Kitchen Installations

An architect's kitchen sketches inspire the transformation of her 1970s ranchby Melissa Harris

Setting the range in the center of the kitchen added more spaces without taking up all the roomby Steve Aitken

Whether it's dinner for 12 or a seasonal canning project, this small kitchen is geared for more than one person working at a timeby Frank W. Riepe

by Fu-Tung Cheng

The perfect marriage of cost, aesthetics and performance is what suits your lifestyle and budget bestby Scott Gibson

Careful planning from the start is the key to a functional, hassle-free kitchenby David Getts

Careful planning and knowing exactly where the framing is help factory-made cabinets go in quickly and easily for a custom look with no nasty surprisesby Kevin Luddy

With a little custom metalwork and an extra cabinet door, you can make your refrigerator look like a million bucks (or at least a $5,000 Sub-Zero)by Mike Guertin

by Duane M. Dionne

With store-bought moldings and a router, you can give laminate counters the monolithic look of solid-surface materialby Herrick Kimball

An experienced fabricator explains the process from the templating to the final setting of the slabsby Joe Ranzoni

Laminate-covered substrate produces a bright, clean and washable cabinet at a lower cost than hardwood panelsby Rex Alexander

With careful layout and efficient assembly, you can piece together affordable cabinets from mix-and-match doors, drawers and boxesby Sven Hanson, Joel Wheeler

Solid, durable and attractive, an uncommon countertop can be cast from common materialsby Thomas Hughes

How to fit and fasten cabinets to wavy walls and floorsby Tom Law

Synthetic materials can be worked like wood and polished like stoneby Sven Hanson

A veneer face-lift makes a "new" kitchen affordableby Rex Alexander

Construct base cabinets with a carpenter's pragmatism and a cabinetmaker's precisionby Anthony Simmonds

Cutting shears and spray adhesive are among the tricks that make the job easierby Herrick Kimball