While painting the countertops is just an intermediate step to tide us over until we do our full kitchen remodel in the next year or so, you can’t beat $20 for this transformation! It looks SO much better with our decor. What can I say, we are just not pink countertop people. I honestly can’t think of any reason why people are living with laminate countertops they don’t like the color of. $20 and two hours will get you new-looking countertops. In fact, this whole kitchen revamp cost less than $110.
The cabinet primer and paint came to $66. The roman shade cost $22. And the countertop paint cost $20. Making the grand total $108!! A lot cheaper than buying new cabinets and countertops and it definitely makes the space feel more “us” until we DO have the funds for a reno.
I can’t report on the durability of the countertop paint just yet, but I will say at certain angles you can see roller marks. I took a video this morning so you can get a better idea of the paint color, sheen and some of those brush strokes. I also caught a little Greta in the vid:
Overall, we are giddy. We can totally live with these countertops for now. What do you think?
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I just did my counter tops and I love them.
I used same product and I have a lot of roller marks. A second coat didn’t help. I used the smoothest roller Lowes had. Any recomendations on how to smooth it out?
What an awesome turn out! I want to do this to our camper countertops! I was just wondering how you tint the color you want? It says you can tint up to 16 colors on the base can, but it didn’t say how to do it. Do you need to buy another color and mix? Could you explain how this is done?
Thanks so much, it really turned out great and is a great price!
-Jessica
The store you purchase from will tint it just like they do any paint colors!!!
We purchased ours at Lowe’s at they had the tint added in less than 10 minutes.
I love your countertops. I am interested in doing mine and am doing some research. I am wondering how they have been holding up after a few years.
Thanks
Hello – do you have any step-by-step pictures of your painted countertops? Are they on another page?
arg! but why cant the colors be happier?
If you paint your counter tops you have to give them a coat of urethane to protect them
Wow! They look great!
I came over from Apartment Therapy and I’m having fun touring your house. How are the counters holding up? Have you had any chipping?
Sue from Sue at Home
Well, it’s been a year and a half and we are prepping our brand new walnut countertops for installation, but we’d definitely paint them again if we were in the same situation. Check out this post for a follow-up on how they turned out: Things you should know if you decide to paint your countertops.
Please how are they holding up?
um i had no idea you could do this. We also have pink counter tops and are planning a kitchen reno but not for a year or two at least. I am so doing this!!
I painted the counters in my daughter’s bathroom in our old house (previously mauve laminate) and they looked like granite. It was surprisingly easy to do….basically sponge painted with brown, cream, and black craft paint, then added some Martha Stewart glitter and poured an epoxy over the top. The epoxy self-leveled and ran over the edges to coat them too. I just had to tape things off and cover the cupboard fronts to prevent drips on them. The epoxy drips a bit after going over the edge but you just use a sponge brush to catch the drips for a few minutes while it’s hardening. People couldn’t believe it was paint. I’d definitely do it again, but not sure if I’d do it in a kitchen.
Congrats on your new counter color! I’m newly married and inherited my lovely husband’s house which includes mint green countertops, which match the mint green walls, which also match the mint green blinds all in the kitchen. Lucky me! (not my husband’s doing). So I saw this and immediately went over to amazon and bought some counter paint of my own. When it came in the mail the box looked a little beat up and I know it says it’s tintable to several colors, but how am I supposed to tint it? The box only had the can of paint and NOTHING else?!! Did yours come with some small packets of other paint to tint with? I’m confused and need your help! thanks!
Here is my follow up review. http://chrislovesjulia.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-you-should-know-if-you-decide-to.html
Hope it helps!
Hey Trent,
I only used one can and had PLENTY left over. You’ll be just fine with one can. Hope it helps. Would love to see pictures!!
-Julia
Hey there,
I am about to buy the same colour as you used, can you tell me if you got all the required coats with just one can? or did you need 2?
Thanks
Here’s the Amazon link for the paint we used for our countertops. We did purchase ours from Home Depot, but in case you can’t find it–
http://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-246068-Countertop-Coating/dp/B002JH0JWG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325556340&sr=8-2
Hope it helps!
Julia
Could you send me an email with the exact paint you used? I went to home depot to find countertop paint by rustoleum and it was $149 for the box! Did you get yours on sale or something? Thanks!
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How is this holding up?? I would like to try it.
Wow, great job!!
Yes how IS this holding up?? I too have vile “pink granite” look laminate and can’t do the countertops right now. Is it chipping anywhere?
Funny, I think this product comes in a country blue. Why? Oh, Why?!
Yay! Definitely don’t wait. This was such a quick and easy and CHEAP project.
i am soooo painting my ugly “country blue” counters!!! i hate them!
I LOVE IT! We are awaiting our great kitchen make over in spring of ’12….but seeing this and how inexpensive lets me know I do not have to live with 70’s orangey-red anymore. God Bless you!
GORGEOUS! They look brand new and magnificent.
And… do I see that you are at 200 followers? Way to go Jules a Bug
The Kitchen lokks Great!! You make it seem so easy. I am gonna try this with my bathroom. Wish me luck!!
Your kitchen looks entirely different! It’s amazing what paint can do. I love it!
Thanks so much, Kristine!
wow!! i am SO impressed. Seriously amazing.
i love seeing your projects. i love how you just get to work and figure stuff out. really cool.
Wow! That turned out SO GREAT! I LOVE it.
You painted countertops! I didn’t even know that was possible! I also didn’t know Greta can answer a question with “Yeah!” Love her, love you
The box says, “It adheres to laminate as well as vinyl, wood and metal. Not for use on floors, granite, marble, tile, and concrete.” So it sounds like if you have wood butcher block counters, it would work for you.
Looks so much better! Can you use the counter paint on old butcher block counters??
Um, holy amazing!!!!
Pretty sure NO ONE will notice those roller marks. I saw it just at the perfect angle of light AND you pointing it out. Otherwise, totally clueless.
This was an awesome SUPER cheap project that has completely transformed your kitchen. And I’m sure the super high gloss will tone down as you cook, wipe, and clean the tops lots of times.
How well has the paint held up since you did this almost 5 months ago? I’ve already purchased it and plan to use it to cover the ugly bathroom laminate countertop. Won’t be a large area with high usage (it’s a guest bathroom that doesn’t get used much), so it just needs to look good enough. Some of the Amazon reviews I read are scaring me, I’m nervous now but the bathroom reno budget doesn’t allow for a new countertop. Thanks for your help!