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Beautiful Fireplace

royalholland, member | May 23rd, 2013

This fireplace was the crowning achievement of a recent home ground level re-design by Royal Holland Incorporated (Tri-Cities, WA). It features custom hardwood shadow boxes, rustic porcelain tile, a...

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New Contemporary Fireplace

PKPaley, member | May 22nd, 2013

This fireplace was designed to create a focal point in a great room. The 7.5" deep wall was built of studs on 12" centres as the wall was being tiled in 12"X24" porcelain tiles over concrete board...

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Slate Fireplace In The Style Of Rookwood Pottery

glassgirl6, member | May 21st, 2013

After renovating a beautiful Victorian home in Santa Cruz, we moved to Washington to build a Craftsman style home. We wanted it to look like it fit in it's environment, in the traditional style. With...

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Bathroom Gut Job

ElBot, member | May 1st, 20133 comments

This was a 100% bathroom remodel. We had a company that was contracted to work for Home Depot come in to do it and it took less than 2 weeks to finish. We would absolutely recommend using the same...

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Claw Foot Bath Tub = Up Dated Bathroom

vanstonew, member | January 14th, 2013

This remolded / updated bathroom started with the claw foot tub that my friend gave me. The claw foot tub was bigger than the old tub, so I had to redsign the bathroom (this is my house) in order to...

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Craftsman styled Curly maple & Cherry kitchen

KVSteve, member | January 14th, 2013

This kitchen is the centerpiece of an open concept 2000 square foot, self built bungalow loosely based on a craftsman theme. Like most of the home the kitchen was designed and built from scratch by...

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Estate Home Project, 7500 sq. ft. on two acres with pool

CelticCustoms, member | November 28th, 20121 comment

The main house has a wine cellar, media room, marble flooring, custom trimwork, plasterwork, and custom cabinets throughout. Exterior is stucco and stone with wood windows, copper facia and copper...

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Offsetting tile joints to add visual interest

Olitch, Blogger, book author, one of the first FHB editors | November 16th, 20121 comment

When tiles are rectangular rather than square, you can create more interesting patterns by offsetting tile end joints.

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Bathroom remodel

dadofmad, member | October 18th, 2012

Hardwood on the shower floor? Actually, it's tile that looks like wood and creates a whole new look for bathroom shower floors.

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How to Lay Tile Over a Concrete Slab

ScottG, contributing writer | December 13th, 20114 comments

Uncoupling membranes used between a tile floor and a concrete slab should prevent any cracks in the concrete from affecting the tile, but will it lower the thermal mass potential of the concrete?

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Bathroom and Kitchen Design: How to Choose Tile and Plan Tile Layouts

FHBdotcom, editor | July 8th, 2011

If you're planning a tile project and want ideas for creating attractive patterns or combining the right colors, these two free chapters will help you get started.

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Handmade Barrel Tile Set in Mortar

JWRoofing, member | May 4th, 2011

This house was built in the late 30's, and for the restoration, the homeowner, and designer wanted a traditional barrel tile set in mortar. We used a custom color oxide which is not period...

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Pull out cabinet in full bath

Acorn3, member | January 24th, 2011

This was a 2nd Floor bathroom remodel ( 5' x 9' ) So space is a premium at best for storage. We came up with the idea of using a media full extension swivel pull out by...

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Handmade Tile Back Splash

gkcd, member | July 16th, 20102 comments

My husband and I designed and built our home in 2004. Since we designed the house I thought it appropriate to design and build our back splash. I came up with the design and my 2 daughters (1 with...

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Bath Retreat

AlloyCN, member | May 19th, 2010

This bathroom renovation was commissioned by two doctors who wanted a serene space to come home to and relax. Their pre-renovation bathroom suffered from an inefficient layout and did not convey...

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Bathroom

wood4loretta, member | March 8th, 2010

This old bathroom had good fixtures, albeit in dark brown, that needed an update from the lino floor. By buying a crate of broken tiles we kept under budget and were able to do the floors and walls...

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New Island Opens up Kitchen

MAK_DESIGN_BUILD, member | October 27th, 2009

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This new kitchen island replaced a perpendicular peninsula that closed the kitchen off from the adjacent living areas. By...

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Contemporary Kitchen

MyCousinVinny, member | September 11th, 20091 comment

Not my Design, Not my Boxes, My Remodle and Install. It came out Nice.........

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BBQ Enclosure

Original_Dave, member | June 8th, 20092 comments

Here is my 3 year old Aussie going into the pool after a long day warching me lay the final tile on a BBQ enclosure I built that included glass block, natural gas hookups, electrical and water for...

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