Apron-Front Sink Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Most kitchen sinks hide behind a countertop edge. An apron-front sink does the opposite: its front panel faces the room all day, right at the height where belt buckles, pot...
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Wall Sconce Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Two wall sconces can look nearly identical online and age in completely different ways on your wall. The style gets all the attention, but the material underneath the finish decides...
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Laundry Sink Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
A laundry sink works harder than almost any other fixture in the house. It catches muddy hockey gear in November, soaks salt-stained mitts in February, rinses paint brushes after a...
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Toilet Seat Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Walk through any bathroom showroom from Vancouver to Halifax and the toilets get all the attention. The seat, the one part you actually touch every day, is usually an afterthought....
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Chandelier Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Most chandelier shopping starts with a photo and ends at the checkout, and the material barely gets a thought. That is backwards. Material decides how a fixture throws light, how...
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LED Mirror Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
An LED mirror looks like a single sheet of glass with a glow around it, but it is really a small assembly of materials working together: mirror glass, a reflective...
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Grab Bar Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
A grab bar has one job no other bathroom fixture shares: it has to hold your full weight, instantly, on the worst day you will ever have in that room....
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Shower Head Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Pick up two shower heads that look nearly identical online and one can weigh three or four times as much as the other. The photos will not tell you why....
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Shower System Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
Walk through a showroom anywhere from Vancouver to Halifax and most shower systems look similar at a glance: a rain head, a hand shower, a trim plate, a gleaming finish....
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Wall-Hung Vanity Materials Compared Honestly
A wall-hung vanity asks more of its cabinet than a floor-standing unit ever does. The entire box hangs off the wall, the underside is in plain view, and every splash...
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Vessel Sink Materials Compared: An Honest Canadian Guide
A vessel sink is the one fixture in a bathroom that behaves like furniture. It sits on top of the counter, catches light from every angle, and gets inspected up...
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Medicine Cabinet Materials Compared: An Honest Guide
Open a ten year old medicine cabinet and you learn everything about what it was made of. Some interiors still look factory fresh. Others show rust blooms around the shelf...
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Shower Valve Materials Compared Honestly
The shower valve is the one part of your shower you will never see again once the tile goes up. The trim plate and handle get all the attention in...
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