DIY: Countertop & Cabinet | With Only Contact Paper 

I recently removed the contact paper for anyone who was wondering how it was holding up. It held up amazingly, I just decided it was time since I have a baby on the way an we aren’t sure how much longer we will be living in this rental. So I put in the work now, while I can and I made a video on how I did it. Check it out!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-39zyTJDTviU.html

That black contact paper is life 😍

How about stainless steel contact paper for appliances and faux tile backsplash stickers and faux laminate stickers for flooring

I think for the counter id wanna get some wider roles so there arent so many different pieces. More of a seamless look. But this is great! Im def gunna do my cupboards i just wish my cupboards didnt have all the bevels and routing in them. Ill probably change up the knobs too.

For people questioning contact paper on the kitchen, it is very durable. The glue is similar to the kind they (3M) use for wall murals, door lettering, and similar products. So it's not going to peel unless you either peel it yourself or you've applied it incorrectly. It won't be affected by liquids, but you should certainly use caution with extremely hot dishware. No, a mug filled with coffee or tea is not going to damage it. If you set a pot that was just boiling on it, it will likely melt, but if you're going to invest a bit in some redesigning, it won't hurt you to buy a trivet. Add a little extra to your decor. They even sell some cute ones at the dollar tree.

your landlored just may want you to leave that paper, it looks so good.

You did a beautiful job it's always going to be someone that's a goodie goodie to find some negative crap to say... Not to think of the time and creativity that went into it... It looks fabulous

WOW - that’s a ton of work you put in!! I’ve watched a million and one videos about updating kitchen cabinets and counters and this is the first time that I’ve seen a kitchen that is EXACTLY like mine. Exact same cabinets and counters. Thanks so much for sharing your experience!

You made your job so much harder with the way you were applying the paper to the countertops

You have a LOT of patience🤷🏾‍♀️. Great job....❤❤❤....HOWEVER most apartments that look like this🙄... the landlord or management will gladly allow a tenant to paint and improve alsp as long as THEY don't have to pay for it. This video can serve as your portfolio for all future rentals. Show this to management and let them see how good your work is and TRUST ME they will TRUST YOU..Its FREE improvement on YOUR DIME. They would be foolish to deny you. Also consider countertop paint. It looks amazing and its much faster! Best wishes to you!!

I love this! I've rented for over 25 yrs. And we have moved into some really ugly places! Contact paper is genius! You can cover paneling on walls. They make contact paper that looks like shiplap You can get some that look like brick. You can use it to cover old vinyl floors.And use as wallpaper. Its fabulous

I sincerely applaud your vision and tenacity. Bravo! Completed project is beyond perfection!

Amazing! Thank you for posting. I am moving into a rental in three weeks and while I love it, the kitchen is not my taste. This is the perfect color combo. I was an army wife for 20 years and have been contact paper counter tops since 1994, but I haven't done cabinets. Your look better than I imagined!

My mom use to cover things like that back in the day 70s you did a good job

WOW that brightened up your kitchen, the old wood color was making it really yellow and dark. So much better, beautiful kitchen.

In doing your counter tops do the main flat area first then go back to do the backsplash section. Follow up with a nice thin line of caulking. This allows for a solid piece of contact paper on the counter area that has a lot of use. Doing this way will stand up longer to daily use.

Wow. You did an incredible job of transforming that kitchen.

I just received my contact paper for my kitchen countertop and kitchen cabinets. Updating our double-wide, very exciting. I've watched this video probably an uncountable amount of times. love the music too. great job, i can honestly say i was inspired. simple and affordable but still nice looking. thanks for sharing.

That video has brought me back to 1997 when I had the same project as a newlywed. I used “white wood” paper for cabinets and “marble” paper for countertops... Scandinavian style on budget.

When you said “sorry my husband doesn’t pay attention”... I felt that 😢😢😂😂

I appreciate your How To. Methodically covering the various angled, curved, smooth and sharp-edged main surfaces and borders/trim pieces. I'm looking forward to my first attempt. I'm not expecting to replicate your results, this is my first time.

Starting at 10:06 is how you should have done all of the countertops. One Continuous piece for back to front. And never a one to two inch wide strip at sink or front edges. Hoping they don't peel off.

The faux black wood print with the marble print is the best mix of prints I’ve seen on RU-vid and I will definitely be stealing for my apartment 😍😍😍

That kitchen looks so much better what a great job.! The only thing is you need to measure and mark your places then cut and if you do it this way you won’t have to do patch work because you will be cutting to your measurements you just took. And it will fit better and you will have larger pieces for your countertops like your cabinets. But it really is a great transformation in that kitchen. And the colors you choose are perfect.

