Bathrooms
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Remodeling your bathroom can completely change the look and feel of your home. Before undertaking your bathroom remodel project, there are a number of things you should think about. Pre-Planning Pre-planning your bathroom remodel should include thinking about the size of your space, the features you are looking for, your personal style, and your expectations…
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It was bad enough that this ‘80s style bathroom was weighed down in oak and somber finishes — it was also strangely configured. We breathed new life into its design by opening it up and letting the light shine in! Vision Here was a master bathroom that enjoyed a killer view of downtown Boise —…
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The most obvious way to dramatically affect the look of a room is to change its layout — whether the goal is functional improvement or simply a makeover. That said, one should never underestimate the power of “finishes” to transform a living space. Vision The master bathroom in this home was already stylish, and its…
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We love a good collaborative effort — which is how we typically think of our relationships with our clients. But we also enjoy working with other industry professionals. One such professional is Gina Wegner, a talented designer with Seed Interiors. Our client had hired a specialists for the interior design of their bathroom update, which was…
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Even after 30 years, our clients loved their home in the foothills above Warm Springs Avenue in Boise. The floor plan gave it an intimacy that one of them described as like “living in a treehouse.” Eventually, however, one aspect of any home that can become not only outdated but dysfunctional are its bathrooms. It…
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We like to think of our business as more than just a craft. It’s the art of the possible. The very best remodeling jobs are the ones that deftly combine solid design and quality craftsmanship to address a need…and then go beyond the utilitarian to the imaginative. This case study is a good example. Vision…
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Remodeling can be a bit like a potato chip…it’s hard to stop at just one. This lower level guest bathroom was part of a larger remodel project, and with so many other rooms getting a makeover, it was hard to resist this long overdue update. Vision While our primary objective was to give this bathroom…
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If every time you walk into a room only to find that it irks you, it’s probably time to consider a remodel. This doesn’t mean that you have to start tearing walls down, however. It might be enough to simply move a window to completely transform the layout of a space…as was the case in…
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This master bathroom suffered from some bad feng shui. Fortunately, we’ve learned from years of experience that small changes can yield big results…if you know how to make them count. It’s a zen thing. Vision It was bad enough that this bathroom was cramped and dark. To make matters worse, it had doors that did…
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At Strite design + remodel, we believe that a hallmark of good design is finding simple solutions that yield big enhancements — both in the functionality of a living space as well as its esthetics. This bathroom remodel is a prime example of that philosophy. Vision With this bathroom remodel, our client was looking for…
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A three-quarter bathroom makes plenty of sense when it is the only bathroom in the house besides the master bath. After all, you want your overnight guests to have a place to bathe that doesn’t involve them traipsing through your bedroom. But when a three-quarter bathroom is one of several with a shower and/or tub,…
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There are some things that can be readily changed, and some that can’t. Take, for example, a powder room located directly off the living room of a home. The easiest solution to making something so private a bit less public would typically be to create a new point of access…but as this blog relates, we had…
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No home, however well designed, can continually meet our needs — much less our desires — because these both continually change. In the case of one couple that we had worked for in the past, ambulatory challenges required a master bathroom remodel that combined convenience, accessibility, and more efficient use of space with a fresh…
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When you’ve done as many remodels as we have, you can determine when a home was built with a fair degree of accuracy based on certain telltale bathroom fixtures. Bathtubs designed for Roman bacchanals are one of them! Vision Unless your home was custom built, there will always be those features that made you fall…