"According to Apartment Therapy's trend-predicting Designer Survey, chocolate brown is in, as are dark wood tones, meaning this kitchen redo from Tiffany Brown-Barino (@myeclecticnest) is perfectly on-trend despite keeping its '90s-style cabinets. "The cabinet color is almost always someone's BEFORE picture," Tiffany writes on Instagram. But she shows how to make the oak brown look chic with a few other DIYs. "Our kitchen countertops were in great condition, but I definitely didn't like how dark they were and how dark they made the kitchen feel," Tiffany says of the kitchen before. The counters and the dark tile backsplash changed in a budget-friendly redo - the former for only $95."
""Using epoxy paint for the countertops checked all of the boxes," Tiffany says. (She used a white Rustoleum epoxy to do so.) "All of the brown granite was painted white, and it really resembles a white quartz which is really pretty." Tiffany says the project required a bit of patience because the layers of paint have to go on pretty quickly after one another to prevent any odd drying or bubbling, but it was worth it. "This project is definitely budget-friendly, as the epoxy paint is under $30 per quart, and that quart goes a long way," she says."
A 1990s kitchen with dark oak cabinets received a budget-friendly makeover that retained the existing cabinetry while updating surfaces. Epoxy countertop paint converted brown granite into a white faux-quartz appearance using a white Rustoleum epoxy applied in quick successive layers to avoid bubbling. The countertop update cost about $95 and one quart of epoxy covers a large area, keeping expenses low. The dark tile backsplash was replaced and brown veining was chosen to complement the warm cabinet tones, modernizing the space through patient DIY techniques and affordable materials.
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