Painted Kitchen Counter – One Year Later

Two words: Just don't. One year after I painted the most-used surface in the entire house I had already redone it completely and also started my attempts at patches. Don't do it! Don't believe Pinterest when they say it's great. It's  not. It's vulnerable and picky and doesn't like moisture and readily accepts stains. For instance, …

I Painted my Kitchen Counter

I have a recurrent budget of $0 to update our traditional, suburban 1980s two-story house. That means it went several years without quartz counter tops and will continue to go several more without quartz counter tops. Built in the mid-80s, every counter in the house has this fake wood edge. Don't even whisper, "Oh I …