Wow an amazing difference. before, shameful rental. after gorgeous!

Wow, I'm impressed!! I'm putting together a proposal for my landlord as I live in an old house that needs some TLC in the kitchen - badly! I worry if he'll say "No" to putting new cabinets in. Well now, because of you & this video, I have something to fall back - black wood contact paper! Thanks!! Your kitchen looks amazing!

I have the exact same black wood and white marble paper in my Amazon cart right now! It was great to get an idea of what it looks like all together 😊. I am going to do this and add a Subway tile backsplash to it. Great job!!!

Googled black contact paper cabinets and found this video only to realize I’ve seen this house before!!! lol loved there a few years back! Love what you did!

I don't know why people try to convince me not to use contact paper. This is beautiful. This is brilliant and I'm buying

I hope the landlord really appreciates what you did. What a patience of saint doing that.

The cabinets really look good.

Thanks you helped me cover my countertops! I also did it at our church building.

I contacted my kitchen cabinets 40 years ago. I only did the door fronts in dark wood grain and left the trim in white so it was much easier. My brother thought we got new kitchen cabinets when he saw it for the first time.

I love it my husband n I did the same thing beautiful. Thanks for sharing

My Apt has no medicine cabinet so I purchased Dollar Tree contact paper & a $5 CD laminate stand from the thrift store, I covered the stand with a very cool white & gray contact paper & now I store all my toiletries there with several Dollar Tree plastic containers. Now my granddaughter's know exactly where Grandma's scrungies & brushes are kept. 😁

First off, great playlist! Second, you did a great job on this kitchen!

What a clever idea and probably low cost .thanks for sharing

I’ve never seen anyone use the wood grain contact paper. It looks fabulous on your cabinets! I have manufactured home cabinets and they’re 🤮! What a great idea to cover them! Your transformation looks beautiful! Your hard work paid off.

Those cabinets are everything...love it!!! I would spray paint the appliances metalic silver...boom!!! New kitchen...

I love the complete makeover ! You for sure have the patience of Job ! LOL You rocked that makeover !!!

I did my kitchen countertop ... Everyone thought i thought bought new countertops ... I know how much work it takes ... Had to use small pieces too ... I think u did a really ... Really good job

I like your cabinets , counter tops and your playlist

It’s funny because this is EXACTLY how my apartment countertops and cabinets look in my rental(your before). Gives me hope! I just don’t know how it would look once I opened the cabinets and drawers though.. I’m on the fence

Thanks for a very detailed video. I am wanting to put marbled design contact paper on my super duper outdated countertop.

It was time consuming, I feel you. When you want change, you make it happen.

Amaziiiiiing. Time for me to go buy some contact paper too. Noticed they have so many types of designs of contact paper on amazon. Love the marble contact paper design..looking at some now. The quickest and easiest way to change kitchen designs without paying a fortune. And the contact paper is there for the long haul till u decide to remove it. Waterproof and everything. Love it

this looks amazing !! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I would have added adhesive backsplash to tie the wall in with it! 😍😍😍

For the people who are BIH-CHING about the way she put the paper on, she has to remove it when she leaves. So why would she make it perfect when it will be taken down. 🙄 Work smarter not harder. Btw it looks beautiful. You’re doing an awesome job of informing us and teaching us new life hacks. 🥰

The cabinets are genius!!

I do not have as much counter space as you do but I never thought of this idea.. Perfect!! I am going to try it. Maybe even the cabinets. Thanks for the great idea!! You did a fantastic job..

I think you did an amazing job looks wonderful

This video just saved me 6,000 dollars. Because i was about to replace all my cabinets

I'm definetly gonna do my kitchen cabinets!!

Me encanto el terminado y ese color negro woooow. Te quedo estupendo!!.

loved the black cabinets and wood counter

Amazing job !!! You are cautious & patience getting everything to look wrinkle free .. looks wonderful..Ty for sharing.

