Fixtures
Don't Just Think Style -- If building a new home is in your future, chances are you’re inundated with paint chips, fabric swatches, tile samples and carpet remnants. You probably also have a collection of home magazines tagged with your favorite design ideas. But while aesthetics are important, especially in a powder room or a master bath, it is equally important to ensure the building materials and decorative fixtures you choose for your new bathroom have lasting quality.
The Feeling of a Spa at Home -- Our days are made up of rushed, stressful events. Work, family obligations and errands leave little time for us to enjoy a few moments of solitude. Creating a space for relaxation is on the top of many homeowners’ wish lists. A relaxing bath after a hard day is a well-earned reward. Now imagine adding the special amenities found at the spa and you’ve got the recipe for a true escape right in your own home.
Don't Just Think Style -- If building a new home is in your future, chances are you’re inundated with paint chips, fabric swatches, tile samples and carpet remnants. You probably also have a collection of home magazines tagged with your favorite design ideas. But while aesthetics are important, especially in a powder room or a master bath, it is equally important to ensure the building materials and decorative fixtures you choose for your new bathroom have lasting quality.
The Truth About Toilets -- Dysfunctional toilets -- we can’t live with ‘em; we can’t live without ‘em. Even without typical troubles such as clogs, overflows, plunging, handle jiggling, broken flappers, wasted water and expensive repairs, we spend at least three years of our lives using toilets. Think of it: three years of time, right down the drain.
Improve Your Home with Great 'Universal Design' -- Great design is like great art -- you know it when you see it. However, an essential element of great design is that the form fits the function. In other words, even if it’s beautiful, an object isn’t well designed unless it accomplishes its intended purpose, and does it well.
Locate That New Bath Anywhere In the Home with a Macerating Toilet System -- Creating a new bathroom in an older home can pose numerous installation challenges that can be both difficult and costly to resolve. Will the fixtures be situated below the septic system? Must they be positioned too far from a drain? Will busting through the concrete floor to install drainage to the plumbing stack trigger structural problems -- as well as a hefty bill from the tradesman hired to perform the excavation?
Whirlpool Tub Care and Cleaning Just Got Easier -- Stressed out consumers are finding an antidote for hectic schedules in an unlikely place. They’re outfitting their bathrooms with whirlpool tubs designed to soothe frazzled psyches with jets of soothing water.
The Lap of Affordable Luxury: Lavish Baths Achieved by Focusing on Basics -- Bathrooms are becoming one of the most luxurious spaces in today’s homes. Often inspired by the lavish Grecian baths seen in prestigious spas and hotels, homeowners want to create a serene and relaxing retreat in their own home to escape for a few moments each day.
