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Posts tagged “countertop”

Ugly Countertops: A Few Solutions

Maybe you have a rental kitchen. Maybe you don't have the resources to renovate a kitchen that you own. But you're stuck with ugly, cracked, or disfigured countertops. What to do? Here are a few creat...

DIY Countertop Cutting Board Extension
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It doesn't matter how much counter space you have, it always seems you need more during various times throughout the year. For many it's the holiday season, but if your space is small, it could just...

Kitchen Keeping: What Else Is On Your Countertop?

Yesterday we asked you if you leave appliances out on the countertop; now we're curious about what else you leave out. The counters in our kitchens can become home to everything from potted herbs to a...

Introducing The Elizabowl Fruit Holder

The fruit that rotates in and out of our household varies quite often. But once home, we always have a problem storing it. Bowls cause bruising, the refrigerator can alter taste, and we just don't ...

How To Paint Ugly Laminate Kitchen Countertops
Cheri's February Jumpstart Project 2009

To Jumpstart Page Info and All Entries Project: Refinishing Ugly Laminate Countertops Name: Cheri Time: 4 days Cost: $60 Here's another February Jumpstart kitchen project, and it's one we didn't eve...

Look! Fossil Countertops and Backsplashes

We're planning to remodel our kitchen at some point, and we came across these wonderful images of counter tops and back splashes with fossils inlaid in them. Wow!...

Look! Super-Quick Defrosting on Granite Countertops

These bags were full of hard blocks of frozen, homemade chicken stock. By the time we prepped our ingredients for the soup we were making, the ones sitting on our granite countertops were almost fully...