Medicine Cabinet Buying Guide: Sizing, Mounts, Features
A medicine cabinet is one of the hardest working fixtures in a bathroom. It puts a mirror exactly where you need it, clears clutter off the counter, and in its...
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Bathroom and Kitchen Guides
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Supplying Your Own Fixtures to a Plumber: How to Do It Right
Buying your own toilet, faucet or shower system and handing it to a plumber to install is common across Canada, from Vancouver condo refreshes to century-home renos in Halifax. Done...
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Powder Room Ideas: Small Space, Big Statement
Most renovation advice tells you to play it safe: neutral tiles, white fixtures, resale-friendly everything. The powder room is the exception. It is the one bathroom your guests actually see,...
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Pendant Light Buying Guide: Sizing, Styles, Installation
Pendant lighting works harder than almost any other fixture in the house. It lights your prep surface, anchors the dining table, sets the tone in an entry and, chosen well,...
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Wall Sconce Buying Guide: Placement, Ratings and Styles
Wall sconces are the fixture people buy last and rethink most often. Get the height wrong by ten centimetres, or hang an open-top shade where you needed a diffused one,...
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Towel Warmer Buying Guide: Electric, Hydronic & Sizing
Step out of the shower on a January morning in Edmonton, or a damp November evening in St. John's, and a warm towel stops feeling like a luxury and starts...
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Smart Toilet Features Guide: What Matters, What's Gimmick
A smart toilet is worth it if you choose the features that earn their keep every day: a warm-water wash with adjustable pressure, nozzle position and temperature, a heated seat,...
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Grab Bar Buying Guide: Sizes, Mounting and Finishes
Grab bars spent decades as the last item on the renovation list, and often the first thing to make an otherwise beautiful bathroom look like a hospital room. That reputation...
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Kitchen Sink Accessories: Grids, Boards and Racks Guide
Sink grids are stainless steel frames that sit on the floor of the sink bowl to protect it from scratches and dings, lift plates so water drains beneath them, and...
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Shower Head Buying Guide: How to Choose the Right One
Choosing a shower head sounds simple until you are standing in front of a wall of options that all promise a spa experience. The right choice actually depends on your...
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Bathroom Mirror Buying Guide: Sizes, LED and Cabinets
Lighted bathroom mirrors are worth it when your bathroom lacks good face-level light, because a backlit or edge-lit LED mirror washes the face evenly, can serve as the primary task...
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Bar Sink Buying Guide: Sizes, Materials and Prep Sinks
A well-planned bar or prep sink is an upgrade that looks minor on paper and then quietly changes how a kitchen works. It gives the kitchen a second wet zone,...
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Vessel Sink Buying Guide: Materials, Height and Faucets
A vessel sink sits on top of the counter rather than dropping into it, and that one difference changes almost every other decision in the room. This vessel sink buying...
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