Tile Doctor: What are some of the popular remodeling/redesigning projects you see homeowners requesting these days?
Chris Socci: Bathroom and Kitchens.
Chris Socci: I see a more sleek and manageable designs being used in today's remodels.
Chris Socci: They incorporate way too many design ideas that tends to be overkill.
Chris Socci: Appliances and plumbing fixtures.
Chris Socci: Stick to the budget on trendy items and loosen up on more classic long-term items.
Chris Socci: Making wonderful interiors and lasting relationships.
Tile Doctor. What are some things you recommend from the start so that the designer/homeowner relationship is as mutually beneficial and positive as possible?
Chris Socci: Clear communication on budget and style from the homeowner and likewise from the designer.
Tile Doctor: Final words of wisdom: what insider information, wisdom or tips can you give to homeowners who want to hire a professional for a design project?
Chris Socci: Interview carefully and make sure you have a "connection" with the designer.
Tile Doctor: Since we are a tile and grout company, and you've given us such great insight – can you also tell us a little about your experiences with tile and specifically the grout you've worked with? What if there was a new product that didn't stain, change color, was easy to install, and is aesthetically stunning?
Chris Socci started his Interior Design company, C.Socci Inc, in 2003 while attending college in Atlanta, Georgia.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/csocciinc and reach out to Chris at 404.414.5874 for more information.


Old photo of Eric's mother at her wedding in the Philippines.
Flowers were blooming at La Venta when Myung Jin went for a meeting.
Back in February, at the office of Luis Ramirez to whom we hand-delivered our first invitation. We look forward to seeing you and your wife at the wedding Luis!


Taraji P. Henson joins the cast.
The Disney Animation panel at Friday's D23 Expo included an exclusive sneak peek at a mixture of rough and more polished animation from Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, the high point of which was an extended sequence showing Vanellope Von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman, who was on hand to help present the footage) encountering ALL the Disney animated princesses, from Snow White to Moana.
In the film, Ralph and Vanellope escape the arcade and enter the Internet so she can find a fix for her Sugar Rush game. During their journey, they encounter Yesss, an algorithm of a trending site called Buzzaholic voiced by Empire and Hidden Figures' Taraji P. Henson. She takes them to OhMyDisney.com, where nearly every Disney-owned intellectual property is represented, from Disney and Pixar Animation (we see a Buzz Lightyear toy in a Toy Story 4 product box) to Marvel (hey, look, it's Stan Lee!) and Lucasfilm.
The sequence shown starts with Vanellope wanting to mess with the Disney princesses -- described as "those perfect models of feminity" and who appear to be having a slumber party -- but soon finding them far rougher than she expected. The whole point of the scene is that Vannelope learns the Disney princesses are actually as messed up as she is and they accept her as a princess herself. And Vanellope also gets a costume change by the end of the scene.
There are jabs at Merida's thick Scottish accent ("She's from the other studio," one princess quips), the notion of a princess needing a big strong man to save her, and, of course, princesses bursting into song. There is not a Disney animation trope that isn't lovingly lampooned here in rapid-fire succession.
But the princesses weren't the only familiar Disney-owned IP who popped up in the sequence. The Disney princesses are guarded by Star Wars' stormtroopers and later C-3PO shows up as an assistant of sorts -- not that he gets any respect from the Princesses, who chide him as "BB-8" and "Artoo." He grumbles that he misses the old Solo days.
Disney brought back all the living voice actors behind the Disney princesses to voice their characters again, including Kristen Bell (Frozen's Anna), Ming-Na Wen (Mulan), Idina Menzel (Frozen's Elsa), Jodi Benson (Ariel in Little Mermaid), Paige O'Hara (Beauty and the Beast's Belle), Kelly MacDonald (Brave's Merida), Linda Larkin (Aladdin's Jasmine), Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Anika Noni Rose (Tiana from Princess and the Frog), Mandy Moore (Tangled's Rapunzel), and Auli'i Cravalho (Moana).