Our home was built in 1941 and the basement still reflects the custard yellow appliances, orange countertops and peeling floral wallpapered kitchen. Luckily, the upstairs had been remodeled some time in the early 2000s, so although it wasn’t our style the laminate purple countertops were an upgrade from the basement kitchen.
The kitchen didn’t feel very welcoming with the sponged on pink and green painted walls and the dark purple countertops which made the oak cabinets feel very orange. It almost felt claustrophobic. Since we had just purchased a home, a big remodel wasn’t on the table, so I started to research other solutions and found this Countertop Paint Kit. Since it was under $100, I felt like there wasn’t much too lose.
The hardest part about this project is watching the paint dry. I started this project on Friday morning and finished by Monday. The instructions are pretty straight forward, apply a base layer, apply paint, apply design, apply top coat. After taping, the base coat, paint and top coat are all applied using a roller brush. When I said “apply design”, what I meant are the granite veins / aka faux granite. I used the supplies included (paint colors) to make the veins in the granite. I did this by googling WAY TOO many photos of granite and trying to pick out and mimic a vein. Instead of a paint brush I used a sponge for this part.
People are always amazed when I tell them our countertops are painted, they look pretty incredible for under $100!
** It’s been 2 years since I painted our countertops and there is some light chipping in high usage areas, but nothing that would deter me from doing this again!
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