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July 2001
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Installing A Tub Surround Sooner or later, every bathroom needs a tuneup -- and the tub's shower enclosure is often the best place to start...   |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Easy Bath Upgrades Here are two bath remodeling projects that you can do without knocking holes in your walls -- or your bankbook. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1998
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Top Gun A well-crafted cherry cabinet for long arms and pistols... |
This Old House
Merle Henkenius |
Making Your Shower Safer Antiscald valves installed in tubs and showers maintain safe water temperatures. |
This Old House
Merle Henkenius |
Saving a Soggy Shower Wall When water seeps behind a tiled wall or tub surround in the shower, some delicate surgery can save the day. |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Tiling Around a Tub Step-by-step instructions for installing wall tile around a bathtub. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2001
Neal Barrett |
How To Build An Office Desk This has plenty of storage space and plenty of surface area, too. |
This Old House
March 21, 2001
S. Gibson & L. Plummer Clagett |
Backsplash Bonanza Everything you need to know about adding a tile, solid-surface or -- surprise -- even a metal or glass backsplash |
This Old House
February 2, 2000
Joseph Truini |
A Classic Upgrade Wake up your walls with raised-panel wainscoting. |
Popular Mechanics
May 1999
Rosario Capotosto |
Building a Bookcase |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Sensational Ceiling Invest a little time and money, and you can turn the ceiling into the focal point of a room. Or, "remodel" an entire room simply by sprucing up a blank, boring ceiling... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Neal Barrett |
How to Build a Poker Table: Simple DIY Woodworking Project Step-by step plans to make a table for high stakes poker, with master-level blueprints and photos for every notch. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Joseph Truini |
Fast Fixes 14 shortcut repairs to keep your house in shape, and 9 tips to avoid needing repairs in the first place. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008 |
20 Minute Solutions: Quick Home Fixes, Upgrades and Instant Organizers Jazz up your kitchen... Quiet doors and hinges... Freshen your bath... etc. |
This Old House
September 6, 2000
Pete Goode |
2 Solutions for Worn-out Bathtubs Tub liners and spray refinishing both give you a new-looking tub without the expense and mess of ripping out the old one... |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Installing Crown Molding Learn how this architectural element can add sculptural interest to almost any room with a few tricks from an experienced pro. |
This Old House
Josh Garskof |
Simple Kitchen Makeovers You don't have to start over to give your kitchen a face-lift. Here's a rundown of options for simple upgrades. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006 |
Great Cover-Up Hide backyard clutter behind an elegant, easy-to-build, light-weight solid-cedar screen. |
This Old House
October 7, 2000
Scott Gibson |
CounterPoints Everything you need to know to decide on your next countertop. |
This Old House
Celia Kuperszmid Lehrman |
Picking a Vanity Fair Do your bathroom cabinets look as tired as you do in the morning? Here's how to rescue or replace them. |
This Old House
March 9, 2000
Meghan Drueding |
Lofty Ambitions Try one of these seven ceiling treatments to improve the space overhead. |
This Old House
Leslie Plummer Clagett |
Going Solo Design ideas for separating tubs and showers. |
This Old House
Danny Lipford |
Hiring a Tiling Contractor Tile work is literally set in stone -- here's how to get your next tiling project done right the first time. |
This Old House
C.J. Hughes |
Sharing the Master Bath Without Sacrificing Your Privacy Your varsity soccer player wants to soak her muscles in your jetted tub, but you want to get ready for bed. Here's a Solomon-like solution for that. |
Home Toys
April 2006
Hal Truax |
The Flat Panel Business is Mounting Flat panel displays are being installed in kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and in some instances, garages. Some of these are installed in such a way that the panel can be viewed from multiple locations. To facilitate this, new cantilever or articulating mounts have been introduced. |
