In the ‘60s, it was chrome. In the ‘80s, it was brass. And for a long time now, it’s been brushed nickel. Hardware finishes really do make a significant impact on the look and feel of a room. That, guys, is why some women can spend 45 minutes surveying the selection of doorknobs at the…
There was a time when automatic-flush toilets sounded as futuristic as flying cars. Now even the word high-tech has a less futuristic sound. High-tech has become the way most of us live our lives—using things like smart phones, GPS, and self-checkout kiosks. And as far as bathrooms go, automatic-flush toilets are far from the only…
As any little kid with a bag of Lincoln Logs will tell you, destruction can be as much fun as creation. In adulthood, we just don’t get to indulge in this primal pleasure that often. (When’s the last time you burst open a piñata or smashed up a Play-Doh village?) It’s that self-same destruction high…
It may be unoriginal to compare the first five years of a person’s life with the last five years, but that’s because there is some truth to the comparison. For ages, some basic parallels have been drawn by people who have cared both for their babies and for their aging parents. They know, twice over,…
There’s an old saying among remodelers: Walls are built to cover the misdeeds of those who came before us. Okay, that’s not an old saying—we just made it up—but it should be. During tear-out remodels, we just so often find that the homeowners’ walls have been hiding mistakes left by previous contractors. Some of these…