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A kitchen sink drama with backsplash pizzazz | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted on: Monday, October 23, 2006

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
 A kitchen sink drama with backsplash pizzazz

Advertiser Staff

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A kitchen backsplash doesn't just have to be marble or Corian, according to celebrity designer Scott Sicari. Try these ideas:

  • Broken or abandoned china can become a serviceable and spunky mosaic.

  • Magnetic laminate combined with refrigerator magnets makes a backsplash that can change with your mood.

  • For a 3-D collage, combine favorite objects such as silverware and shells.



    EASY DOES IT



    CARPET STAIN? FIRST, TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS

    While there are a lot of chemical stain removers on the market, the Carpet & Rug Institute recommends starting simple: Use 1/2 teaspoon of liquid dishwashing detergent in a cup of warm water. Using a paper towel, blot the stain with this solution, then rinse lightly with warm water.

    For more stain remedies, visit www.carpet-rug.com, and click on Spot Solver.



    FINAL WORD

    "I'll be in the rocks under Rocky."

    Architect Frank O. Gehry, chosen to design underground galleries for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made famous by Sylvester Stallone's (at left) famous fist-pumping run to the top of its stairs as Rocky Balboa in the 1976 movie, to The Associated Press
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