Kitchen counters

So in our quest to completely redo the kitchen, we ran into a small conundrum. Specifically, the kitchen counters. I did a rough estimate and we have about 50 square feet of counter space. Which is amazing for cooking, but a little, well, ouch on the pocketbook. We'd love to redo the whole thing, especially given the bare spots:

and the creative build job on the island. Yes, there is a lip on the the counter, and yes, that lip is resting on the top of the cabinets instead of hanging over it, making the whole thing slope towards the fridge.

So, yeah, we need a new counter, but at 40-100 bucks a sq ft, stuff like corian, quartz, and granite seemed a little out of reach.

But then! Mark to the rescue. Apparently, Rust-Oleum makes a counter resurfacing product that only costs 250 for about 50 square feet. Here's a mock up (from their pretty cool website) of what it might look like:

 

The really scary thing is that the knobs and pulls look almost exactly like ours...

 

Of course, that won't fix the island countertop craziness, but we have some ideas for that. More later, I promise ;)