In this first episode of the bathroom remodel series, we’re starting with the basics installing cement board on the walls to prep for tile. You’ll learn how to cut, secure, and seal cement board ...

Q: My home has 2½ baths. All three areas have cement floors with tiles laid in 1937, when the house was built. I want an update, but I would prefer not to take out the cement and tile.

In a bathroom on the North Fork of Long Island, Chango & Co. installed Radiate Hex cement tiles from Clé (about $23 a square foot for the six-inch size) to introduce a pop of color underfoot ...

Cement tiles, which date to the late 19th century, are made by pouring mineral pigments into a mold to create the design, ... It’s good in a guest bathroom or powder room. ...

Cement board, which comes in 3-by-5-foot sheets, is not that much more difficult to deal with, and moisture doesn’t affect it, so it works well as a base for tile around a tub or shower.

In one of the bathrooms of Wilbert Das’s Brazilian vacation home, cement tiles from Dalle Piagge in Brazil, a handmade copper faucet and lamp by Uxua and peroba-frame windows that slide open to ...

Q: While remodeling my bathroom, I noticed the wallboard behind the tile was deteriorating. When I redo the shower area, is there a better, more durable type of wallboard to install under the tile ...