This homeowner just had a new granite countertop installed but unfortunately the contractors used white caulk instead of clear to seal the countertop to the back wall of the kitchen. The caulk has already cured so they've decided to take a razor blade to the white caulk to remove it but a commenter has gone the extra mile and provided a great how-to for removing the caulk.
August 18, 2008 | Comments ()
Sometimes the best accent pieces for your home are the items you use on a daily basis. Pull those plates you spent a fortune on out of the cabinet and display them on this DIY wooden plate rack.
Tags: decor, kitchen, meredith clinton, plate rack
August 11, 2008 | Comments ()
A reader recently submitted the following question regarding their refrigerator seal not functioning properly. We've encountered this issue a lot and in times of saving energy, making sure our appliances are as efficient as possible is paramount. We've tackled this issue before in this post, Refrigerator Gasket Replacement, but hopefully our other readers can help him out.
My refrigerator has two visible places where the old, dry, rubberish seal is not firmly, flushly, sealed... the rubber seems bent and warped at one place near the bottom opening corner, and one on the top, oddly it seems somehow lower than it should be - leading directly into the inside of the 'frige - so it's not just that the seal is'nt flush against the outer perimeter, the holes lead directly inside to where it's cold.
Tags: leak, refigerator, seal
August 11, 2008 | Comments ()
The Kitchen Designer has come through again with some great tips for preparing your kitchen to show during an open house. It takes more than just wiping down the counters and clearing the sink.
Here are the first 10.
Tags: clean, declutter, kitchen, open house, staging
August 4, 2008 | Comments ()
Besides the ubiquitous nature of granite countertops and almost boring combination of granite and stainless seen in kitchens everywhere, there's another reason you may wish to reconsider granite countertops.
Tags: granite countertops, health, radiation, radon, safety
July 28, 2008 | Comments ()Christopher Peacock worked with House Beautiful to design their dream kitchen. Al Roker is impressed and so are we. The Caesar Stone countertops and "french door" refrigerator were very cool.
July 16, 2008 | Comments ()
We've got to hand it to the House Obsession, their kitchen remodel is spectacular! We particularly like the wide-plank wood flooring and the tile walls.
July 16, 2008 | Comments ()
Are granite kitchen countertops and stainless steel appliances truly the standard when it comes to kitchen remodels? We see this everywhere! All model homes, tv show renovations, real estate flips, upgraded apartments, the granite and stainless is never ending.
July 10, 2008 | Comments ()
One of the least-expensive kitchen countertop options is wood. You don't have to go the way of pricey foreign wood grains that claim to be eco-friendly. You can outfit your kitchen in furniture grade, veneer plywood that's mounted onto your existing counter.
Tags: diy, kitchen, plywood, wood countertops
June 23, 2008 | Comments ()
One of the more common queries that Nathaniel from Garber's Hardware answers is:
How do I affix refrigerator magnets to a new stainless steel refrigerator door?
He offers a couple different solutions that will have your favorite magnets and kid drawings back up in no time.
Magnets are everywhere. They store data on our hard drives, facilitate voltage variables in our cell phone chargers, and levitate trains. In a world without magnets, we’d have no credit cards, no electrical motors, and the weather patterns would be downright crazy. Magnets permeate almost every aspect of our modern lives, but it is in their basic form that they are most functional. I am sure that I could last a week or two without my charge card, but without magnets holding all the riffraff to my fridge I’d maybe last a day… two tops.
Thankfully, magnets are in no short supply. Magnetic surfaces around the house, however, can be valuable real estate. There was a time when refrigerators were the go-to surface area for this sort of thing, but times have changed. Now, our ice boxes are tucked under kitchen counters in order to maximize space, rendering them a sad choice for a favorite photo or an important note. Stainless steel is the top selling finish for many new refrigerator models, and although there is nothing sexier than a tall, sleek, stainless steel fridge, magnets just aren’t attracted to it. If you’re not fortunate enough to possess one of these space saving and/or stainless appliances, it is likely that your refrigerator’s surface is at or nearing its capacity for stuff.
Tags: decor, magnets, refrigerator, stainless steel
June 2, 2008 | Comments ()
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