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NKBA DESIGN AWARDS 2021: BATHS

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THE ANNUAL NATIONAL KITCHEN & BATH ASSOCIATION (NKBA) DESIGN COMPETITION WINNERS WERE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED DURING THE DESIGN+ INDUSTRY AWARDS CEREMONY, WHICH WAS HELD AT KBIS VIRTUAL ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021.

The selected designs comprised outdoor, contemporary, and traditional kitchens – all of which exemplified style, functionality and creativity. We’re pleased to celebrate the following designers and their impressive work!
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Book Review

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GET OVER ‘I GOT IT’​

By Elayne Fluker

Today’s women are ambitious, and are excelling in every way, but many still believe that asking for help along the journey is a sign of weakness, ignorance or incompetence, so they go it alone. Author and podcaster Elayne Fluker believes this mindset is partly responsible for the increase in suicide rates for girls and women, and the reason so many women end up depressed, overwhelmed, isolated and unfulfilled. To combat this alarming trend, Fluker helps women learn how to build their own networks, make meaningful connections, and understand how some of the world’s most successful women, like Oprah Winfrey and Spanx founder Sara Blakely, had tremendous support networks that helped them achieve their dreams.
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Elayne Fluker is host of the Support is Sexy podcast, which has more than 800,000 downloads and features her interviews with more than 500 diverse and inspiring women entrepreneurs. Elayne is also the Founder of SiS.Academy—an online learning platform educating and empowering Black Women entrepreneurs. In 2020, she was named a "Founder of Change" for SiS.Academy as part of the American Express "100 for 100" program, featuring 100
innovative Black women entrepreneurs.

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