Why Pay $5000 for marble countertop, I paid $100! (w/pics)

[David Eisan]

Afternoon everyone,

I went with my parents last week to look at the three pieces of granite that came in for their countertop. Turned out on inspection all had through cracks and were scrap. After checking around, there was no more granite like it in the country and they would have to wait at least three more months for another chuck to come from Russia. Needless to say, Mom has been without a kitchen for almost forever by now and I wanted her to have a countertop of some type, if for nothing else than to protect the cabinets until the real granite one is made months from now.

It is amazing what you can do with a sheet of 3/4" plywood and some MacTack (sp?). From 5' it looks real.







Faux man Dave.

(Yes that is an LN calander I gave my Mom on the fridge...)

[nic obie]

Where there's a will, there's a way....

Looks good from where I'm sitting.

[Brian Hale]

WOW! Very impressive! Bet Mom's happy.


One question..... How did you talk the better half into wiping your excess glue off????

Nice job

Brian

[David Wilson]

very very nice

[Jim Ketron]

Looks great to me! Nice job!
I would hate to take it back out!
Jim

[David Klug]

I would tell them to keep their slate.

DK

[Tyler Howell]

Looks Great!

[John Strait]

That looks great!

I never heard of anything called MacTack and cannot find anything on Google. Is it something you can purchase locally or does it have to be ordered? Is it heat and water resistant?

Thanks

[Ralph Morris]

Nice cabinets! Doors and drawers would be on later? I like the corner one and the crown molding, would that be all around too? Countertop is just great, is she going to stick with what u did?

[Dan Gill]

Isn't Mac Tack a kind of contact paper? If so, I think it can only be a temporary solution. But an innovative one at that. The cabinets look great! Are the carcasses made from the legendary H-D maple/birch ply? That's what I used for mine (even though the fronts are oak).