Bathrss

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    Shock ’N Awe

    A down market doesn’t mean you have to skimp on the swank.

     

  • K/BIS Product Picks 2008: Day Two

    Hanley Wood product editors combed the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show, held last week in Chicago, in search of innovative and interesting...

     

  • K/BIS Product Picks 2008: Day One

    Hanley Wood product editors combed the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show, held last week in Chicago, in search of innovative and interesting...

     

Plumbingrss

  • Fire Drill

    The debate over mandating sprinkler installation in new homes heats up.

  • Waste-Pipe Trade-offs

    My town has recently started allowing plastic waste-pipe instead of cast iron in residential construction, and a lot of my competitors are...

  • New American Home: Casual Comfort

    Savvy architects and builders know where their bread is buttered: in the kitchen, especially in one that is connected none-too-subtly to a...

 

Toiletsrss

  • A Dry Season

    A 2003 United Nation report made a grim prediction: More than half of humanity will be living with water shortages within 50 years. That...

  • Top Shelf: April 2007

    This month's top shelf products include Fatmax Xtreme Quickspike from the Stanley Works, shower column brackets from California Faucets...

  • Flush With Power

    Today, manufacturers spend millions in fluid mechanics research, use sophisticated software, and employ doctoral candidates to design...

Showerrss

  • SoundTile Shower Speakers

    Your buyers could use an unbecoming waterproof radio in the shower, or you could install these ultra-cool SoundTile speakers instead. The...

  • Old Dominion Showhouse, Mclean, Va.

    IS IT RETRO? IS IT CONTEMPORARY? This heavenly, 340-square-foot master bath defies any one label, proving that eclecticism can be stunning...

  • K/Bis Day Two: Trend Spotting

    The kitchen and bath are radically different spaces than they were 20 years ago, says Suzie Williford, the 2007 vice president of the...