Bathroom Makeover Part I ~ Painting Countertops

The kids went back to school and I went into mourning. If you missed that self-realization post, you can read it here.  While in mourning, I like to do home improvement.

Ben giggled and said, “The kids haven’t been gone for two hours and you already have the house tore up.”

That was a true statement.

I’ve talked about  the way a woman’s homes looks inside and out is directly related to how that woman feels about herself, here. (Guys read this and understand.) This time, it was this old farm house bathroom. A fresh look for our throne room would make me feel better.

The counter tops are just plywood covered in laminate. To remove and replace  would mean demolishing the whole upper cabinets. Well, I don’t have that much time or money, so I thought I would just paint them. I poured over the internet, called my friends who own this depot (Debbie has painted about everything known to man) and got the scoop on painting counter tops. I finally found the perfect thing to paint them with and discovered I couldn’t get my hands on it that day. This news threw me deeper into my spiral and I ended getting really mad and using what I already had in my old paint collection. I primed with Kiltz first. Then painted this next.  

It turned out Barney–eggplant purple. I fell on my sword. Cried outloud, ’but it says rust…how do you get dad-gum purple from rust?’

I gave up pondering THAT and sea sponged

on some of these… instead.

I started with Terra Cotta and alternated Burnt Umber and Rich Espresso metallic. I finshed by putting three coats of Polycrylic on 

and let dry for three days.

Here’s before…

Here’s after…

I love it. I want to do the kitchen countertops after the bathroom is done. My transformed countertops brought me out of the blues of missing my kids during the day and motivated me to do the rest of the bathroom. 

About the cost… It cost me a lot less than our last project, that’s for sure.

Painted countertops: Zero Dollars. Having the kids in school all day so you can finish the bathroom: PRICELESS.

Stand-by for more before and after pics of cabinets, mirrors and more. All on a budget, of course.

Simply,

Sis

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