This last weekend we installed rain gutters. Came out great, there were no ups, no downs, it was pretty straight forward & unexciting. Therefore I have nothing terribly interesting to share about that, haha. So I decided to choose a topic that's way more fun. The Kitchen! As we move right along with the projects in there, I started really considering tiling our back-splash. However, the long term plan is to pretty much flip the kitchen and blast a hole in this wall behind the stove to open up a bar space to the living room:
See - behind that wall is the living room, and if it were open with a glass floating cabinet... it would really join these rooms together. Often times we totally get stuck hanging out in the kitchen, and I'd love to bridge the gap someday. So what do you do to get a non-permanent back-splash in the mean time? You paint it!
One of my favorite blogs,
Sawdust & Embryos, have shared some amazing painted back-splashes, they are so inspiring. It's been on my to-do list forever, and once our friends Danielle & Patrick painted theirs I was able to see the results in person. And? I LOVE it. All systems go...
While I have no ideas what colors to go with yet (
bright & crazy? Or keep it neutral...?) I can at least start gathering my supplies, and convincing Ralph that this needs to be on top of the to-do list. To learn how to
paint your own back-splash (
or anywhere else you want a tile look) head over to
Sawdust & Embryos for a fantastic tutorial. Definitely something you can do.
Here's a sneak peak:
Can you believe that is PAINTED? Looks so awesome..professional & clean. The colors totally speak to our kitchen too, notice that? What a perfect example. I'm leaning towards this same thin, long tile, and I think I'll have to contain my excitement for bright colors and stick to neutrals. Maybe a few teals here and there.. We have plenty of fun accessories to soothe my color cravings... heh.
What do you think, will you try to paint a back-splash in your home? Special thanks to
Beth & Nick of Sawdust & Embryos for the great tutorial! Wish us luck...
Oh by the way-
anyone nearby want a hutch?
-Jesse
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