SPECIAL SECTION: Spring Home Renovation Guide
Bedroom— Adding motorized drapes to your bedroom allows for an easy way to adjust lighting and privacy without leaving the comfort of your bed. Properly adjusting drapes, which is easy to do with smartphone control, can also help manage energy consumption by regulating solar heat.
Kitchen— Wake up to your favorite morning beverage without drowsily scooping and pouring. A smart coffee maker can make the right amount of coffee at just the right time through simple settings on your smartphone.
Family Room— Cue the movie setting with dimmed lights, blinds lowered and the TV powered on. Hosting a party? Count on your custom entertaining setup with lighting in all your guest-friendly rooms, lively music playing on your whole-home sound system and a lower temperature to keep things cool as the party heats up.
Bathroom Upgrades for Style
Makeover ideas to spruce up a small bathroom or plan a full renovation.
Home upgrades are all about adding comfort, convenience and beauty, and the bathroom is no exception. It may be the smallest room in the house, but these ideas for enhancing the most functional features of your bathroom are sure to make a big impact.
Whether your goal is a spa-like oasis or simply bringing a new level of sophistication to this all-important room in your house, there are a few key areas to focus your attention.
Sink: More than just a bowl for capturing water when you wash or brush, the sink can actually be a statement piece within your bathroom. More traditional options range from decorative self-rimming to sleek undermount styles, while vessels in all shapes, sizes and materials lend an artistic flair. Wall-mounted sinks reflect a trend toward floating vanities and today’ s pedestals are anything but boring.
Toilet: Keeping a sparkling clean bathroom is now easier with the new American Standard ActiClean selfcleaning toilet, which also offers stylish design and affordability. The ActiClean combines the power of revolutionary VorMax flushing technology with a fully integrated self-cleaning system, eliminating the need for in-bowl or in-tank cleaning solutions. A convenient flip-up door on the tank’ s top houses the control panel for the cleaning system, which is activated at the user’ s touch for a one-minute Quick Clean or 10-minute Deep Clean cycle. The toilet tank and bowl feature EverClean, a permanent finish that inhibits the growth of stain and odor-causing
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