Bath Shower Home Design

By Matt Weber Each year, professional remodelers and building- product suppliers put their heads together at the Remodeling Show/Deck Expo, where new tools and materials get a showcase and the craftsman that use them get a chance to offer face-to-face feedback. The Extreme How-To staff will be exhibiting at the convention this year in Nashville, TN, so if you make the trip, stop by booth 525 and say hello. In the meantime, here’s a preview of products that will be on display. Deckorators Heritage Decking Two new Deckorators Heritage deck boards bring interior design to outdoor living . Heritage Riverhouse and Heritage Smokehouse composite decking feature detailed embossing that offers the rustic look and feel of distressed wood flooring . The innovative embossing process creates a pattern that does not repeat for at least 12 feet, meaning boards are not only full of rich character, they are also unique. Riverhouse (brown) and Smokehouse (gray) are available in 12-, 16- and 20-ft....

To add interest to your bathroom, and reduce the amount of cleaning you have to do, consider using shower wall panels as a way to dress up your bathroom walls. You’ll love the stylish colours, the hygienic surfaces, and the waterproof factor that they bring to your bathroom. If you hate cleaning tile grout , using shower wall panels is the ideal solution for your bathroom. The Benefits of Shower Wall Panels Shower Wall Panels " width="300" height="300" />Besides requiring little maintenance, shower wall panels can help to reduce any condensation problems that you have in your bathroom. You can purchase these panels in packages of four panels for a current sale price that includes VAT and will help you to save money in your project budget. If you enjoy do-it-yourself projects around your home, you’ll find that these panels are easily installed; you can find a myriad of products that accessorise your panels and make your job look as if it was professionall...

Finnish cabinet ministers do it, Russian hockey players do it, Koreans do it on a first date. Social bathing—known as "naked communion" in Japan—is an integral part of several cultures, strengthening bonds between family members, colleagues, and heads of state. In many countries it's also considered the proper way to welcome a foreign guest. Whether sauna or sento, banya or hammam, the shared bath is society's great leveler, its group hug, its collective sigh. "Not sampling the local bathing culture would be like not trying the local cuisine," says Melisse Gelula, co-founder of Well&Good NYC, an online wellness guide . And like any other institution integral to a society, this one has its rules, the first of which is to behave with churchlike decorum. In Finland, the sauna is the church, says Joonas Berghäll, co-director of the Finnish documentary Steam of Life. (Statistics bear him out: With just over five million inhabitants, Finland has roughly...