According to Remodeling Magazine, the average cost of a minor kitchen makeover is more than $21,000. GardenWeb user pommy_girl, however, was able to remodel her space with quite a bit less thanks to some skillful shopping, elbow grease and a lot of creativity. She updated her kitchen for only $500. Check out the before and after photos and see how she was able to save. Before: After: Pommy_girl's cabinets got a new look just by removing the doors and giving them a fresh coat of paint and some new hardware. She paid $7 per gallon for the paint and $1 each for the door handles at one of habitat for Humanity's ReStores. She also added trim to the bottom of the cabinets and the front of the shelves to give them a finished look and made the feet for the lower cabinets from wood salvaged from the upper cabinets when ...

10 Annoying Kitchen Renovation Expenses

Anyone who's survived a kitchen renovation knows that hidden costs and over-priced items can push you over budget and delay your project. And sometimes it's the little things that you didn't plan for that can annoy you the most. I, for example, didn't plan to have to have the floor re-sanded and re-stained after the flooring contractor stained it the wrong color. Nor did I anticipate having to call in a plumber four months after the renovation was finished because the original plumber forgot to cap a pipe when he moved the radiator. Unfortunately, I didn't catch this little mistake until I tried to turn the heat on the following fall. So, what's your most irritating kitchen renovation expense, asks GardenWeb user needsometips08? Check out some GardenWeb users' biggest kitchen renovation pet peeves. It Costs How Much? "The [cost of] granite is just killing us. I think it will be the most outrageous thing I ever will hav...

Apple's Spending $4 Million To Renovate This Chicago Subway Station [Apple]

We've heard of Apple spending money on minor restorations and renovations of the areas surrounding their stores, but $4 million to refurbish an adjacent subway station seems a bit excessive....

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