Still no hardwood flooring in sight so work continues on the plumbing in the kitchen and the electrics in the den. The Sub Zero is churning ...

It's been an exhausting couple of months weeks days. We just dropped our last houseguest off at JFK International and right about now ...

Wallpaper, fabric, decor accessories are all delightful - great at diverting me from real work - but is there anything more sexy than rough ...

Do you know how many gallons of water you use every time you flush the toilet? Take the quick quiz on the Kohler website and they will dona...

Don't you just love those unexpected roadblocks life throws you? Especially when they are accompanied by 50 gallons of hot water cascadi...

It's almost Spring and we are thawing out here. I can hear the drip, drip, drip of melting ice. But wait. Isn't that dripping sound ...

I decided to take a long, hot bubble bath this morning. Not something I'd normally do being an in and out refreshing wake-up shower sort...

De-laminated Vanity Door Originally uploaded by modernemama . I took my eye off the downstairs bathroom and this is what happened. ...

Bathroom Fixtures Originally uploaded by modernemama . They are in, they function and they shine. The Toto Nexus maple seat is so w...

The plumber is here now, and for once he was thrilled by the tiles and vanity and the vessel sink. He thought the guys who cut the counterto...

Boys' bath tile Originally uploaded by modernemama . Real progress was made yesterday. The tiler was concerned it wasn't go...

is making Jane freak out. This morning I went to take out the trash and I noticed that the Toto G-max fill valve was still in the Toto toile...

One thing the plumber asks that is guaranteed to make modernemama freak out: "Did you measure this?" The answer was: I measured it...

new grohe shower valve Originally uploaded by modernemama . Five Things You Don't Want To Hear Your Plumber Say 1) I've nev...

No plumbing fixtures Originally uploaded by modernemama . I had to suck it up and call the plumber to remove the valves so we could...

The plumber had to come back to fix the shower that was still dripping - it worked fine till I tried to use it! Luckily it was, as I suspect...

At last the plumbing saga is over. Twenty-nine months after we moved; four plumbers, two contractors and two frustrated homeowners later we...