Planning, programming and communication are the keys to a high quality bathroom remodeling.
Check out Mark’s advice on ‘How to Fix a Faulty Shower Head’
March 9, 2012 By 42 Comments
Fixing a faulty shower head – Save on your water bill by making sure everything’s sealed up tight.
Formica: Rounding Over the Cutting Edge
February 9, 2012 By 18 Comments
Formica‘s 180fx laminate is already an awesome product for kitchen and bath counters, plus way-out wall applications that I love. A laminate product that features a real stone depth, color variation and “movement” (as its called by experts) is an authentic way to bring a unique look to anything from a powder room upgrade to [...]
QuickTip: Make shorter showers more fun
December 12, 2011 By 31 Comments
Shorter showers save money, but really how much? It makes perfect sense that when you use less water, you’ll save on water and energy bills. But, here’s some motivation that may blow your mind. According to the EPA, showering is one of the leading ways we use water in our homes. It actually accounts for close [...]
French Dragon Faucet?
October 30, 2011 By 12 Comments
Yes. Dragon faucet. When I saw the THG+Daum crystal bath hardware I stopped flipping the pages of Traditional Home’s October 2011 issue. At first, I admit, I thought the little curled-up dragons were broccoli. Probably my mommy-brain thinking about dinner, but at close inspection of the one-of-a-kind crystal sculpture from the 133-year-old French Daum, I [...]
Double Duty Toilet…No pun intended
October 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
As a mommy-person, even I get annoyed with my ‘wash your hands’ reminders to my family flock. (Yes, Lexi, it’s true.) So when I saw the Profile Smart toilet from Caroma, my eyebrow raised. Now, here’s a toilet design that can do the reminding for me. It’s a toilet with a sink built into the [...]
MyFixitUpLife talk show: Counter cultured 180FX
July 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
From counter to cabinet, right up the wall, we’re finding out that surface runs sensuously deep inside the world of Formica at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. And we’re delighting in the delicious designs of HGTV’s Monica Pedersen, who took a break from presenting gorgeous new products from Kohler to check in with Mark & Theresa at the [...]
Remodeling a Bath in a Tight Squeeze: Part 3
July 12, 2011 By 6 Comments
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, has remodeled the small bathroom in this old home, using some inside tricks to make it larger and look larger still. He’s installed a new storage cabinet and Sterling water saving toilet, using the space created by a shorter, deeper [...]
Remodeling a Bath in a Tight Squeeze: Part 2
July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, dives into the small bathroom remodeling project in an old home. The eight-by-six space is small enough as it is without considering the lack of adequate lighting. To address that, Mark will change the height of the renovated shower to [...]
