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Practical renovation tips and how-to guides to help you remodel your home smarter, faster, and more affordably.
Practical renovation tips and how-to guides to help you remodel your home smarter, faster, and more affordably.
Sleek and stylish open-concept bathrooms—with entire walls and floors clad in gorgeous tile—are all the rage these days. But are these artfully designed, modern spaces suitable for everyone? To get the lowdown on so-called “wet…
Can’t stand the summer heat? Fight fire with fire with this bath by San Francisco firm Envelope A + D, which mixes industrial fixtures with flame-red walls. Above: For a similiar industrial-looking sink, consider the…
Follow the link below to vote for the Remodelista finalists in the Best Bath Space category, submitted by readers. You can vote once a day in each category now through July 15. On the voting…
Based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fabulux Lighting was founded in 1991 by lighting designer Paul Merwin and specializes in retro-looking industrial fixtures. We especially like Merwin’s wall sconces, which feature cast-aluminum socket housings with…
Strangely appealing: Icelandic designer Ingibjörg Hanna Bjarnadottir's Krummi Bird Clothes Hanger, available for CA $45 at Mjolk in Toronto. According to proprietors John and Juli, "The raven has much more positive connotations in Icelandic folklore…
Arguably the most nicknamed piece of plumbing in domestic history–and certainly one of the most life improving–the flush toilet was invented by John Harrington, poet and godson of Queen Elizabeth I, in 1597. His creation…
Sleek and stylish open-concept bathrooms—with entire walls and floors clad in gorgeous tile—are all the rage these days. But are these artfully designed, modern spaces suitable for everyone? To get the lowdown on so-called “wet…
Made of ceramic and featuring typewriter lettering: a new (and covetable) line of bath accessories from Rockett St. George in the UK. Above: Ceramic Toilet Paper Holder; £19.95. Above: Ceramic Toothbrush Mug; £9.95. Finally, get…
Is everyone in your house fighting a cold? Here are a few ideas for disguising the unsightly tissue box. Above: Linen Tissue Cover; $16.65 at Rakuten. Above: Natural Linen Tissue Box Covers; $20 each from…
Furniture designer and antique restoration expert Caitlin Long has enviable remodeling skills. In her blog, The Shingled House, she chronicles life in her San Francisco household, and documents her many projects and ideas. “I get…