Small Kitchen Makeover Reveal

The Giani countertop topcoat had to cure for 2 weeks but I'm happy to reveal the results! It was a bit time-consuming and it really took a lot of trial and error to get the look I wanted but I'm pretty happy with the results. Of course anything is better than the pink countertops we had before!

 

Before:

 

After:

 

 

Small Kitchen Makeover

Since I moved into my house, I've done nothing with the kitchen. Can you believe I've lived with the pink countertops for 8 years?!? When I got engaged, the fiancé and I decided he would move into my house and we would rent his. There was just one catch. He would not move in with pink countertops. I knew I had to finally do something about the pink countertops. And since I'm still getting around to planning a wedding, I wanted something temporary to save some moola.
As it turns out, I had hired a contractor to renovate my bathroom and take care of a few other jobs around the house and he threw in painting the cabinets for free (well nothing really comes free does it?) I'm all about do it yourself but if this could save me some time, I was all for it especially because summertime is my busiest time at work.

The Kitchen When I moved in:

I brought the thermador stove with me. I got a great deal on it from one of my contacts wanting to get rid of some residential stoves. 

The Kitchen with the cabinets painted white:

The contractors were still finishing up the work when this photo was taken. It immediately opened up the kitchen and made it feel twice as big!

So that about fixed the dated cabinets in the kitchen but that didn't solve the pink countertop dilemma. It just so happens, my friend had just refinished her countertops with the Giani Countertop painting kit. I immediately jumped at the chance to refinish my countertops. I didn't want anything dark due to the size of the kitchen and opted for the white diamond kit. I'm loving the look of Carrera marble countertops and although I knew it wouldn't look like true Carrera, I was still after that look. 

Tomorrow, I'll reveal the step by step and the kitchen today! Have you ever used Giani? What was your experience?