Suites Moen provides three suites of coordinated, integrated products for the bath including the suites. All utilize the system and include faucets, tub/showering products and coordinating accessory lines. With this progressive design concept, architects, designers and property owners can choose a single style throughout the bath. The result? A totally integrated, distinctive design style featuring matching finishes throughout. These faucets offer great-tasting filtered water at the touch of a button and are the easiest, most convenient way to reduce water impurities, improve taste and eliminate odors. Three models are available: the PureTouch Professional features an easy-to-use handle and a pullout spout; the PureTouch Euro offers a pullout spout in a loop-handle version; and the PureTouch Classic offers a fixed spout. This new product provides your guests with great-tasting, filtered water for the kitchen or bathroom.

Although this new bathroom is a bit smaller because of additional plumbing walls, it appears larger. Substituting a shower for the bathtub, adding a large mirror, and using a wall-hung sink and toilet all contribute to the spacious feeling. This big-picture stuff is striking, but it''s the step-by-step details that make it work. We cover the little kernels of information that will help your project go more smoothly and with fewer headaches.A bathroom remodel is a big project. If you can only work weekends, your bathroom will be out of commission for two months or more. You''ll need all your expertise as an experienced do-it-yourselfer because you''ll have to tackle electrical, plumbing, tiling, drywalling, taping and even exterior siding. In this article, we''ll deal mostly with the nuts and bolts of ripping out existing plumbing and replacing it correctly with new, easily installed PVC piping. For detailed how-to in other areas, see .

As an object fixed to the wall and lit from inside, a sconce readily becomes a work of art, whether showing off stained glass or shaped into an eye-catching sculptural form. In some cases the light rendered is minimal; the fixture''s real purpose is ornamental. In bathrooms bathtub faucet and dressing areas, on the other hand, sconces can be thoroughly practical. they can remedy the distorting shadows produced by a single light mounted above the bathroom mirror or soften the harshness of ceiling fixtures. if you have twin sinks, use three sconces so there is light on either side of both mirrors. lighting designer suggests mounting at eye level. "the color of the glass covering the sconce also matters," she says. "choose white glass. colored glass can cast unusual tones on your skin." other uses sconces provide bright and direct task-oriented light when they are open at the bottom or point downward. who has used them in hallways and on stairs, points out the reason many hotels have sconces near the door of each room: "in a dim hall, a sconce helps cast light on the door knob, letting you find it easily" she adds: "on stairways, you generally have high ceilings that make hanging light fixtures difficult. wall-mounted fixtures are a good alternative."

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