This Old House
Elaine Martin Petrowski |
Making Baths Work Finding the opportunities and avoiding the mistakes when planning a new bath |
This Old House
Elaine Martin Petrowski |
Small-Bath Smarts Even cramped spaces can be funtional and beautiful. |
Home Theater
May 2003
Mike Wood |
PMI CinePanel Acoustic-Treatment Kit Adding acoustic treatment is probably the easiest and most effective thing you can do to improve your sonic environment. Fortunately, Performance Media Industries (PMI) has done the work for you with their CinePanel acoustic-treatment kits. |
This Old House
Leslie Plummer Clagett |
New Bath on a Budget It is possible to get a new bathroom for under the national average by making cosmetic changes and shopping carefully. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2009 |
How to Build a Tough Toolbox: Step-by-Step Plans With 3D Today' toolboxes look more like boxes -- or "tool purses" -- just don't have that same lunch-pail appeal as a rigid, stiff-sided rectangle. |
This Old House
John Riha |
Giving the Kids a Bath Ingenuity -- not expansion -- opened up possibilities for a small-scale children's bathroom... |
Popular Mechanics
April 2006
Joseph Truini |
My Dream Remodeling Nightmare A veteran do-it-yourselfer frames out his new whirlpool bath and answers the question, "How hard can it be?" |
This Old House
Ryan Wallenfang |
Drilling Holes In Tile Installing a towel bar or toilet-paper holder often requires drilling through glazed ceramic tile - no easy task... |
Home Toys
August 2005
Costello & Verna |
Structured Wiring Panel: The Heart of Today's Home Just as the human heart serves as the primary organ in the body, the structured wiring panel too shares that role in a house and it needs to be regarded as such. It requires a small degree of care and a reasonable amount of placement consideration. |
This Old House
April 4, 2000
Tim Snyder |
Installing a New Showerhead No need to go outside to experience a soft rain or an invigorating downpour. |
This Old House
Jheri Fleet |
The Facts On Faucets How to tell well-made sink, tub and shower fittings from the polished pretenders. |
This Old House
Joseph D'Agnese |
The Bonus Bath Advice on how to add another wash-up-and-shower space -- without actually adding on. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Making waves for self-cleaning solar panels A system that generates electrostatic waves to sweep dust from solar panel surfaces has been developed by US scientists. |
This Old House
April 15, 2000
Ilene Meyers Miller |
Big Help for Small Bathrooms Scaled-down fixtures can mean the difference between comfort and chaos in a tiny bathroom. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
How to Increase the Value of Your Home While the price of your home is largely determined by market conditions, there are steps you can take to maximize the value of your home. |
This Old House
Ashley Womble |
A Step Up Raising the floor was the first move in updating this second-story bath. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Building Blocks The Carlisle TV project gets a jump start on framing, thanks to floor, wall, and foundation panels. |
Popular Mechanics
February 17, 2009 |
7 Fast Fixes for Scratched, Burnt and Squeaky Floors Here are some tips for fixing floor blisters and scuffs, burnt carpet and broken ceramic floor tiles. |
This Old House
Amy R. Hughes |
Traditional Tubs Before showers rushed the cleanup ritual, vintage tubs beckoned bathers to sit back and relax. |
This Old House
Joe Carter |
Building His & Her Own Baths Separate baths give both halves of a couple their own private retreat. |
Popular Mechanics
April 21, 2009 |
How to Choose the Right Caulk for Any Surface Here are some quick tips for shower repair, plus a primer on how to choose and use the right caulk for your tub. |
This Old House
Richard Weir |
Fresh Faced Refinishing gives new life to an old porcelain tub... |
This Old House
Elizabeth Lilly |
Tile: Timeless Versus Trendy Experts weigh in on which trends will pay off come resale time. |
Popular Mechanics
January 29, 2009
Joe Truini |
6 Workshop Router Secrets: DIY Guy If you're new to routing, I'd recommend starting off with a small fixed-base router or trim router, something in the 1-hp to 1-1/2-hp range. |
Metropolis
March 2007
Susan S. Szenasy |
Troubled Waters Bathtub designs add their own layer of discomfort to modern life. |
