certificates from STIR (Staging Transformations and Interior Redesign). Each have extensive backgrounds in interior design and fine furniture sales.

If you’re sincere about helping your home to lose weight in 2012, then both Ginger and Shanda are prepared to help you set your New Year’s resolution into motion. The Before & After portfolio on the Hayden Garrett Interiors website will inspire you to start your home’s diet. Browse through their photos and see if any of the rooms remind you of your home and the work that needs to be done. Just a friendly reminder that it’s 2012, not 1992!

Ginger and Shanda look forward to helping your home shed its old image and discovering a brand new look for 2012. So what are you waiting for? America’s first Interior Decorator, Dorothy Draper, put it simply when she said, “My theory has always been to get started.” Give them a call today and get started.

Meet the Designer – Ginger Garrett
My favorite projects are the ones where we’re totally immersed in the whole house; everything’s clicking and there’s a lot of adrenaline in the air! And it never fails to amaze me how one little change in the room can make such a huge difference for the better. Knowing our clients are happy with the results is my greatest reward.

Meet the Designer – Shanda Hayden
I consider getting to know our clients one of the many perks of our job. Not only is it enjoyable and interesting, it is essential. Creating a beautiful room takes effort, and taking the extra time to discover a client’s needs and wishes makes all the difference. It also ensures that the outcome reflects their personality, not ours!

Hayden Garrett Interiors
Ginger Garrett 865.966.0334
Shanda Hayden 865.481.8804
www.haydengarrett.com