Bath Shower Home Design

FUNCTION, FORM, AND FLAIR: “We provide kitchens and bathrooms both for new houses and renovations. An updated kitchen or bathroom are also very helpful if you plan to sell the house. The kitchen and bathroom are the best return on an investment if you are selling the house” says Kate Furman, COO of Princeton Home Center , who is standing by a transitional style kitchen display featuring walnut cabinets , subway- style backsplash , and “Lattice” polished quartz countertops. “If you can dream it, they can make it!” Kate Furman, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Princeton Home Center , is referring to the amazing advances in kitchen and bathroom design today . The choices in cabinets, countertops, organizing systems, flooring, and hardware are so plentiful and attractive that almost any need or taste can be accommodated. “When customers come to our showroom, they experience every option there is: modern or traditional, rustic, sleek, elegant, or informal,” says Ms. Furman. “We have somet...

Bathroom Makeover " src="http://madincrafts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DIYBathroomMakeover_thumb1.png" alt="DIY Bathroom Makeover " width="700" height="1049" style="border: 0px;" /> This is such a happy post for me!  First, because our bathroom makeover project is FINALLY DONE and, second, because I don’t have to keep any of it a secret anymore.  If you follow me on instagram, you have been getting some blurry hints about the big reveal but now I can share all the DIY projects that went into transforming our “fine” bathroom into a gorgeous space. Because our bathroom was basically fine in the first place, the room just got a makeover not a renovation.  I don’t have the budget or the DIY skills to lay tile or replace a toilet.  In fact, all of the larger pieces of our bathroom were left in the room.  I didn’t even paint the walls because they had just been painted two years ago when we moved in.  That doesn’t mean I didn’t p...

The privacy, comfort, luxury and extreme sanitary conditions that we associate with our bathrooms today are the result of thousands of years of civil engineering and social change. Indoor plumbing, flushing toilets , heated water, water pressure , electricity and ventilation may be features we take for granted in our modern bathroom. But all of our bathroom’s high tech gadgets had a long history in the making. Although humans have always had the need to use toilet facilities and have used bathing as a way to cleanse themselves, it took centuries for our culture to bring these two important functions together into one convenient room. Let’s explore the fascinating history of the bathroom and see how much, or how little, has changed. Ancient Societies and Public Bathing When we talk about the activities we perform in our bathrooms today, we tend to speak of everything that relates to taking care of our bodies: washing, bathing, cleaning, relieving ourselves, manicuring our outer appear...

I f, like me, you have an aversion to theme parks, packaged tours, and Center Parcs, but are nonetheless charged with finding a short UK break to entertain young children , the word “glamping” has a superficial appeal. Re- establishing primeval bonds with family and nature in a fairytale world without Facebook, Netflix or fast food: what’s not to like? But for the undecided, a moment’s reflection cautions that it cannot all be running through sunny meadows of wild flowers and gathering around fairylit bell tents as dusk approaches. It will rain, won’t it? We’ll be smelly and miserable. We’ll drown in mud, the children won’t sleep and we will be bored to death in the evenings, won’t we? All glamping is not created equal A master in this field is committed eco- host Edmund Colville . A couple of hours’ drive north of London, in a site of Special Scientific Interest near Swaffham and Fakenham, lies West Lexham , Colville’s 21-acre patch of pastoral Norfolk . Centred round a substantia...

Richard, who didn’t want his last name used, uses various services and products, including an elevator chair that lifts to help him stand, so that he can stay in his home rather than moving to a retirement home. Tony Caldwell / Postmedia Have baby boomers put their brains in neutral as their bodies hurtle down the highway toward old age? While most of us — 83 per cent, according to a 2013 Royal Bank of Canada survey — want to age in place by remaining in our homes, few are adapting those homes to accommodate inevitable challenges such as decreased mobility and failing eyesight. That can result in everything from simple difficulty in seeing a pale- coloured light switch to a potentially disastrous fall down the stairs. “People often are not willing to make those changes until after an accident happens,” says Camille Munro, a registered occupational therapist and partner in Access Options. Established in 2015, the company helps seniors remain in their homes by assessing adaptation ...