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Our Thoughts
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We were busy this summer making improvements to the site and adding more features. The home page got yet another ‘new look’ and we added the ability to have Professionals participate on Central Roost. Many of our website changes and enhancements come from suggestions that we get from our members, so please keep those ideas coming! Contact Us

In the Home Gallery we noticed that lsoucek has been busy decorating her home ‘Scott & Laura’s Place’ and we are particularly fond of her red couches and dining room table with leather chairs. In the Project Gallery, we were VERY impressed with member Maskingtape’s in-depth description of his project, ‘Garage Siding Repairs’ and we enjoyed the extra photos of himself and his helper!

The Central Roost Team
‘We Love Our Homes’

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New Stuff
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We’ve added new functionality to the website that enables Professionals to participate on the site and advertise their services. As this feature grows, we feel you will benefit from the addition of Professional advice and resource information. Check out one of our new Professional homes, ‘Wilson Project’.

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Latest Press
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Central Roost was recently featured in the news! Visit our Press Page to read the full Province Newspaper article and find out more about our website founders.

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Featured Home
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Member ndscott talks about her experience working with a local developer to build their first home in this New Home Construction Story.

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Tips & Tricks
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Want to add a photo to your discussion board posts? Read this ‘how-to’ or find out more in the full Help File.

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Learning Centre Entries
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Drywalling Tips
Lemon Scented Garburator
A tip for sticky door locks
Organize Your Wine
Go for Green - Gardening for Life
Retro Cool Stylish Fans
Wine Barrel Décor

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Ruling the Roost
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Top Viewed Homes
1. Our Farmhouse – cpea
2. House in the woods – mskerryk
3. Modern Oasis – Mimi
4. Our First Real House - ndscott
5. Scott & Laura’s Place- lsoucek

Top Viewed Projects
1. Home Office Re-Design – macsterhome
2. Basement Stairs – macsterhome
3. Kitchen Colours - Ollie15
4. Bath reno – cjpoco
5. Major Kitchen Renos & Floors - downtowndiva

Top Viewed Discussion Board Topics
1. Master Closet Shoeracks?
2. New Table Lamps
3. Cat Proof Décor?
4. Best Method for Cleaning Glass
5. Best material for filling gaps in moldings

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Halloween & Seasonal Decor
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Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner! Now is the time to show off your seasonal decorating projects and inspire others with your ideas! So get posting, and in our next newsletter we will feature the best fall or Halloween décor projects.

Comments? Questions? Or maybe you really want to see a new feature added? We’d love to hear from you! Click here to let us know your thoughts.

Next steps?
“Increase traffic to the site and collect feedback so we can make improvements and add new features. Our meetings are spent trying to prioritize the ideas we already have, like allowing professionals to post photos and advertise services.”

Decorate outdoors with roosters:

Decorate indoors with roosters:

Hang pictures of roosters on your wall!: (photos by Pete Paterson)

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Our Thoughts for May
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Traffic to the site more than doubled in May and we welcomed 27 new members! With the spring weather we saw the addition of many outdoor gardening and renovation projects. Check out our favorites, onfyr’s Play Structure for Kids and Backyard Landscaping by coyote. In May, we also conducted a user feedback session which resulted in the creation of the ‘New in the Roost’ box. Central Roost visitors can now use these links to quickly find the latest discussion board posts, homes and projects. As summer approaches we look forward to seeing more of your renovation and gardening projects!

Read more about Rooster Feedback: http://blog.centralroost.com/2006/05/rooster-feedback/

The Central Roost Team
‘We Love Our Homes’

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New Stuff
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We’ve added a Learning Centre - Our guide to home renovating, decorating, housekeeping, gardening and more.
read more: http://www.centralroost.com/WEB-INF/lib/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=338

A new search filter was added to the Project Gallery, you can now search by Project Status.
read more: http://www.centralroost.com/WEB-INF/lib/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=315

We’ve made it easy to find the latest discussion board posts, projects and homes on Central Roost. Use the ‘New in the Roost’ box, located in the top right hand corner on all pages.

