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Kitchen: A Modern Antique
May of last year I wrote an article about how to paint, trim and update dated oak kitchen cabinets, featuring the process and progress photos from one of my first friends in blogland, Kim from One Woman's Cottage Life. Well, Kim has been busy, and her kitchen is about finished! It's just beautiful, and (with Kim's kind permission), there...
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Clean Cottage Kitchen
This kitchen is from my old English Cottage, a 1930's home that I renovated and then put on the market in fall of 2007. Our objective was to create a charming, cottage style kitchen with modern amenities, durable, easy-care surfaces and a warm but bright color palette. Because the home was put on the market soon after these renovations...
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Selecting Budget Granite Tile For Kitchen
Since we are selling our house, we're upgrading the kitchen. I wish we had done this sooner, but at least we're going to be able to have brand-new granite tile counters for the listing. The tile installers are coming on Thursday and Friday of this week to install the tile backsplash and granite tile countertops. Thank goodness we finally...
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Update Oak Cabinets
One of the most common decorating challenges I hear about in kitchens is the dated oak cabinetry. My friend Kim has done a spectacular job of tackling this challenge in her own house. With her kind permissions, I've put together a step-by-step how to on her process. If you like Kim's work, please also check out her blog: One...
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