![]() Then I taped trash bags over the cabinet doors to protect them from any drips. Of course, I had washed them since I moved in, but they never looked truly clean. ![]() I tried to wash all the counters to remove all the decades of grime, but this was impossible because the white tile and grout were DISGUSTING. I couldn’t find anything about applying feather finish concrete over tile counters anywhere, so I improvised! A lot of the tutorials online call for Ardex Feather Finish, but I went with Henry’s from Home Depot since they had it in stock (I’m pretty sure it is the same product with a different name) and I was too excited to wait for something to ship. (You know how easily I get obsessed with stuff, right?) I loved the look of the feather finish countertops that John and Sherry did in their temporary kitchen over on YHL, and after reading that I fell into a research spiral soaking up every bit of feather finish concrete knowledge I could find. Read more for the full rundown of how to apply feather finish concrete over tile counters. Since I was already working with industrial exposed rafters, going with an industrial look concrete counter felt like a good option here, and I love any reason to DIY something. I truly don’t know why anyone would choose to have mosaic tile countertops the grout is impossible to keep clean and whoever installed mine didn’t do a good job with the transition from the flat surface of the counters to the front edge. I lived with these gross, one-inch white tile countertops for over a year before I got around to attempting a DIY feather finish concrete counter. This is one of those projects that had such a HUGE impact that I wish I had done it right when I moved in.
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