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    Q & A ASK MR MERRIDEW

    Oct 03, 2019 3 minutes

    Q I want to get some sort of stone kitchen worktop, but

    I’m worried about staining it. I cook a lot and the room needs to be functional, too. Any suggestions?

    Annabel, Harrogate

    A friend once gave me a wall sign that said ‘A Messy Kitchen Is a

    Happy Kitchen, And This Kitchen

    Is Delirious’. They were making a joke about my kitchen always being spotless (it’s in my job description), but I had the last laugh.

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