Listen, today you're all going to be pawns in my quest to win a giveaway. I've never wanted to win a giveaway more in my life, and believe me, I've entered A LOT of giveaways.
Jayme, the Random Blogette, got rull ballsy and contacted Giani Granite Countertop Paint to do a review and giveaway. Not only is Jayme now pretty much my hero for turning her kitchen remodeling dreams into reality, but she gave a glowing review of this product.
To help my chances at winning, I have to blog about it.
Now I could just throw in a little mention about the giveaway at the end of a post per usual but I decided to really give it my all and allow my desperation to shine through like a 32 year-old contestant on the Bachelor.
You guys, my kitchen is seriously ugly.
You see, the previous owners loved purple. LIKE LOVED IT. If I were to play "what's her story?" about the woman who lived here before us, it would be: divorced her husband, got the house, decided to redo it all in her favorite color WHICH IS PURPLE. But because she needed a *little* variety, she decided to paint it various shades of purple.
The kitchen is more of a periwinkle.
Then there's the issue of our countertops.
It's the little things.
So, our house was built in 1994. The owners spared no expense EXCEPT on the countertops, which not only look cheap, but stain super easily. Who puts easily stained countertops in a kitchen?
I've used everything to get it out -- every scrub, cleaner, sponge and brush out there.
It won't budge.
Makes you wonder what cherry Icee does to your insides, huh?
You know what this countertop needs? A beautiful faux granite finish. We can't afford new countertops, at least not for a few more years, so this is the next best solution. All we'll need after that is a coat of paint, new backsplash and a new light fixture, and it'll be like a new kitchen.
Wait, I just looked at her pictures and I believe she painted her backsplash with the paint. *SCORE*
I would just hate for my son to grow up in a home with an ugly kitchen.
Hear that Universe? Don't take this away from my child.
(nailed it!)
Do you have an ugly kitchen? If you could paint your kitchen any color, what would it be?
12 comments:
A-MAZE-BALLS! I can't believe that you actually blogged about this. And yes, you do need this!!! My light blue countertops stained so easily too! It was gross. There was even some weird waxy buildup on one of them that didn't budge I really have NO idea what that was from.
Good luck!!
That wall is the color of my Senior Ball dress that I wore almost 12 YEARS ago, poor thing! You could definitely use a little beautifying.
I'm about to go from the world's best kitchen to the almost smallest (only my NYC kitchen had less counter space). It's gonna be a sad day when I cook my last meal there.
Believe it or not, I have seen uglier kitchens than yours!
Mine isn't ugly, but I have big dreams of redoing it! My plan is huge: refinish the cabinets (there's nothing wrong with them, I just wish they were a darker stain), granite countertops, ceramic tile on the floor, stainless appliances, and a gold color on the wall - I'm going for Tuscan :)
Of course, all of that will probably never happen, or at least not for the next 5-10 years.....
I can only explain to you how important it is that Luke NOT grow up in an ugly kitchen by saying that when I was a weeAlly, my parents had shag carpeting, yellow linoeleum, and these green plastic cabinet doors that looked like the bottoms of Coke bottles imprinted on them. I only lived in that house for 10 years and yet, it was like yesterday...
So, I REALLY hope you win this because you deserve to not have your son in therapy over an Icee stain. And also...I love that you have completely ditched the box-thinking and are mounting your brush to the wall. This is why I heart you so!
That would all be AWESOME. I so hope you win. And, yes, it would just be WRONG for that boy to grow up with an ugly kitchen.
Did you see where I painted my countertops in the dining room remodel. They were super easy. The old countertops were fake would grain and super nasty but I think they look pretty great for like half an hour of work and $15.
I think we need to campaign to do it for Luke. What do ya say?
I have PINK countertops. Need I say more?
Good luck.
The bottle brush? Brilliant! I'm totally stealing that idea if I get convinced to go for another kid.
"That actually makes me worry what diet pepsi does to my insides," she says as she sips a soda.
Go you with your new kitchen!
Smooth surfaces without any seams are best for kitchen countertops because no food particles can gather in the seams, posing a serious health issue. Flooring for the kitchen can be changed in your remodeling project as well, although this can be one of the most expensive portions of a remodeling project.
I hope you win because you really need it! You really need to do something about that periwinkle because Luke is going to be really cornfused that lobsters and crabs swim around in a periwinkle ocean.
I love the bottlebrush. Promise you will keep that there until I visit again! I need to see that in person!
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