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Vanity and medicine cabinets from the 'Small Addition' by Chuck Stevenson
3 commentsI'd like to nominate the work of Chuck Stevenson for this contest. His cabinets appeared in a how-to photo thread at Breaktime. All of the photos and text below were provided by him, and the links...
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A Master Bathroom with Views
Mike, the client, felt cramped in his own master bathroom, especially when he had to work around a tub that took up most of the room, which he never used. Showering in a small fiberglass stall was...
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Border French Necaise Woodworking & Carpentry
Border French Necaise Woodworking & Carpentry was founded upon the dreams and experience of do it yourself home Craftmans, creating, designing. building their own kitchen and bathroom...
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Set Tile Without Mastic or Thinset
9 commentsSkip the mess and stick ceramic tile right to the wall using a new peel and stick mat.
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Phillipi Addition
1000 sq ft adition to include kitchen, master bedroom and master bath.
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Lavatory (or should I say Lab-atory) Remodel
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Master Bath Vanity using Bubinga and Cherry
4 commentsThis is a recently completed vanity for our master bathroom. The floating top is a single piece of Bubinga and the vanity cabinet is cherry with crotch cherry in the flat panel doors. The...
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Mike Guertin fires back on bathroom venting
5 commentsMaybe less controversial than the title siggests, here's an ongoing conversation about bath venting strategies.
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Bedroom Bathroom
Second Floor Bedroom Bathroom Addition; Simultaneous Erection of Masonry Wet-side and Wooden Dry-side; PEX Plumbing; Radiant In-floor Heat Hydronic Wet-side, Electric Dry-side.
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The no-swear approach to cutting crown molding
16 commentsI once had a “Do-It-Yourself” type of customer who was remodeling his kitchen and had refinished the floors, installed face-frame cabinets, and set a laminate countertop. But when it came...
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Can I justify the luxury of instant hot water?
1 commentTurns out that enjoying instant hot water in a drafty old house can save energy.
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Sizing up Ridgid's new tile saw
8 commentsA few weeks back I sent one of Ridgid’s brand new tile saws to our go-to tile author, Tom Meehan. Now, Tom has been in...
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Bath Fan Becomes Background Ventilator
The Airetrak full-function bath-controller offers multiple fan-control options including time delay, fan speed, and daily operation period; but where the Airetrak really shines is in providing background ventilation.
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What's the Difference?: Water Filters
3 commentsView a survey of how they work and what they remove.
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Announcing our Before and After contest winners
1 commentFine Homebuilding editors are a finicky bunch, and opinionated too. So the task of narrowing down the nearly 150 entries from our “Before and After: What’s Old is New Again,” kitchen and bath contest to just five winners wasn’t easy.
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1925 Craftsman bath
Our efficient (small) 1925 Craftsman home features just under 900 square feet on the main floor with another 200 square feet on the typical half second floor. As home to my wife, two children, two...
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1970's Bathroom Renovation (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)
This half-bath still had the original wild looking yellow wall paper the 1970’s before we launched our attack on this room. We chose to buy all our products, materials and tools...
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1970's Master Bathroom Renovation (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)
This small master bathroom still had the original shower doors from the 1970’s! Not only was this room ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair. The original shower was cracked...
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1970's Bathroom Renovation (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)
This bathroom was straight from the 1970’s! Not only was it ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair. The original tub / shower was cracked, flaking apart and leaking. The...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
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