Improving Bathrooms - The Specifics
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

One of the best ways to increase the value of your home is toimprove the bathrooms. Here's a primer on things to consider.

Sinks

Villeroy and Boch makes a sink that mimics a boulder worn into abowl by water flowing into it. It can be quite handsome in aminimalist home or a rustic one. You can see it and others atvilleroy-boch.com.

Concrete Jungle makes some dramatically simple concrete sinksand vanities that surprisingly look very modern, or veryfarm-house. Check concretejungleonline.com



if that idea appeals.

Walker Zanger's designs include a perfectly simple sink in whitemarble for a dressier look. They also have a sturdy dark wooden"table" base that gives it dramatic contrast. You might enjoyvisiting walkerzanger.com for more ideas.

Showers

A shower separate from the tub is one of today's favoriteluxuries. Some of them have been designed to feel like rain (atleast part of the time). Dornbracht has one called "RainSky M"which can be checked out at dornbracht.com.

Large frameless (or nearly frameless) glass shower enclosuresare showing up in more and more homes. MAAX makes a line ofshowers with features like overhead "waterfall" systems, handheld shower heads, and body sprays coming from the side thatwork well in a frameless enclosure.

I helped a family sell a home with a very interesting masterbath not too long ago. It had a shower much like the onedescribed above, but it was designed for two people. It lookedlike a glass room "floating" inside the large bathroom.

Tubs

As for tubs. Well. Would you believe a tub in an arched tileniche with a gas log fireplace at its foot? Believe it. Can youimagine a nice long soak while listening to flute music andsipping chilled champagne? (James Bond can keep his martini.)

Then there are the Acryline tubs which employ warm airhydro-massage to counter the effects of the daily rush-grab-dashof life. Explore their therapy theory at acrylineusa.com.

You get the idea. Updated means simple. It does not mean blah.It does mean coddled. It can give you and your family pleasureand comfort while you live in your home. It can increase yourhome's sale value. You'll be tempted, but don' overbuild yourneighborhood with the Taj Mahal of bathrooms if you want to bepleased with the result when you sell.

About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - FSBO homes forsale by owner. Visit our "sell my home" page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm to sell your own homeyourself with a free 1 month listing.

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