“Easy Upgrades: Bathrooms”

Easy Upgrades: Bathrooms. New York, NY: Time Home Entertainment, 2010. Print.

I’m not sure why this book is called “Easy Upgrades”, although I assume it’s because it’s in a series of that title (there’s a kitchen one out now too).  It made me think it was going to be about quick and easy things you could do to update your bathroom *without* ripping everything out, but as you can see from the orange starburst saying “26 real-world BEFORE and AFTER Projects”, it’s really about gutting your bathroom and starting over.

Not totally, to be fair.  They did feature a few bathrooms where fixtures were retained, or stayed in the same place to save on plumbing costs.  In the main, though, it was a standard book on renovating your bathroom.  The content was good, the pictures great, and there were lots of useful ideas; just as you would expect from the “This Old House” people.  I’d look at it again but don’t need it on my shelf.