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The Perfect Cabin Kitchen or Bath

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Designing the perfect cabin kitchen or bath. By Janice Brewster With their expense and critical importance to a cabin, kitchens and baths are spaces every homeowner wants to get right. A design misstep in these spaces can lead to daily annoyances at best and unsafe conditions at worst. Careful consideration of these spaces when you’re building new or renovating an existing cabin will pay off in ease of use, efficiency and comfort. Take a look at our tips below, but also consider working with a kitchen and bath designer. Because design pros configure layouts and specify materials and fixtures every day, they can offer solutions and ideas that might not occur to you. In the kitchen Know what your kitchen budget is? Good, because that number will help you make decisions throughout the design process. If you’re building a new cabin, Juanita Galliford from Bosch Home Appliances offers this tip: “After taking into account appliances, cabinetry, flooring, plumbing and more, I would estimat...

How To Do Corner Shower Walls, Curtains, And Glass Partition - Kitchen & Bath Remodeling

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Bypass Shower Door Height (Need More Height!) - Kitchen & Bath Remodeling

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Shower Tray Measurement - Kitchen & Bath Remodeling

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Bathtubs are out, big showers are in

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Shutterstock.com The shower gets more use than the bathtub in many households. That’s why some homeowners are ripping out their tubs completely, creating bigger showers instead. Extra shower space allows for multiple shower heads , a built-in seat and designs without shower doors, said John Petrie, president of the National Kitchen and Bath Association, in an email interview about current kitchen and bath trends. They can be designed without a threshold — which look more contemporary and are easier for people to use as they get older. “People really like the bigger showers . They like that there’s elbow room,” said Susie Johnson, a real-estate agent with Coldwell Banker Gundaker in St. Louis. Meanwhile, comments she hears from prospective buyers about whirlpool tubs when walking through a property are often along the lines of: “That’s a nice tub but I don’t take baths,” she said. ...

Out Of The Tub, Into The Shower

As Options Increase, Custom Showers Are Replacing Fancy Tubs In Popularity. September 8, 2002 | By Molly Millett, Saint Paul Pioneer Press Showering isn't just about getting clean anymore. Instead, it's therapy. "It's not just a shower. It's a mood enhancer," says Gary Pember, Moen's group product manager for the bath. "Where people used to go to a spa to pamper themselves, now they want to integrate those features into their own homes. It's part of looking at the whole therapeutic value to water. Today's shower does a whole lot of things for the psyche." Homeowners can now choose custom shower features that include steam units (with aromatherapy options); body sprays along the walls that make the shower feel like a "vertical whirlpool"; larger and multiple showerheads that offer settings ranging from a misting rain to a hydromassage, and some that even offer mood lighting ; shower benches and built-in storage space for sham...

Want to Add Round Shower, Shoji Screen & Door for Bathroom Design?

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Add Round Shower , Shoji Screen & Door for Bathroom Design? - Bath, Pebbles, Door, Orchid & Freestanding Bath" /> And here is the next image, time for Tracy Murdock Allied Asid successfully designed a nice asian, japanese bathroom to gives us more ideas. Screen, door, cubbies, round shower, recessed shelve & shoji screen are several things you need to build good space as we can see at picture above. Let's talk about design, it probably a good example to combine japanese & asian finishing. As we can see, this asian, japanese bathroom, we can get gravel, bathtub, freestanding bath, door & orchid inspirations may be handy for us to remodel our apartment bathroom seems nice. Terms can be found: pebble bathtub, how to fix tub drain, bathtub pebble, Beverly Hills Home Decorators & in wall shelves. When we remodeling bathroom, nice, image above also brings great wall , floor arrangement as first thing to setup. Home bathroom design by Tracy Murdock Allie...

Bathroom Makeover on a Budget

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Get a new look and stay on budget If you plan your design, shop smart and invest some sweat equity, you can have a $25,000 bathroom remodel for a fraction of the price. Don't believe us? Well, we updated this bathroom with new wall and floor tile, a new vanity and top, and new plumbing fixtures . Then we framed the mirror and added glass shelves above the toilet—all for less than $3,000. And we did it all with materials purchased at home centers. For this article, we worked with kitchen and bath designer extraordinaire Lori Jo Krengel . The following pages feature Lori Jo 's advice for dramatic bathroom improvements that are easy on the wallet. Lori Jo Krengel is a Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer and the president of Kitchens by Krengel, Inc., an award- winning design firm in St. Paul. Lori Jo combines style and function to create bathrooms that meet specific budgets . She recommends consulting a designer before remodeling a bathroom to avoid common mistakes . ...

It's form over function at K/BIS

BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF You're not just washing your hands or a dish, you're living a lifestyle and plumbing manufacturers are happy to help. When the home builders met in Orlando, Fla., in January, their show was all about function (April, pg. 39) . The Kitchen & Bath Industry Show , on the contrary, is all about pizzazz. While the show covers everything one will find in a kitchen or bathroom, the 60,000 designers, contractors and remodelors at this year's show in April in Chicago saw plenty of plumbing products . High-tech plumbing Kohler has entered the programmable shower market with its DTV custom showering system . Featuring the DTV Digital Interface and DTV Digital Shower Valve , the product offers customized shower experiences with multiple showerheads, hand showers and body sprays. The DTV's pre- set hydrotherapy experiences include up, down and wave massage, as well as temperature therapy that can ...

Bathroom Remodeling Ideas for Showers in Log Homes

Log homes are rustic, warm, cozy, and naturally inviting. The bathrooms found in log homes should be no different, mirroring elements found in nature. Remodeling a shower can be as simple as replacing the shower head or as complicated as resurfacing the entire shower stall . The cost will vary widely, depending on the work. Larger shower remodels should be considered an investment, which will increase your home's value. Go Frameless A new shower stall will undoubtedly change the whole appearance of the bathroom. One shower trend is to create a spa-like feel with a frameless shower . This shower design works especially well in log home bathrooms . Frameless shower stalls made entirely of stone will definitely give the shower an outdoorsy, log cabin feel . Some classic log home shower stall materials include stones , river rocks, logs and wood beams. Glass and granite are becoming more popular as well. Add a Modern Twist A clear, solid glass stall or glass block shower will ...

Makeover a Bathroom for Around $100

Avoid costly bathroom remodels with these affordable makeover tips! Remodeling a bathroom can be quite costly. From permanent fixture removal to plumbing, all of these expenses add up to thousands of dollars. With these six simple and affordable tricks and techniques, you can have a new-to-you bathroom makeover in just one day. From drab to fab, adding accessories and a splash of color will transform your bathroom to showroom quality. Time Saver Tip! Next time you are at the hardware store, pick out a couple of free paint swatches . Review the paint swatches next to your existing bathroom fixtures , wall color, and floor. Determine which color will look best. Then, once you buy the paint at the hardware store, you can bring the paint swatch to match up to the color of your accessories. 1. Choosing the right color paint! Inspiration for paint color is within your environment. Look around at the walls, floor, and fixtures. What colors pop out at you as you enter the bathroom? It can be...