We had our counters replaced with new lamenent in January, and we've just lately added the last finishing touches: new paint for the cupboards, new sponging on the top strip above the kitchen and a new curtain. It looks sooo much better now. Wish we had "before and after" shots, but we didn't think to take pictures of our "old" kitchen, so all we have are "after" shots... :)

Dad tore out all the old counters, made new counters and put the lamentant on, Mom did the green stamping/painting strip across the top of the kitchen, scrubbed and sanded all the cupboards, did most of the cupboard painting, and I... um... let's see... I think I kept Sam out of the way for a couple hours one time...
You can tell Carrie was the one that took these pictures... she is always going for the "best" angle, there's no such thing as "just taking a quick picture for the blog" :) :)