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Whirlpool tubs were at the forefront of luxury bathroom design for years, but these days the focus is all on showers. Multi-sprayer custom showers and sprawling steam showers are more conductive to a busy lifestyle, and steam...
Shaker style vanities have been a huge staple of the design world over the last year, but in 2016 you can expect shuttered bathroom vanities to start stealing some of the spotlight. Like shaker style cabinets, shuttered cabinets are simple yet classic, with a humble, streamlined appearance and a subtle old world feel that make them an ideal fit for a transitional space. But while shaker style cabi...
A while back I wrote about the top ten most unique freestanding bathtubs, and while I stand by my picks, I'd like to admit today that that list has a pretty huge, glaring problem with it: I focused more on form than on material. I mention...
Of all the major home and bathroom trends of 2015, there's one very specific feature that's really making waves: gray shaker style bathroom vanities. These vanities are showing in bathrooms of all different sizes and styles, and many top manufacturers have included one (or several) in their new 2015 lineups. But why the sudden popularity, and will it last? We've got a few reasons why these very tr...
The transition to lower flow toilets has been a pretty rocky one. Many people were put off by early low flow toilets that, frankly, didn't work, and despite significant improvements in the tech, buyers have remained wary of replacing their old toilets. But many older models flush inefficiently, take forever to...
Decorating a very small bathroom can be an exercise in frustration. There's rarely room for anything but the basics, and it's easy to expend all your creative energy just trying to find a place for all the necessary parts. That combined with a lack of natural light means that small bathrooms are a somewhat grim canvas for a remodel. But small bathrooms don't have to be boring, drab, or dark - you ...
Finding a way to make a small bathroom livable is one of the biggest design challenges homeowners will face. Unlike many other rooms, in a small bathroom there isn't a whole lot of room to skimp on furniture or fixtures. To make a small bathroom work, you really need to know exactly where to pare down and how to do it intelligently. You see, one of the most obvious ways to save space is to get a s...
Small bathrooms often get the short end of the stick when it comes to availability of luxury upgrades. After all, it's hard to have a big, sweeping shower stall when your bathroom itself is neither big nor sweeping, and ditto for a roomy soaking tub or whirlpool. In bathrooms where there isn't much space to spare, you often end up having to choose between having either a shower or a bathtub, or co...
Big, luxurious, walk-in showers have become one of the most desirable features in bathroom design. They're convenient enough to use even if you have a busy schedule and scale remarkably well to the size of your bathroom and your budget. While the ideal you'll see on TV and in design magazines is a shower built to ...
This time of year, many designers and furniture manufacturers are rolling out their new spring collections. That means it's also the time of year that the biggest up-and-coming trends start to solidify themselves, and you can get a good sense of what's going to be popular and what you should consider including in any remodels or renovations you might have in the works. This year, one of the big st...
