We were in awe of the concrete countertops she and her husband last week when we took a look at Jessie's Dazzling White Kitchen Reno. Fortunate for us, Jessie shared the procedure so now we are able to make our own!

There's lots of planning, some heavy tool usage, hard core concrete mix, and a lot of heavy lifting. However, if you are game, you will get a magnificent appearance as well as for a pretty low cost.

After a great deal of research, her husband and Jessie decided to use Quickrete countertop mix concrete. (Did you even know such a thing existed? I definitely didn't!) This really is not an item that's generally carried at a hardware store, so the mix was ordered by Jessie particular from Home Depot. Together with the concrete mix, the couple bought melamine boards to use as their forms. The melamine are boards that are white that are smooth, ideal for use as the forms for the concrete countertops. With the supplies bought, Jessie's husband got to work creating the forms into which they'd pour the concrete.

Using the forms together, it was time to mix up the concrete and start pouring! Jessie and her husband rented a concrete mixer in the hardware store to cut a bit to the work. Subsequently, after getting past a little trouble with all the consistency of the concrete, they were able to pour in their forms. It leveled outside in the forms and then let them heal for some days, once the concrete was poured.

The couple started the procedure for smoothing out and removed the forms, following the concrete had healed. They filled on their fingers in all the bubble holes using a little concrete filler. After the holes were filled and dried, the concrete slabs were sanded by them to a smooth finish. After sanded, they could heave on the enormous slabs into place in the kitchen and set them in place.