In this first installment of *Renovating My Kitchen*, the transformation begins with one of the most crucial ...

The boomerang pattern is Formica's homage to 1950s industrial design and a reissue of a pattern it once produced. Plastic laminate makes a great backsplash, but manufacturers recommend that you don't ...

Dear James: My budget is very limited, but I need a new kitchen countertop. Is there any type of attractive low-cost countertop I can make myself? — Michael D. Dear Michael: Even if you are not ...

Plastic laminate first came to prominence back in the 1940s and 50s as a popular kitchen countertop material. But by the late-1980s it was beginning to fall out of favor as homeowners began replacing ...

Laminate floors are nearly two decades old, and the products are getting better each year. The materials used to create them are more durable. The technology used to reproduce the look and feel of ...

Cabinet refacing costs between $1,350 and $12,500, with the average homeowner spending $6,925. Using solid wood doors results in a significantly higher cost to reface your kitchen cabinets; you can ...

The instructions said "click" with a happy little illustration of the cabinet door popping into the stationary hinge. But when we tried to attach the door, there was no click. We pushed, we heaved, we ...