DIY Marble Countertops

It all started with a very cheap kitchen set that I found online. Thinking that I would save a few bucks, I made a bit of a poor choice. When the pieces finally arrived, they didn’t look much like the pictures, and the scale was off. But, not to be deterred, I set about building up the bases and painted the whole thing. That was a great start, but now I had to content with pretty basic looking black countertops. What was a girl to do? Printables, of course. Always printables. This is an easy fix, and you can do it with careful measuring and not much else.

What You Will Need

Scissors
Spray Adhesive
Clear Sealer
Ruler/measuring tape
Pencil (very fine lead, if possible)
Printable Marble

1.

Trace the contours of the countertop. I just flipped the whole thing over on the back side of my printed marble printout and carefully followed the edges.

2.

Gorgeous, right? So, that is just the actual top. Too bad that isn’t it.

3.

Now to add the sides and the wrap under. I measured the sides of my counter and added panels all the way around for those. Then, wherever there was a wrap under, I added another panel.

4.

Carefully trim. Use gold scissors if you have them. No, I’m just kidding. Half of the time I’m using my kids’ scissors. That’s how I roll.

5.

Now flip over your masterpiece and do a little dry fit. No need to crease anything yet though.

6.

The fun part—clear seal the top. I used a gloss sealant to make the final piece a bit shiny. Ideally, you would wait for this to dry.

7.

Who are we kidding though, I’m straight-up trimming out this thing now. Cut slits at the corners.

8.

Now it’s time for some extra-crisp corners. I like using a metal straight edge to get the folds sharp. You really should be working with dry paper at this point.

9.

And, a little fingernail pressure never hurts.

10.

Keep dry-fitting to make sure that you are on track.

11.

Hopefully, your countertop has an apron sink or maybe a vessel sink. Or maybe no sink at all. Cause that would be ideal. But mine had an annoying rounded edge sink. So I had to kinda track over it and punch it out. And by “punch” I mean delicately remove.

12.

Classy, right?

13.

And now to erase the pencil lines.

14.

I slit the edges around the curves to ease the sides into place.

Then you’ll want to spray adhesive on the back of all of this and place it. Smooth down the surfaces, starting at the center of the counter.

(Aye, look at that horrid sink though. It’s like they attempted to paint it, but not really.)

15.

Finally, smooth down the edges. If you need a spot of extra craft glue—go for it.

16.

To finish off the marble inside the sink, I cut a narrow strip and glued it in place.

That’s It!

At this point, you may be wondering, what did I do about the inside of this terrible sink? I filled it with dishes. I wanted a little realism after all.

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