Giani Granite Counter Top Paint Review And ~~Giveaway~~

Thomas & English, Inc. was founded by Floyd Thomas, Sr. - our current CEO's grandfather - and Bill English in 1959 as a Manufacturer's Rep firm.

The two men operated a 9,000 square foot warehouse and provided specialty raw materials to paint manufacturers in St. Louis, MO for 26 years.

In 1985 a change in ownership began an era of significant growth. Eagle Specialty Products, Inc. began manufacturing pigment dispersions and specialty additives for paint companies nationwide.

Over time, the company became experts in dispersions for technical coatings for customers such as the US Navy.

Today, Eagle and its GIANI, Inc. subsidiary, has two hundred specialty pigment dispersions and has won awards for its unique kitchen coatings

that are changing the way America remodels its kitchens! . . .

I was soooo excited to get to work with Giani.

I have seen other counter tops done with Giani Paint before, but I couldn't believe that mine would look good.

As you can see below, I had horrible white laminate counter tops.

They showed all dirt, scratches, stains etc. I hated them!!!

Ben and I choose the Sicilian Sand paint to update our counters!!

Please ignore our hideous cabinets!!! I need new ones badly!!

To start the project, you use a base coat of black paint.

We actually really liked the black as it was!!! We were very tempted to leave it!!!

After the black dries for a while, then the fun starts!!

With our kit, we were given three different colors to blend together (White, Gold and Brown)

You are given a sponge to dab the colors on with.

I let Ben dab, and I went back through and blended the colors more.

This was sooo much fun for us!!! Of course we did this after the kids were in bed!!

We made a couple boo boos with the back splash. It was really hard to get in that small area.

With a little elbow greece and mineral spirts, the errors were corrected!!

After all the colors were blended, we waited a couple hours before we could put the top coats on!!

Finally our counters were done!!

Don't they look gorgeous??

We absolutely love them. They look just like Granite.

If your kitchen needs a face lift, this is the perfect way.

Each kit costs $69.95 and covers 35sq feet.

There are 6 color kits to choose from, but 100's of different color schemes.

No two counter tops will look the same!!!

I am extremely excited to be able to give one lucky reader new counters!!!

Giani has generously offered to give one of you a complete set in the color of your choosing!!!

Entering this giveaway is really easy.

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Giveaway ends on June 9, 2011 at 11:59pm. Open to my US Readers Only.

A valid email address MUST be in ALL comments. Winner has 48 hrs to respond or new winner will be drawn. This giveaway was made possible by Giani Granite.

* All opinions expressed are 100% my own. I was not compensated for this post. I was given the items above for my review*