The Fine Homebuilding archives are full of design tips and material reviews that could help you to plan your dream project. To make things easier for you, we’ve created this collection of some of the best kitchen and bath articles from our magazine departments.
Ideas for making kitchens more functional, comfortable, and attractive
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Drop-in Dining
To accommodate visits from grown children and many grandchildren in his parents’ relatively small kitchen, architect Tom Catalano designed this booth for their Maine home. A semicircular nook with a drop-leaf table was the perfect answer to maximizing both seating space and water views… Read more about this and other booths, nooks, and banquettes |
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Bookshelf Divider Unites House
The rear portion of the clients’ house was split in half by a wall that created two too-small areas: one a back entry/mudroom, the other a breakfast alcove. Read more about this breakfast-alcove transformation |
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A Window Seat with a Garden View
When Bill Mastin started working with Michael and Lianne, they expressed a fondness for the cozy quarters in their vintage 1920s bungalow. They needed to enlarge the house a bit to accommodate the whole family as the kids got older, but they didn’t want to lose the sense of coziness. They also love books, and they prize reading as a shared family activity. That’s just one of the ways that the 3-ft. by 7-ft. window seat at the south end of the kitchen gets used… Read more about this window seat |
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Baking On the Go
My clients asked me to design a multipurpose kitchen/family room flexible enough to accommodate many tasks, including baking. However, they didn’t want a dedicated baking area that would interfere with other activities or overwhelm the rest of the kitchen. Read more about this roll-out baking station |
Find ways to make your bathroom more efficient and more fun
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Slide to Hide the MirrorBathroom space always comes at a premium, so during the renovation of our upstairs bathroom, I designed a sliding privacy door for the toilet alcove. But instead of a typical pocket-door setup, I indulged in a bit of whimsy and bought exposed sliding-door hardware from Barn Door Hardware (www.barndoorhardware.com). Later in the project, a problem arose when it came time to balance views, light, and the need for a mirror over the sink… Read more about this hideaway mirror |
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Wake Up to a Hot ShowerMost of us need a good jolt in the morning. The question is, does your shower deliver? If your daily vertical immersion is a yawner, consider the lessons to be learned from the following bathroom designs. In each, the inventive use of materials, space, and style provides an eye-opening start to the day. Read more about these inventive shower designs |
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Better Bathroom StorageThe house I grew up in had only one full bathroom, which my parents, sister, brother, and I shared. Somehow, we made it work, as do millions of families today. But almost any bathroom will work better if a little more storage is added to the mix Read more about these great bathroom-storage ideas |
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Foot-Pedal Powered FaucetThe foot-pedal faucet in our bathroom is really a new application of an existing technology used mostly in the medical field. For us, it was a great way to reduce our water usage, to reinforce the clean modern lines of the bathroom, and to make the sink more fun to use… Read more about these custom faucet controls |
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One-Step StorageWe’re not a short family, so when we renovated a first-floor half-bath, I wanted to raise the vanity height to 36 in. But we also have a 4-year-old, Max. Rather than rely on one of those little step stools that floats around the bathroom, we collaborated with our cabinetmaker… Read more about this custom drawer-step combo |
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Browse through this collection of ingenious details and those in the articles below to find inspiration for your own kitchen and bathroom projects.
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Browse through this collection of ingenious details and those in the articles below to find inspiration for your own kitchen and bathroom projects.
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Browse through this collection of ingenious details and those in the articles below to find inspiration for your own kitchen and bathroom projects.
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