Spray Painted Countertops

Have you ever thought about spray painted countertops?  I did exactly that and love them!

So, I did something crazy last weekend amidst all the paint fumes floating around our house. If you can’t tell from the title, I spray painted our laundry room counter tops. And totally love it.

But let me backtrack. I last showed you my laundry room design board here. This past weekend, my husband and I were at Home Depot buying extra paint to wrap up the striped guest bedroom. While there, I brainstormed ideas to take care of our dowdy reddish-brown countertops that were in our laundry room – that totally did not go with my overall decor plan.

We briefly looked at the Rustoleum countertop refinishers which were cool, but came in around $99 a pop. Not gonna happen for this tiny sink {but would totally be worth the investment on a larger project}. And then, the heavens opened and we were right next to the spray paint. My husband was all for it because he figured I was probably going to replace the counterops regardless, so if he could salvage a few more years by spray painting in the interim, he was all for it. I found this Rustoleum Metallic Flat Soft Iron spray paint that also includes a primer. It’s a deep charcoal color with subtle metallic silver flecks – and primer is included? Perfect!

I taped of all cupboard areas within a wide radius to ensure the spray paint didn’t end up everywhere. But, I was planning to paint the walls bright white, per my plan, so I wasn’t as concerned there.

I did two coats and it worked like a dream! You would never know they were spray painted! It is hard to capture in photos {because this room is so poorly lit} but it has a nice sheen to the surface and is completely smooth. I’ll be sure to include more photos of the spray painted countertops after the full room reveal {it will be much easier to photograph at that point}. I also have a spot or two to touch up around the sink.

You can see I obviously got a start on the wall paint as well {Behr Swiss Coffee}. A perfect base for the “Seeing Stars” vinyl I’ll be adding. Here’s the before and during – which also shows the two versions of countertop.

Pretty sure I discovered that not only are my baseboard and trim pinkish-cream, so are the cabinets. AWESOME! Another painting project to plan… but at least I have a much better countertop to work with now!

**Disclaimer: We RARELY use this countertop and sink so I would not recommend this process for a high traffic area unless you have first tested durability on a test section. I should also note, the fumes were pretty bad, but it was a cool weekend and we were able to use fans and open the windows to circulate fresh air ASAP. Since I was dealing with such a small space, there was very little to paint. For our space, this painting process was perfect! We are well on our way to finalizing this inspiration board!