Bathrooms

Want to Modernize Your Showerhead?

May 9, 2012

If you’ve always wanted a Rain Head in your shower, but don’t want to demolish the walls to add the additional overhead plumbing, this might be the answer! A recent bath remodel for a client included installing a 10″ rain shower head that is wall mounted and includes a hand held unit. While this project [...]

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Ceramic vs Porcelain Tile

March 22, 2012

It is generally assumed that porcelain tile is better than ceramic tile and therefore usually costs more. When researching the actual differences between the two a myriad of fallacies and myths came to light. Basically, Ceramic and Porcelain tile are both made from clay, but porcelain is fired at a high temperature and is better [...]

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How Much Would You Pay for a Toilet?

January 30, 2012

Did you see the article in our eNewsletter about the Kohler Numi toilet? It is totally amazing! It has lights, heats the floor under your feet, has a built in bidet feature, music, warm seat, self opening & closing lid and a remote control! Go to the Kohler site for all the specifics (by the [...]

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Product Spotlight – Manabloc Modular Manifold Plumbing System

November 29, 2011

Back in the day, electric fuse boxes were the way to handle the electricity flowing to receptacles throughout your home. (Remember those little glass fuses – dad had a box of them sitting on top of the fuse box – just in case!) They were replaced with the modern electric panels with lever type switches [...]

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Choose Tile Early For A Smooth Project

March 22, 2011
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A common question in bathroom remodeling is: when do I need to pick out the tile? The answer brings up an important feature of bathroom construction today. All of our projects make use of a concrete tile backer-board in all wet areas. We use the HardieBacker from James Hardie Building Products. What does this have [...]

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Bathroom Details Make The Difference

January 7, 2011
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When it comes to beautiful bathrooms, the difference is in the details. We thought we’d use the bathroom at our current model as an example of what we mean. Our model features his and hers vanity areas on either side of a beautiful tub. The cabinetry is a great example of the customizable nature of [...]

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Why We Love Wellborn Cabinets!

January 2, 2011

We’ve been working on a page here on the blog that talks about some of the reasons we so often point our clients toward Wellborn Cabinetry. Check it out: Remodeling with Wellborn Cabinets

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Steam Showers Bring the Spa Experience Home

December 10, 2010
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Take one look at bathroom designs in magazines and modern plumbing showrooms and you’ll see that what homeowners are looking for in a bathroom has changed. A lot. There was a time when the selection of options for bathrooms was limited to one exceedingly straightforward question: White or bone? This three word question pretty much [...]

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