News from the Block, Innovate Building Solutions Blog
News from the Block, Innovate Building Solutions Blog
Bathroom, Kitchen, Basement Design & Remodeling Ideas for the Nicest Home or Business on the Block
Bathroom, Kitchen, Basement Design & Remodeling Ideas for the Nicest Home or Business on the Block

Category: Bathroom Remodeling

This comprehensive group of blog posts will help you understand how to compare – and design with – various lines of grout free shower wall panels, tile, shower pans or glass shower doors for your new home or remodel.

Glass blocks and glass bricks what's hot and what's not about them - Innovate Building Solutions

Glass blocks and glass bricks – what’s hot and what’s not today

Updated January 27, 2019 Controversy and debate seems to follow glass blocks and glass bricks like a bad rash. Some people give them an enthusiastic Siskel and Ebert inspired two thumbs up. Others say – yuck – I wouldn’t put those 80’s glass blocks in my home if you gave them to me! As someone whose... Continue reading

How to remodel an odd shaped custom shower enclosure - Tips and tricks to make any shaped shower work for you! | Innovate Building Solutions

How to remodel an odd shaped custom shower enclosure

Updated January 20, 2019 As your kids might have phrased it when they were younger (if they talked about shower enclosures…which would have been kind of strange), “Do you have the odd shaped shower from “H-E-double hockey sticks?” Do you think the person who designed this “gem” must have been on something... Continue reading

5 non-sexy tips to make sure your shower enclosure won’t fail

  Updated March 9, 2019 Maybe I’ve been in the bathroom remodeling business too long but I actually think shower enclosures can be sexy. I might have looked into a few too many multi-functioning spa-shower heads, sleek deluxe wall panels and even drains with LED lights and my brain has gotten... Continue reading

7 crystal-cool was to use glass in a contemporary bathroom | Innovate Building Solutions

7 ½ Crystal-Cool Ways to Use Glass in a Contemporary Bathroom

I’m a big fan of glass. Maybe it’s because I’ve been involved with various products in the glass business since 1985 (wow – that makes me sound old!). The more familiar (and knowledgeable) I become about uses and properties of glass the more I love it. I am not alone in being a glass lover. So why... Continue reading

5 reasons your shouldn't (and 3 reasons you should) buy DIY shower wall panels from a home center | Innovate Building Solutions

5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Buy DIY Shower & Tub Panels at a Home Center (and 3 Reasons You Should)

      Updated March 9, 2019 I’m going to “keep it real” as Randy Jackson used to say on American Idol about this topic on where to buy DIY shower and tub wall panels. I’m biased. I’m a passionate nationwide wholesaler of bathroom wall panels who “competes” with Home Centers (actually,... Continue reading