Home remodeling ideas – simple ways to transform your home
You turn on the shower light, glance down at the tile lines, and there it is: that creeping black stuff that definitely wasn’t there last month. Now you’re standing in your own bathroom wondering if you should just call a health inspector. I get it. Black grout lines make an otherwise clean bathroom look like … Read more
You’re standing in the wallpaper aisle holding a roll of that gorgeous scalloped tile-print peel and stick, and a little voice in your head is asking: “Will this thing be floating in a puddle on my bathroom floor by next spring?” Fair question. Bathrooms are the one room in the house that actively tries to … Read more
Nothing ruins a good hot shower faster than stepping out and catching a whiff of something that smells like it crawled out of a septic tank. You towel off, you’re relaxed, and then — bam — that rotten egg, sewer gas stench hits you right in the face. If this is happening in your bathroom, … Read more
That dark, splotchy patch above your shower isn’t going away on its own. You’ve probably already scrubbed it once, maybe twice, watched it fade for a week, and then found it grinning back at you a month later like nothing happened. I get it. Bathroom ceiling mold is one of those problems that feels impossible … Read more
You’re running late, you hop out of the shower, and your mirror looks like it’s wearing a wool sweater. You wipe it with your palm, get a streaky smear that’s somehow worse than the fog, and end up doing your hair by feel and a prayer. I’ve been remodeling bathrooms for homeowners for over a … Read more
That damp spot on the bathroom floor, right at the base of your toilet, is not your imagination. And no, it’s not “just condensation,” no matter how badly you want it to be. If your toilet rocks a little when you sit down, or you catch a whiff of something sour every time you walk … Read more
You flip on your bathroom fan expecting a nice quiet hum, and instead you get a rattle that sounds like a dying moth trapped in a coffee can. Or worse, nothing happens at all except a puff of gray dust falling onto your shoulder. If that sounds familiar, your vent is begging for help. I’ve … Read more
That drip. Drip. Drip. It’s 2 a.m., you’re staring at the ceiling, and your brain has decided the bathroom faucet down the hall is the most fascinating sound in the world. I get it. A leaky faucet is one of those problems that seems small until it’s costing you real money on your water bill … Read more
Water dripping behind your shower wall at 2 a.m. is one of the worst sounds in homeownership. You can’t see it, you can’t always hear it during the day over the kids or the TV, and by the time you notice a soft spot in the drywall, you’re not looking at a $12 washer anymore. … Read more
That phantom “hissssss” at 2 a.m. Your toilet, running again, for no reason anyone in the house will admit to causing. You jiggle the handle, it stops for an hour, then it’s back at it like a leaky faucet with a grudge. I get calls about this one more than almost anything else. A running … Read more