It may be easier to put another layer of laminate over the existing than tile.

I think the wood grain on the cabinets is kind of interesting, maybe you should try new pulls or knobs first.

I can't find any pictures but my friend has hers tiled. It looks like several pieces of quarter round were used, cut into 2" pieces and placed along the edge thrn grouted. I liked the look.

Remove the old countertop and replace with plywood and cement board then tile your new squared off counter.

We aren't doing laminate again. I despise laminate. And the cabinet color may be interesting, but for me it is undesirable, in my opinion it's too dark to go in such a small kitchen area. A green paint on the walls, white paint on the cabinets with new silver hinges and knobs, and a darker tan tile is the look we're pursuing.

We are also not going to put any more money into this project than we have to, and that includes ripping off the counter top and replacing it.

I guess the only choice I will have is just to try and cut thin vertical strips of tile to go around the outside edge, and I'll end up with a counter that looks like the edge of a quarter somewhat.

I think you may have to rip off the laminate anyway. Once you start laying the tile I think it will be higher than your stove (unless you raise that).

Oh, the stove right now is set as low as possible, so it's no big deal to adjust the legs underneath. :)

We have slate tile in our master bathroom counter.

We took off the old laminate, and put down plywood, then backerboard. (thin plywood). Then we tiled it. For the edges we used same tiles cut slimmer and matched up the grout from the top (hope that makes sense)

When we grouted so that the edges were not sharp, we rounded that area. So the slate on the edge doesn't butt right up to the top tile and create a sharp corner.

I'll take a pic for you when I get home =)

If you really want to minimize grout lines, you could use larger tile (i.e. 12x12 or larger). Just a thought.

You can faux paint your laminate countertop to look like stone.

Remove the old countertop and replace with plywood and cement board then tile your new squared off counter.

terricks has it right. You CAN tile over laminate, but under very specific circumstances. One of those is that all corners must be square. There can not be any radial corners.

Replacing the whole thing would be your best bet.

Plywood and backerboard are cheap, and are the right substrate for tile - you won't regret it.

Listen to Bill V; he is a gifted professional tiler who really knows his stuff. If you don't install the tile correctly, it won't hold up and you'll have to redo it- which will cost much more than doing it right to begin with.

Also, please take it from someone who had 4" tile contertops....if you must tile, go biggger!!! At least 12". I swear, the happiest day of my life was the day that sledgehammer hit those 4" tiles.

A little sandpaper and some rustoleum paint on the countertop would be much easier and cheaper than tile. As someone above noted, you could even make it look like faux stone.

I wish I had pictures of the countertops I painted in an former house years ago. I painted them Rustoleum Hunter Green and they held up to me and two kids for over a year.