Here’s an ambitious project for you: building a countertop – from scratch. It’s easy if you’re using concrete, per Fu-Tung Cheng’s “Concrete Countertops Made Simple” (The Taunton Press; $21.95). The ...

The kitchen is the heart of your home and the most important room for most homebuyers. It’s also the most stressful room to try to upgrade or remodel, thanks in large part to the seemingly countless ...

Butcher-block countertops will always look good. They may not be the It style raved about by interior designers each and every year, but they will never be a source of designer or homeowner regret, ...

There's a two-part process that starts most DIYs — we get enthusiastic envisioning a neat project to make life better around the home, and then we take stock of whether it's possible and practical.

The concrete countertops in Eleanor Zuckerman’s San Francisco kitchen are handcrafted works of art. Custom-designed by Fu-Tun Cheng of Berkeley, Calif.-based Cheng Concrete, they feature colors like ...