Small, quick and affordable ways to make over your kitchen.

Will Barack Obama’s presidency see a return to economic boom times the way Bill Clinton’s did? No one knows for sure, including—as they admitted themselves—the economists who provided a housing and economic outlook at the 2009 International Builders Show.

At the cooking class, one of the attendees mentioned that our dinner would be a special treat for he and his fiancee, given that their kitchen was in mid remodel. Said kitchen -  a 10-foot x 10-foot room that included only a range, a refrigerator and a sink with integrated drainboards - had never been updated.