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Dumb Mistakes you can avoid when choosing a shower wall panel system | Innovate Building Solutions | #BathroomRemodeling #ShowerRemodeling #ShowerWallPanels

9 Dumb Mistakes You can Avoid When Choosing a Shower Wall Panel System

By Mike Foti on July 15, 2019. 8 Comments

Updated July 9, 2023 I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was 28 years old. My wife and I were cash-strapped first-time homeowners. I bought new carpet for a bathroom floor 3 times. Yes, you heard that right. I bought the same carpet 3 times because I made dumb mistakes and cut it wrong 2 previous... Continue reading

How to Remodel Your Shower on a Budget (without buying junk)

By Mike Foti on June 28, 2019. 2 Comments

You dream of owning the luxury shower you saw on Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines. You saw an article in House Beautiful with a shower to die for. It had marble floors, Brizo fixtures, Toto toilets and you thought to yourself, “With this shower it won’t look like I live in generic ‘builder-special’... Continue reading

Comparing acrylic vs laminated shower wall panels | Innovate Building Solutions | #AcrylicShower #BathroomRemodeling #ShowerPanels #LaminateWallPanels

Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

How to Compare Acrylic vs. Laminated Shower Wall Panels

By Mike Foti on June 24, 2019. 12 Comments

Updated December 26, 2021 I remember when our company got into the bathtub and shower wall panel business 17 years ago. All the rage was the quick to install ‘One Day Bathroom’ with acrylic wall panels. The manufacturer promoted an in and out process. Simply take 3 sheets of acrylic. Cut them to size.... Continue reading

Brutally Honest Guide to choose the right shower wall panel | Innovate Building Solutions | #BathroomRemodeling #ShowerWallPanels #BathroomWallPanels

Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

A Brutally Honest Guide to Choose the Right Shower Wall Panels

By Mike Foti on June 11, 2019. 16 Comments

You’ve told your spouse either this old nasty shower goes, or they’re sleeping in the garage. You’re burning up your keyboard searching the Internet for the perfect shower wall panel system for your master bathroom. You’re SOOOO done with tile grout joints! Every manufacturer, supplier and installer... Continue reading

Scars come with living - reflections of life | Innovate Building Solutions | #Reflections #LifeReflections #ScarsComeWithLivin #TobyMac

Personal Reflections from Mike

Scars Come with Livin’ – 5 Reflections from an Ever So Slightly Graying 59-Year-Old Guy

By Mike Foti on June 3, 2019. 10 Comments

Warning – Although this is a remodeling blog – I sometimes choose to ‘go reflective’ on lessons life is teaching me. This post falls in this category. I’m in the most dynamic place of my business career (at the ripe young – yes that is underlined for importance – age of 59). It’s amazing how... Continue reading

How much will your shower wall panel project cost you | Innovate Building Solutions | #ShowerWallPanels #BathroomWallPanels #BathroomProjectCost #Savingmoney

Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

How much will my shower wall panel project cost?

By Mike Foti on May 27, 2019. 8 Comments

Updated July 9, 2023 So, you want to know how much your shower wall panel project will cost. Here’s my answer…. It depends. OK – I know the ‘Switzerland’ answer I just dished out isn’t exactly what you were looking for! However, it’s true. Here’s the ‘it depends factors’ you need to know. Continue reading

Essential things people don't thikn about when buying shower wall panels | Innovate Building Solutions | #ShowerWallPanels #BuyingShowerPanels #BathroomProducts #HotBathroomIdeas

Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

7 Essential Things Most People Don’t Think about When Buying Shower Wall Panels

By Mike Foti on May 19, 2019. Leave a Comment

‘So, you’ve had it up to here’ (as Mom used to say) with dirty, ugly, moldy grout joints in your shower. You’ve told your spouse, either this tile shower goes, or I do. You’ve started ‘kicking the digital tires’ for a solution. You’re comparing different shower wall panels systems from acrylic to... Continue reading

Glass block window in bathroom or shower installation | Innovate Building Solutions | #GlassBlockWindow #BathroomWindows #GlassBlockDesign

Bathroom Remodeling Glass Block

The 7 Biggest Blunders with Glass Block Bathroom Windows (and 7 Tricks to Fix Them)

By Mike Foti on May 13, 2019. 40 Comments

I’ve been around the (glass) block (OK, I know that’s a bad play on words) a long time. I started in this business in 1989 (I like to tell people I was only 11 years old at the time, but nobodies buying it). In these 30 years I’ve seen a lot of glass block bathroom window jobs. Some supplied and installed... Continue reading

Laminate vs Cultured Marble Shower wall panels | Innovate Building Solutions | #LaminateShowerPanels #CulturedMarble #BathroomRemodeling

Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

How to Compare Cultured Marble vs. Laminated Shower Wall Panels

By Mike Foti on May 3, 2019. 14 Comments

In the United States (especially in the late 1980’s and 1990’s) cultured marble shower wall panels were hot. Builders and homeowners loved their 3/8” thick construction. They loved their durability. They loved the fact they look like marble slabs – at a far lower cost. You can even get a cultured... Continue reading

Industrial Chic Bathroom design for any home | Innovate Building Solutions | #IndustrialBathroom #BathroomDesign #RemodelingBathroomIdeas #InspiredBathroom

Bathroom Remodeling

How to Design an Industrial Chic Bathroom (Even if You Don’t Live in an Old Building)

By Mike Foti on April 27, 2019. Leave a Comment

Whether you’re a first-time home, loft or condo buyer or are a ‘slightly graying’ 50+, empty nester (although you don’t admit being a day over 39) looking to enjoy the kid-free chapter of your life, there’s something cool about Industrial Chic design. Maybe it’s the mix of old and new. Maybe it’s... Continue reading