Concrete Countertops

Travis had the past couple of weeks off, so he was busy finishing the bar area. He had to build a couple cabinets for our microwave, wine fridge, and single drawer dishwasher. Then he installed all the cabinets and framed out the countertops so that we could pour them. Here are the forms. There are 2 parts to it; one for the countertops to overhang the cabinets and one for an actual edge.
Then we put in wire

Next we hand mixed the concrete and poured into the form and smoothed out the surface.

Then we waited for it to dry a bit and then we took off the forms around the edges so that we could finish the edges a little better.

And here's the dried concrete. We weren't happy with the color and it dried differently in places, so Travis sanded it down a little bit.

Then we bought concrete coloring and our lack of artistic talents came out. In Travis' attempt to strive for perfection, we ended up putting so much coloring in it that it was darker than we wanted. So, he put another skim coat of concrete over the top and we attempted the coloring again.

A couple coats of sealer and here's the finished product