Debbie, that looks great! I've seen tutorials on doing this and was going to, but our counters were pretty icky, so it was better to just cover them As for the cabinet transformation kit. I got the white base. I didn't find the deglossing hard at all. And I have never redone any type of cabinet or anything for that matter and yep I was very nervous lol I also found the clear coat very easy as well, it goes on much better then what you have heard and pretty darn durable. We actually got another can of clear coat thinking what they gave wouldn't be enough, but it was and I haven't used the other one. I can wipe my cabinets no problems, but if something gets on them that you would normally use a fingernail to scratch of, you can't. It did pull a tiny bit of paint off Since your doing yours dark I assume you won't be doing the "stain" part? I did the stain and found that part to be the hardest.