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5 Cost Efficient Ways to Remodel Your Bathroom

Bathrooms

Remodeling your bathroom is a great way to freshen up your living spaces, optimize them to meet your needs, and increase your St. Louis home market value. Redoing aspects of your bathroom doesn’t have to be overly expensive. In fact, it can be cost-effective,...

10 Ways To Improve Your Bathroom Without Going Through A Full Remodel

Bathrooms

There are many ways you can improve the look and feel of your bathroom by making small changes that can create a big difference. Even a bathroom can still evoke character and charm with these 10 tips. 1. Swap Out Hardware  Installing new hardware is a simple way...

Creating the Master Suite of Your Dreams

Architecture, Bathrooms, Designer Talk, Personal Spaces, Remodeling, Room Additions

When it comes to home remodeling, people often overlook their master bathroom. You start and end your day there, so it should be a space you feel relaxed in and happy about. Our clients who are empty nesters wanted to makeover their master bedroom and bathroom to add...

Be Our Guest: A Carriage House Addition

Architecture, Bathrooms, Design & Remodeling, Exterior Design, Exteriors by Mosby, Home Makeovers, Kitchens, Personal Spaces, Remodeling

Whether you currently have a carriage house on your property, or considering building an extra structure to host guests, the idea of carriage house is appealing.  Carriage houses (sometimes referred to as guest house, or coach house) were originally...

Before & After: Remodeling a Crestwood Ranch Home

Bathrooms, Before & After, Kitchens, Outdoor Living, Room Additions

With the kids off to college, a couple wanted to make their 1960s ranch home in Crestwood, MO more inviting, and have amenities they’d always longed for. On their list of desires: a large master bathroom; designing a new kitchen with a breakfast nook and fireplace;...

5 Reasons To Have A Shower Bench

Accessible Design, Bathrooms, Remodeling

A bathroom shower can incorporate many different accessories, all of which can make your showering experience easier and more enjoyable. One accessory homeowners often ask for is a shower bench. Shower benches serve several purposes, some of which you may have never...

Mosby Tour: A Rustically Elegant Master Suite Addition

Bathrooms, Design & Remodeling, Mosby Tour

Mosby Tour: A Rustically Elegant Master Suite Addition A South St. Louis County couple nearing their retirement years wanted to update key parts of the home they’ve lived in for 30 years. A top priority was having a light-filled master suite with a larger bathroom....

Before & After: A Ranch Home Makeover

Bathrooms, Before & After, Design & Remodeling, Kitchens, Remodeling

A couple bought a brick ranch home in Kirkwood with an eye toward it being their “forever home.” While the house had good bones, they wanted to update the place for how they lived, so they teamed with Mosby Building Arts for a whole house remodel. The...

Designer Talk: Making Shower Wall Decisions

Bathrooms, Designer Talk

 Mosby Building Arts Designer Jake Spurgeon When performing a bathroom remodeling project one of the biggest design items is the choice of shower wall materials.  There are several different products available and each one has specific considerations...

Q&A: The Difference Between Retail and Contractor-Grade Faucets

Bathrooms, Q & A, Repairs & Advice

Question We’re getting ready to remodel our bathroom and picking out fixtures. There’s a great price difference between faucets on the shelf at Home Depot or Lowe’s and those available through our contractor’s plumbing suppliers. Even when it’s the same make and...

Pro & Con: A Wall-Hung Toilet

Bathrooms

Long a standard in Europe, the wall-hung toilet is quickly becoming an American favorite. The wall-hung version works the same as the traditional floor-mount model save for the water tank which is installed out of sight behind the wall. This innovative plumbing...

Create a Master Suite with a Bathroom Addition

Bathrooms, Room Additions

The family loved the home they bought in Clayton, MO except for one thing – there was only one bathroom on the ground floor. Longing for a master suite, they enlisted Mosby Building Arts, who created the solution to build a bathroom and walk-in closet room...

9 Design Ideas for Small Bathrooms

Bathrooms

One of the toughest bathroom design challenges is how to fit a sink, shower and toilet into a space the size of a shoe box and still have room to use it. Oh, and it needs storage for necessities. Plus, it must look good. That’s a lot to ask from a tiny space that...

The Great Debate: Do You Need a Bathtub in Your Home?

Bathrooms

There comes a point in preparing for a bathroom remodel where a decision must be made: is a bath tub necessary? You Can Shower in a Tub But, You Can’t Bathe in a Shower The classic tub/shower combination remains a standard because of the flexibility of dual use....