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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

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Opening Image - Is a Walk-In Shower Really Safer for Aging in Place What Most People Don’t Know… - Innovate Building Solutions, Custom Walk In Showers, Age In Place Safety, Safer Bathroom Designs, Bathroom Shower Designs

Is a Walk-In Shower Really Safer for an Aging in Place Bathroom? What Most People Don’t Know….

Walk in showers and aging in place go together like peanut butter and jelly, correct? Well, as a guy who leads a business which wholesales and installs these systems I’d say, “Not so fast Kemosabe!” While many walk in showers are perfect for aging in place, others are a disaster. And the question... Continue reading

Opening Image - How to Make a Barrier Free Shower NOT Look Institutional - Innovate Building Solutions, Barrier Free Shower Design, Shower Renovation Projects, Shower Remodeling Concepts, Walk In Shower Designs

How to Make a Barrier Free Shower NOT Look Institutional or be a Pain To Maintain

If you’ve been shopping for an accessible, ADA, roll in, or barrier free shower, by now I’ll bet a ‘dollar to donuts’ (yes, that’s a weird saying I know) you’re used to seeing pictures of boring, white plastic shower systems. YUCK! And while these institutional-looking white systems will ‘work’ (and... Continue reading

Opening Image - 10 Little Known Facts about Walk in Showers - Innovate Building Solutions, Walk In Shower Designs, Bathroom Renovation Ideas, Shower Remodeling Projects, DIY Bathroom Showers

10 Little Known Facts about Walk in Showers

Should I, or shouldn’t I, choose a walk in shower? I’ve heard people rack their brains with this question for 16 years I’ve been blogging about bathrooms, and the 39 years I’ve led a company which wholesales and installs bathrooms. And the reason people struggle with this decision is there’s a lot... Continue reading

What’s new in shower wall panels | Innovate Building Solutions | Bathroom Wall Panels | Shower Design | Cleveland Bathroom Remodel

What’s new in shower wall panels?

Shower wall panels – (just like the Virginia Slims ad titled You’ve Come a Long Way Baby promoting a woman’s right to smoke with the ‘thinner cigarette for feminine hands’ … for a laugh, check it out below) –have come a long way baby. And here’s why: Shower wall panels are no longer white, plastic,... Continue reading

Modify or Move Answering the aging in place question. | Innovate Building Solutions | Age in place | handicap accessible shower | bathroom remodeling ideas | Roll in shower design ideas

Modify or Move? Answering the aging in place question.

If you – or your parents – are like most people, aging is NOT a fun process (even though the 55+ community brochures make it look like a blast). And when you’re not as limber as you used to be (or medically ‘clicking on all cylinders’ like the old days), and navigating your home is more difficult,... Continue reading