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20 Low-Cost Kitchen Updates

Imagination helps stretch the budget when you're updating a kitchen, so put these creative, money-saving ideas to work.

green/yellow kitchen w/ new light fixtures, butcher-block w/ brackets

 

Shades of Green

Color takes the lead in making this kitchen look fresh, through freshly painted cabinets and walls, and contemporary glass pendent lights. The island, once a plain base cabinet, has a new surface -- beaded-board paneling embellished with decorative trim and a butcher-block top.



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