It’s so easy to overlook the backslashes when installing new kitchen cabinets or kitchen countertops. You might consider backslashes, but do you put the same imagination to work on them as one might for new counters and custom kitchen cabinets? You can be penny-wise, and still create a complementary backsplash design that looks fantastic.
Do-it-yourself blogger Jenny O. used inexpensive stone vinyl tiles to cheer up a kitchen in a rental home. You can do the same by creating a scheme for remodeling your kitchen that includes colors, textures, and materials. That way you can integrate high-quality, low-cost tiles across the room in virtually any color and shapes of rock, brick, wood, or tile.
Fire Up Your Backsplash Plans
Get fresh ideas by viewing the latest cabinet styles for 2010 kitchens. You’ll discover a motif that’s a perfect complement to your flooring, fixtures, appliances, counters, and backsplashes. HGVT offers tips from rounding up sample tiles to take home and try, to pressing the backsplash tiles to the wall with a rolling pin.
Installing backsplash is not unlike finishing a mosaic. Create a crafts-paper template of the route around your backsplash. Put it on the floor or countertop and lay out your tiles. That’s the way to account for cutouts and ensure that you have the best arrangement of tiles before peeling off a single sheet of backing. It’s known as creating a “dry fit”.
The backsplash can be illuminated by under-counter lighting. Your choice on colors and patterns can complete – or disrupt—the overall effect. Add the finishing touch with new, color-coordinated switches, plates, and outlet covers.
You’re absolutely right that kitchen backsplashes are often overlooked and what a shame. The backsplash can actually be the focal point for the whole room. They can range from inexpensive diy versions to high end tile murals. Either way give it some thought and don’t overlook the kitchen backsplash.
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