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Issue 287 – Kitchens & Baths

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Rethinking a Kitchen

This remodel improves function and flow—and bucks the status quo.

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  • Add a Laundry Chute

    Learn how to plan, fabricate, and install a chute to conveniently send your dirty clothes from an upstairs bathroom or hallway to your laundry room below.

  • Bathtub Buyer's Guide

    Learn the pros and cons of all common tub materials–including acrylic, cultured stone, fiberglass, and enameled cast iron and steel–so you can choose the perfect tub for any bathroom.

  • Fine Homebuilding Issue #287 Online Highlights

    Here are the digital extras from Fine Homebuilding’s Winter 2019, Issue #287: On page 8 of issue #287, we featured a number of online extras and urged readers to check…

    Know the Code

  • The Basics of Makeup Air

    Code expert Glenn Mathewson describes how to provide makeup air for a kitchen exhaust fan to prevent backdrafting of water heaters, furnaces, and other fuel-burning appliances.

    HOUSES by Design

  • Structure Dictates Design

    New framing added to reinforce an aging structure inspired a creative use of space in the remodel of this 1950s home.

  • Eight Units Become One

    Cramped apartments make way for a bright and airy kitchen and breakfast nook when converting this historic Philadelphia building into a single spacious home.

  • Posts and Beams Revised

    Non-structural beams help a new kitchen match the aesthetic of this post-and-beam home.

    As-Built

  • The Boomers and Their Kitchens

    Carpenter and longtime Fine Homebuilding contributor Scott McBride takes a look at the evolution of the American kitchen through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.

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