I love it now you should add a pill and stick back splash get the subway tile one 🥰🥰🥰

You are my saving grace... live the music. Thank you. To heck with painting!!! Yeah.👍🥂🎉

Girl you did that your kitchen look good

I can tell you worked hard on this and you did an amazing job 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Wow, that transformation was lovely. I recently used contact paper to update my table, and I love it. I used the faux marble one. I was contemplating using it on my countertops because I wasn’t sure how durable it would be near the sink due to water . But it seems it holds up nicely. You inspired me! ❤️❤️❤️ (new subscriber ☺️)

Omg I did my counter marble to I wanted to do my cabinets black but I was kinda SCARED until I saw your video thank you for doing this video It inspired me to do my cabinets black thank you so much for this video

Omg wowww it looks so bomb! I'm definitely doing this to my apartment!!

It looked awesome I saw someone put contact on the floor and it looked great also

Great job! My patience tho👀 Maybe you should add some knobs to the cabinets

Wow pretty cheap and cool af kitchen makeover in a major way. Awesome job thx for sharing!!

Good job. You gave that kitchen life ❤️

You did a great job. You should be proud of yourself. Well done 👏

Wow that finished result looks great!

So many nice comments! Unfortunately I don't care for it, I'm sorry! The black cabinets look okay on the outside, but the countertops make me sad! I personally would have made the faux butcher block work, they didn't look too bad! They actually looked better than the faux marble imo, especially since I can see all the seems and other flaws in the contact paper. I would have painted out the cabinets and changed the hardware and made the countertops work, that's just my personal opinion! But from a distance it looks nice, it like a Monet, far away it looks good but up close it's a mess! But I commend you for your patience and taking the time to share with everyone! Because it might actually help someone who has super janky cabinets and countertops!

Wow,👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 im exhausted watching u put all that work in!! Great job! This will be very helful to people who rent or just want to spice up their home.

So AMAZING! Thanks so much I"m gonna try this in my Food Truck! Seeing this gave me the courage! Thanks so much!

Omg girl ! What a transformation !! It looks absolutely beautiful !! Great job !!!

Loved the patterns u chose...ur kitchen is beautiful....

My landlord has very dated contact paper on the counters. Looks like the 70s wall paper lol. Imma try this look. Thanks gor the video

YESSS THIS GAVE ME LIFE I WORRIED ABOUT THE BLACK AT FIRST....DID THE DAMN THING LOVE

Live and learn. Sooo much work!! And then to remove it in 5 and half months!! Taking off hinges!! LOT OF WORK!!!

Love it! Doing my kitchen this week. Thanks for this!

I just got one question..Where has this been all of my 5 years of renting? I am so impressed. After watching this video I researched more on contact paper and omg!! I literally cant stand the look of my cabinets in my apartment and the fact that they are not willing to replace them this is definitely something I am considering for my apartment. Thanks for sharing. I love the black wood. Great job!!

Very nice! I had to do this decades back. Our kitchen cabinets were white metal. 😣 I made them look like brown wood. That marble contact paper is what I'm using soon on my dressers.

This is exactly what I will be doing to mine, down to the color. Thank you for uploading this, it’s so helpful.

How does the contact paper hold up when you're cooking/spilling? I'd love to try this on my outdated kitchen and also for my bathroom.

This is what i wanna do for my future kitchen, i love the white marble countertop look with the black cabinets 🖤🖤🖤🖤

I love your kitchen/Great job/thanks for sharing🤗

back splash would be perfect for this look 😍😍

The cabinets are gorgeous! Never saw that done before!

I love black!! I painted once my rental black cabinets..and just left it like that when i moved out...putting paper is time consuming more then just painting them really fast but nicely

Girl, you did a great job!!!! I learned more from you then the pros..heading to buy some now.. thank you for the video....

Awesome transformation!!! I’m inspired now... you made it look so easy.

Love the music while watching this well done it made a big difference the changes you made. Nice job every little helps and it rips straoff perfect👏👏

I’m so obsessed with this! Came out amazing!

Excellent transformation!

Looks Beautiful!!! I Love the Black Wood Contact Paper.

Look amazing 😍 I love the cabinets but I would have had to do the back of the doors and cleaned up the edges a little bit on the inside. I did the counter top in my bathroom almost a year ago and it's holding up just fine and my contact paper was from Dollar tree 😁. No you can not see the seems unless you look really hard. I think you can only see her so good because she had the camera so close and good lighting to show the process. Nice work 👌

The quality of the black contact paper looks so good!

God job. I really like the cabinets. You have inspired me.

Tu cocina quedó muy bonita!!

Looks soooo much better! Great job!

Just laughing because your rental has different colored cabinets, so sorry you had to deal with that, but you did an amazing job revamping it!!! 💕💕💕

It came out really nice. Maybe on your next project you can do stainless steel paper for your dishwasher.