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I’ve framed and tiled a lot of shower enclosures over the years, but my favorites — both to build and to have in my own home — are those with shelves and benches. Some are pretty basic and easy enough to integrate into the shower system, but others require so much framing and sheeting with cement board that they can wither your will to install them or become one of those line items that gets crossed off tight budgets.
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