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Feature Article
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Read how this member renovated not one, but two bathrooms. See the before and after photos, read how they planned this project and find out which materials and resources they used:
http://centralroost.com/articles/bathroom_reno.php

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Tips & Tricks
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Want to change the order of your photos in your home or project gallery? Use the Change Position photo command located in the Edit menu when you select Upload Photos.

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Learning Centre Entries
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Home Office Colors
Planning a Home Office
Weekend Project Tips
Efficient Dishwasher Unloading
Cheap Floor Heating
Stainless Steel Wall Plates
White Kitchens
Pier1 Imports Late Spring Collection

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Ruling the Roost
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Top Viewed Homes

1. Our First House – macsterhome
2. Our Farmhouse – cpea
3. House in the woods – mskerryk
4. Modern Oasis – Mimi
5. ultimate beach house – dreamhome

Top Viewed Projects

1. Kitchen Colours - Ollie15
2. Bath reno – cjpoco
3. Basement Stairs – macsterhome
4. Entertainment Room – macsterhome
5. ulgy kitchen/pretty kitchen – bookyeti

Top Viewed Discussion Board Topics

1. Best Method for Cleaning Glass
2. Master Closet Shoeracks?
3. Best material for filling gaps in moldings
4. Cleaning Venetian Blinds
5. Living Room Colours

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Your Comments
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“People are not getting my Private Messages, what am I doing wrong?” –onfyr, Langley BC

After you send a Private Message it gets moved to your Outbox. Once the member reads your message in gets moved to your Sentbox. The recipient will not receive your message if you delete the message before it gets moved to your Sentbox.

Comments? Questions? Or maybe you really want to see a new feature added? We’d love to hear from you! Click here to let us know your thoughts.

Vancouver, British Columbia (June 7, 2006) — A new website for homeowners called Central Roost (www.centralroost.com) was recently launched by two young women with a passion for home design and do-it-yourself home improvement projects.

The site is a global community where homeowners can inspire and help each other by sharing photos and ideas from their own ‘real’ homes and renovation projects. In addition to photo sharing the site offers discussion forums, a learning center, and home management tools. “From our own home improvement experiences, we found the best help and advice came from other homeowners, particularly those who had similar homes or projects”, says Cher Primeau, Central Roost’s primary developer and co-founder. “We created Central Roost because we could not find any resources that enabled this type of connection and information exchange.”

Members of the site are automatically ‘matched’ to homes and projects that are similar to theirs and can post comments, ask questions or send private messages. Users can also save ideas to their favorites list and email their photo galleries to family and friends. All visitors to the site can browse through hundreds of home, garden and project photos or use the site’s advanced search capabilities to find specific project types and home features.

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Only Monday Blog

“Central Roost is a website dedicated to real-life home renovations. It’s just the kind of thing that most mere mortals will find useful. You know, for the kinds of home makeovers that happen without the aid of a TV editing crew, annoyingly peppy host and seemingly infinite budget.”

Ready Made Magazine Blog

“Central Roost is a gathering place for people who love to tinker with their homes..” Read More

Model Home Blog

The site effectively networks homeowners and do-it-yourselfers with a forum for common questions and answers. Ask a question, offer your experience, upload your own pictures, or plan your next project with this ever-growing resource. An accompanying blog site provides various tips and product reviews, the membership is free, and bookmarking your favorite ideas is encouraged…” Read More

Decorating

Photos: Serious feedback and not so serious feedback

The feedback session started out with formal questions and then we let our users show us how they use the site. Their favorite features were the discussion board and photos galleries. They enjoy browsing, being a part of the community, and seeing what REAL people are doing with their homes. The areas of the site they use least are My Notebook and the Searching. They suggested making new content easier to find and their pet peeve is the “Search the Roost” box at the top of the page (it never goes where they expect). We are extremely grateful to our two users who spared us some of their precious time to respond to our questions and offer their commentary and most importantly, provide a sense of humour (we like our users to have fun).

Keep an eye out for a few changes as a result of this feedback session. If you have any comments you would like to share please email us: info@centralroost.com