Issue 234 – April/May 2013
Features
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Understanding Bathroom Tile Options
Choosing the best materials and format for showers, walls, and floors takes focus.
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Make Your Own Lightweight Concrete Vanity Top
A glass-fiber-reinforced concrete mix creates an elegant, lightweight counter and sink.
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Ranch Retrospective
An Austin architect revives a midcentury home and brings affordable, modern architecture back into focus.
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Dog Run Redone: Remodeling a Breezeway
In 2011, architects David Bentley and Elizabeth Churchill completed the most difficult project the husband-and-wife team had ever tackled: the renovation of their own home. Built in the 1950s, Bentley…
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Digital levels: Is a Brain Better than a Bubble?
As a finish carpenter, I rely on box-beam levels every day, and I’m expected to have them in a whole quiver of sizes—from 16 in. up to 8 ft. That…
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How to Install a Bay Window: Part 1
Build the roof first to make the installation go smoother.
Article
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Backyard Tape TestEnergy pro Martin Holladay conducts an unscientific—but telling—trial of air-sealing tapes.
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14 Tips for Bath PlumbingFrom the supply lines to the waste line, these simple rules will make your work better.
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