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Designer Talk: One Bathroom, Two Budgets

Bathrooms, Designer Talk

Jillian Brinkman, Mosby Building Arts Designer When considering a bathroom remodel, selecting fixtures and finishes within your budget is the key to a successful project. For this exercise, I chose a look for a bathroom and selected key items to create that look at...

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...

Before & After: A Sophisticated and Accessible Master Bathroom

Accessible Design, Bathrooms, Before & After

A Kirkwood, MO couple needed to remodel their condo bathroom to be easily accessible for the husband in his power chair. They also wanted it to be attractive as well as functional, and would this type of bathroom be possible for less than $50,000? The original...

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...

Before & After: Improving A Home Office Suite

Bathrooms, Before & After, Personal Spaces

This homeowner had long used this bedroom with its own bathroom as his home office. Recently retired and spending much more time in the space, he was ready for an update. His wish for the office was to have a professional but comfortable look. And he really wanted to...

Designer Talk: Neutral Colors Make Basic Beautiful

Bathrooms, Design & Remodeling, Designer Talk, Kitchens

Designer Talk: Neutral Colors Make Basic Beautiful Mosby Building Arts Designer, Laura Powderly, sees life as a big box of crayons, and imparts that joy of color to her remodeling clients. Laura shares some of her thoughts about the colors that surround us. After...

Designer Talk: 2016 St. Louis Bathroom Trends

Bathrooms, Designer Talk

The design team at Mosby Building Arts share their thoughts on emerging St. Louis bathroom trends, based on the bathroom remodeling projects they’ve recently completed and what their clients are asking for in 2016. Jake Spurgeon I am seeing more high contrast...

Tips For Choosing The Right Bathroom Paint Color

Bathrooms

One of the quickest ways to spruce up a boring bathroom is to change paint colors. Sometimes though, the act of deciding on a color can be more difficult than doing the actual painting. Here are some tips to help you choose the right color for your bathroom. Get Paint...

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...

7 Biggest Bathroom Design Mistakes

Bathrooms

Bathroom remodeling encompasses hundreds of details, so it’s easy to overlook an aspect that seems small at the time but can have consequences later on. Here are 7 items that, if forgotten during the planning stage, tend to cause the most grief down the road: 1. No...

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....

A Designer’s Top 10 New Kitchen & Bath Products

Bathrooms, Design & Remodeling, Designer Talk, Kitchens

Jillian Brinkman Mosby Building Arts Designer At Mosby, we love to discover new products that will inspire our remodeling clients. The best place to find the latest and greatest is at the yearly Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS). This year I attended KBIS in Las...