Shower

  • 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 waterproof coaxial speakers are housed in a 4-inch-by-4-inch escutcheon with a stainless steel front grill. A hole on the lower side of the escutcheon allows...

  • Old Dominion Showhouse

    IS IT RETRO? IS IT CONTEMPORARY? This heavenly, 340-square-foot master bath defies any one label, proving that eclecticism can be stunning when its done right. “The entire house was designed to resemble a farmhouse that evolved over time, so mixing different elements and genres in the bath felt...

  • 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 National Kitchen & Bath Association. As a result, products for these spaces are radically different as well. The spaces still perform their normal functions, but now...

  • K/BIS 2007: Shower Directions

    Whatever the brand, the biggest shower trend at the 2007 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference appears to be more nozzles, jets, water coverage, pampering, relaxing, and massaging.

  • Bathing Beauties

    Despite the housing slowdown, size, features, and high-end products in the bath (and the kitchen) are still important to consumers, reports the American Institute of Architects. This means that you can't skimp on the swank.

  • Top Shelf: April 2007

    This month's top shelf products include Fatmax Xtreme Quickspike from the Stanley Works, shower column brackets from California Faucets, and hot new siding materials from CertainTeed.

  • Hit the Shower

    ONE OF YOUR JOBS AS A BUILDER IS to make your houses as desirable as possible without breaking the bank. Anyone can add high-end baubles that cost serious money, but how do you achieve an upscale look for a relatively low cost? Adding cool features to the bath is a good place to start.

  • Top Shelf: October 2006

    This month's top shelf products include and new multifunction tool from Stanley Works, the Magnogrip magnetic wristband from MDG Tools, and Kohler's DTV Digital Shower Valve.

  • River Idyll

    BEST MASTER BATH IN A CUSTOM HOME

  • This Just In

    Here are some kitchen and bath product trends that are likely to last.

  • New American Home: Lap Of Luxury

    AS IF SOME OF THE SPACES AND amenities featured in this house already aren't luxurious enough, there's an even higher level to be found in the master bath suite and the upstairs spa room.

  • Sneak Peek

    THE QUESTION THAT WILL BE FACING attendees at the International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla., next month is a simple one: How do you find time to attend seminars and visit the more than 1,600 exhibitors that will be displaying their wares in a show that feels as big as Rhode Island?

  • Board Green

    IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS of builders who uses paper-faced greenboard as a tiling substrate in showers and tub surrounds, things are about to change.

  • Hot Stuff

    AS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE kitchen and bath are the two most important rooms in the house, they get their own show. And what a show it is!

  • Clean Lines

    There's nothing imperfect about such big-ticket items as the soaking tub, glass vessel sinks, and shower tower, all from Kohler. They make perfect sense in a home that's an 11,000-square-foot custom beauty.

  • Show Stoppers

    Get a glimpse of the hottest products at IBS 2004.

  • Universal Design Not Just for the Elderly

    Most associate it with older individuals or those with physical limitations and with products such as grab bars, ramps, and fold-down shower seats. "Universal design makes sense regardless of a person's age," says Diana Schrage, an interior designer at the Kohler Design Center in Kohler, Wis. "It's...

  • Flashy Fixtures Are More Advanced

    The manufacturer answers that question with Neorest, a high-tech toilet/washlet cleansing system with new flushing technology and a wealth of techno features. People will embrace some products quickly, such as an electronic faucet, because it is familiar and affordable, but a pricey electronic...

  • The 2003 Watermark Awards

    This master bath is part of a major renovation of a 30-year-old house that was in horrible shape, says architect Robert Moore, president of Habitat Design Group in Boulder, Colo. The house was in such bad shape, in fact, that the client, a recently single developer with a young son, moved in with...

  • Like a Rock

    According to Monica Canales, marketing director for CosentinoUSA, maker of Silestone quartz surfacing, "the qualities and characteristics of the mineral or stone element used [to manufacture a stone surface] are carried over into the engineered product." The only thing that will scratch a quartz...