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Sign up for eletters today and get the latest how-to from Fine Homebuilding, plus special offers. As Reid Highley wrote in the pages of Fine Homebuilding in 2012 , at its best, an entry door is a condensed reflection of a home’s design, projecting the outward attitude of a house to visitors and passersby. A door can convey an image of formality or playfulness, solidity or lightness, privacy or hospitality. The choices you make about door size, placement, and materials define a personality that sums up the character of the home. For this reason, entry doors are often placeholders in an architect’s drawings until late in the design process, when the character of the home is more fully developed. The first design decisions for a new door include careful consideration of its size and its location in plan. These choices establish the door’s impact on views, privacy, traffic patterns through the house, and the transition from outdoors to indoors. With that in mind, please click the slides...

Why take the long trip to a busy spa on a weekend when you can bring the spa home? Modern interiors are all about customized features and cool additions that add comfort and class to your lifestyle. A spa-like bathroom at home is the perfect way to bring the opulence home, and incorporating a steam shower is the perfect start. Contemporary steam showers have come a long way in the last few decades, and the modern models bring a multitude of options that can be controlled with the simple touch of a button. Invite home the opulence of a luxurious spa with steam showers by Candice Olson A steam shower is probably the perfect way to relax, replenish and rejuvenate after a really long and hard day’s work. Here are a few fabulous inspirations that will beckon you to bring home the magical healing properties of steam! It’s a temptation that is hard to resist… Colorful koi mosaic floor and the candles create a truly stunning steam shower by Gaskin Designs steam shower clad in Calcutta Gol...