"Provides alternatives to a costly full-scale renovation by offering inexpensive design ideas and easy step-by-step projects that can help you achieve the bathroom of your dreams, even on a limited budget. You can then decide to make a number of the improvements all at once or space them out to accommodate your time and checkbook" -- P. [4] of cover.

In 'Essential Bathrooms', Terence Conran presents a wide range of options for siting, designing and decorating the bathroom in the modern home. From planning and layout to fixtures, fittings, decor and details, practical information and inspiring visual examples demonstrate that whatever your requirements, any bathroom can be transformed into a stylish place of retreat and a relaxing sanctuary.

"From inspiration to design advice with crystal-clear how-to instructions, BLACK + DECKER Complete Guide to Bathrooms is the only book you need to achieve the bathroom of your dreams.This brand-new edition of a perennial bestseller from the BLACK + DECKER Complete Guide series is just the book you need if you want to improve, update, or remodel your bathroom. From a simple freshening of the decor to a down-to-the-studs remodel, all of the information...

From the Publisher: The DIY vibe for women involves more than knitting and quilting: today more women are tending to their homes, and they're not just sewing curtains and arranging flowers. They're installing new toilets, adding ceramic floors to the kitchen, and dry walling the den. With 23 percent of all power tool purchases in 2004 made by women, and the number of unmarried females owning homes climbing by nearly 4 million owners from 1994 to 2002,...