On Fri 20 Jun 2008 02:04:24a, jmcquown told us...

> Nancy Young wrote:
>> l, not -l wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I agree. I have a rather small kitchen and painted the walls
>>> white a few years ago (formerly yellow) and with the white
>>> appliances, it is much brighter and seems roomier.
>>
>> Imagine how nice it's going to be when you ditch the yellow
>> countertops! (laugh) Are they formica? You can glue a
>> new layer on top of the old if they're in good shape.
>>
>> nancy
>
>
> I'm getting sick of HGTV and all the home magazines screaming "granite!"
> for counter tops every time they do a kitchen remodel. Formica is
> dated, of course. I'd like a glass tile or ceramic tile counter tops.
> Sure, both are breakable but I don't plan to take a sledgehammer to the
> counters and I'm not that dangerous in the kitchen Mom's neighbor
> has ceramic tile counterops; she can set a hot pan right off the burner
> on it without bothering with hot pads. It's inexpensive, very
> attractive and touching up the grout if it gets grungy is a fairly easy
> cosmetic thing to do.
>
> Jill
>
>

Choosing a dark grout for both floor and countertop tiles is a great
solution to grunge. If you already have any tile with light grout, it can
be stained to any other color you wish, even black.


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Wayne Boatwright
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