Plywood Kitchen Countertops

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.

  June 23, 2008 | Comments ()

Make Your Own Magnetic Bulletin Board

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.

  June 2, 2008 | Comments ()