For anyone who lived during the late 70s, you know how popular the faux butcher block countertops were. I had them. They were wonderfully ugly.
The white granite is exactly the look I was wanting, however, I didn't have a couple grand to spare. While keeping the original cabinetry, I spruced up the handles by taking off the scroll backs and painting them with a mirror paint.
I then focused on the counters. For $16.00, we purchased a gallon of this water based primer and only used a small amount:
And used this little roller to apply:
After 5 coats, it looked like this:
Next step was 2 coats of white paint. You can use whatever color you want for this. It is your base coat to whatever look you're going for. For me, I wanted the white granite to give a nice contrast between the dark cabinets.
I'm not quite sure how much the quart of white satin paint cost, but I'd guess under $15.00. My husband purchased it:
After the base coat, I began the accent colors, which were less than $2 each:
I chose FolkArt acrylic paints in cream, dark grey and light grey. When applying, I watered it down on a plate and used a paper towel to give a random pattern. If you don't like what you have, keep dabbing. You can also wipe it off if it hasn't dried yet.
This is my first layer: 
Second layer:
The cream paint was just used to subdue the dark colors.
The last step is to alternate between the gloss(under $4 can. I used one can) and the iridescent sparkles($3):
It only took a few minutes for each layer of gloss to dry. It was amazing!
The color I am going with is this $45 can of Valspar paint I got from Lowe's for $15.00 because it was a mistint. It's sort of a Robin's Egg blue:
I won't post a full photo of my kitchen because I still have flooring, tile backsplash and new appliances to get, but I'll give you a sneak peek:
Thanks for viewing!
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