“Faking” Kitchen Counters
Marble or quartz countertops were completely out of the question, but Palmisano faked the look using 2-by-2-foot porcelain tiles (found in the discount section of a tile shop for $200 total) on a sheet of plywood. She sponge-painted the edges to match the stone effect and, to make the surface functional, had the tiles placed as close together as possible with waterproof epoxy instead of standard grout. “It almost disappears,” she says. Brass rods (totaling $100) from Signature Hardware hung underneath the shelves house coffee mugs and cooking tools while elevating the simpler materials.
