And so, we have another winner! July 2009, Bathroomguru Review’s contest winner is: Joey Chu. Joey you have won a Heath-O-Meter Digital Lithium Glass Scale. You have seven days (until Aug 7, 2009 midnight) to get a hold of us at: contact@bathroomgurureview.com to verify your email address and provide your mailing address so that we can send you your prize. Please respond within the seven allotted days or you will forfeit your prize and the prize will be returned into the pot for next months draw. Read the rest of this entry »
A bathroom mirror is just a bathroom mirror, right? You may think so until you compare your present bathroom mirror with the stylish, halo-lighted wall mirror by Kimball & Young. Kimball & Young is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality bathroom mirrors. Their products are made from high-quality, distortion-free glass and are intended to provide you with years of worry-free service. If you are looking to take your bathroom décor to the next level, these contemporary bathroom mirrors add a restrained elegance to any bathroom, making an ordinary bathroom seem like a sophisticated hotel experience. Read the rest of this entry »
An important trend in bathroom faucet design is lower-flow bathroom faucets, the Price Pfister T43-YP0C Ashfield Lavatory 4" Lav, Chrome, being a prime example. When it comes to lavatory faucets, the most important feature that all consumers agree upon is that they want a faucet that is resilient, requires modest, if any maintenance at all and is water and energy efficient. These low flow bathroom faucets are now being marketed by companies like Price Pfister, whose Ashfield faucet is shown below, and have a maximum flow rate that’s approximately 30 percent lower than conventional models. Read the rest of this entry »
Bathroom renovators over the years have debated whether or not tankless water heaters are a good remodelling choice and do these tankless units really save you money? The answer however is never cut and dry. Well its kind of like one of those questions when your spouse comes up to you and asks, does this dress make me look fat? You know no matter what you say you’re going to get in trouble anyway because she is just trying to pick a fight…The same thing applies to the question, are tankless water heaters really the right choice? Most advocates have already made up their minds on the issue and are just looking for examples to justify their point of view. We however will look at purchasing a tankless water heater with an unbiased eye. Read the rest of this entry »
Great bathroom color style is considered to be timeless, livable and within the everyday homeowners grasp. What a lot of first time bathroom renovators don’t realize is that great bathroom color design is easier than they think; all that it takes is ingenuity and a little creativity, not necessarily any extravagance. Most professional decorators agree that one of the most underutilized design elements when restyling the bathroom is color. While scale, harmony and texture are the fundamental building blocks of interior design, it is color that can enlarge small spaces or give bigger rooms a much more personal feeling of intimacy and even produce Read the rest of this entry »
New ventilation whether replacing an old fan or newly installed can arguably contribute to the comfort and beauty of your bathroom decor. The great thing about replacing a bathroom fan during a bathroom renovation is that it normally requires basic wiring. The bad part is that it is the installation of the fan itself and the ventilation ducts that take up the most of your time and effort. Read the rest of this entry »
The trend towards luxurious bathroom enclaves has created a vibrant thriving marketplace for bathroom hardware accessories such as cabinet knobs, handles, hinges, pulls, cleats and drawer slides. This development has produced dramatic changes in our bathroom storage furnishings and the way we dress up an otherwise ordinary set of built in furniture, shelf units, wall units and vanity cabinets in our bathrooms. By selecting a style that best matches the theme of our plumbing fixtures, we can maintain an enduring continuity of design elements throughout our bathroom bringing it all aesthetically together. Outdated standard storage pieces are being Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some quick and easy bathroom remodeling fixer-uppers that won’t break your piggy bank. If your bathroom is looking a little under the weather, there are many ways to give it new life, all for under a hundred dollars, without having to take on a full blown bathroom renovation. Here are a couple examples: from painting your walls to changing your cabinet hardware, to adding slatted blinds and maybe even installing a contemporary backlash, all these ideas go a long way to sprucing up a tired looking bathroom and most can be done in a couple hours over the course of a weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some common problems you want to avoid when installing a drywall ceiling in your bathroom and the solutions to these unnecessary mistakes. We all know that the bathroom is a moisture rich environment and nobody wants to go through the hassle of redoing their bathroom ceiling once it’s finished. A common mistake that home owners make when installing a bathroom drywall ceiling is they forget about proper ventilation, the drywall is not sealed properly or does not have sufficient support and the other mistake is inadequate framing at inside corners making it impossible to fasten the edge of the drywall as it should be. Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to recent bathroom trends that have caught on like wildfire, wall hung toilets, wall hung sinks and wall hung vanity cabinets come to mind. There are many benefits to having these fixtures hung from your bathroom wall, the most obvious is they take up less space and make a smaller sized bathroom look a lot roomier. The other appeal of the wall hung phenomena is that they can be installed at what ever height is most convenient for you or your smaller family members, a convenience benefit which any bathroom user would surely appreciate. On the other hand if you are looking for something modern and trendy, which updates your tired old bathroom with new appeal and style, then the contemporary look of wall hung sinks, toilets and vanities is the way to go. Read the rest of this entry »
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