Vanity Light Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Most vanity lights photograph well. The differences show up two or three winters in, when the finish nearest the shower starts to bubble or the plating on a bargain fixture...
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Wall-Hung Toilet Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Wall-hung toilets have a way of making a bathroom feel bigger than it is. The bowl floats, the tank disappears into the wall, and the floor underneath stays clear. But...
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Shower Drain Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Nobody renovates a bathroom for the drain. It is the least visible fixture in the shower, yet it handles water, hair, soap and cleaning chemicals every day, and its material...
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Alcove Bathtub Materials, Compared Honestly
Walk into almost any bathroom built in Canada over the past fifty years and the tub you find will be an alcove model: three walls, a tiled or panelled surround,...
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Kitchen Faucet for Families: Busy-Home Picks That Last
The kitchen faucet in a family home works harder than almost any fixture in the house. Breakfast dishes, hockey water bottles, muddy garden carrots, a toddler's paintbrushes: it all runs...
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Hand Shower Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Pick up two hand showers that look identical in photos and they can feel nothing alike. One is dense and balanced; the other feels hollow, almost like a toy. The...
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Workstation Sink Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
A workstation sink earns its keep with the ledge: cutting boards, colanders and drying racks that slide across the basin and turn one fixture into a full prep station. The...
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Bathroom Faucet for Families: Picks for Busy Homes
In a busy household the bathroom faucet works harder than almost anything else in the house. It gets cranked on and off dozens of times a day, splashed with toothpaste,...
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Laundry Faucet Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Laundry faucets do some of the hardest work in a Canadian home and get the least attention when it is time to buy. They fill buckets, rinse paint rollers, soak...
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Undermount Sink Materials Compared Honestly
An undermount sink hangs below the counter, so there is no rim to catch crumbs and no lip to hide behind. That seamless look is a big part of why...
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Bar Faucet Materials Compared Honestly
A bar faucet works harder than its size suggests. It fills kettles, rinses glassware, feeds the prep sink during holiday cooking, and it is often the tap guests actually use...
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Pot Filler Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
A pot filler works in one of the harshest spots in any kitchen: mounted on the wall directly above a hot range, in the path of steam, grease and the...
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Shower Kit Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Walk-in shower kits look nearly identical in photos: a base, some walls, a glass door. The materials behind those photos are where the real differences live. Two kits that look...
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