Week of Kitchen Renovations: Backsplash
For the second day of kitchen updates, I’ll be featuring our backsplash. This is another project that Hubby and I did on our own. Because of some random obstacles with our kitchen, we needed a unique backsplash. I would love to have a glass mosaic tile backsplash, but maybe in our next kitchen.
As I mentioned, we had some obstacles… We didn’t want to gut the kitchen to the studs, so the walls stayed in tact (as much as possible) throughout the renovation. Because of this, we knew we’d have subway tiling behind the backsplash. The old kitchen had a piece of laminate attached to the subway tiling with liquid nails. We didn’t want to try to remove the liquid nail residue from the subway tiling, so we needed to find something else that could be attached to the tiling easily.
I came across a display for these faux tin tiles at Home Depot one day and we decided it would be a good solution to our problem. We agreed on a color and bought some of the tiles. They all had to be cut to size, so we first made templates out of posterboard. The templates were cut to size and then used to cut the actual backsplash pieces.
We purchased the double sided tape that is sold with the tiles to used to attach them. Lastly, Hubby went around with some silicone sealant to seal the seam between the granite and the backsplash.
Installation was very easy (once everything was cut) and we love the look. We also purchased the outlet covers, but I haven’t gotten around to covering them yet…
Check out my Week of Kitchen Renovations here.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
So exciting!!! We are in the middle of a kitchen redo too! Our faucet just went in yesterday! Along with the new dishwasher(we didn’t have one before) is now hooked up!! That may be my favorite new part 🙂 no more washing dishes by hand!!
We’ve been looking around for backsplash. The area behind the sink, stove, and counters is just so bare… we can’t seem to make up our minds about which tiles we like… or if we prefer small bricks. It’s going to be a long process!
And p.s. my boyfriend is obsessed with the faucet you got. We don’t need a new one, but if we did, that’s the one we’d get!
Steph – Oh I can’t imagine not having a dishwasher!
Megan – I love the look of the glass mosiac subway tiling for a backsplash. We had an interesting obstacle in that we have REAL subway tiling on the wall to about 4 feet and the previous owners used liquid nails to attach a laminate backsplash. So we needed something that could be glued back on.
Oh how exciting for the change! I love the redo!
Wicked jealous, I love it. My wife and I talk about our kitchen re-do all the time, even though we don’t have a dime put away for it. But when we do, it will be so fun. The kitchen is by far my favorite room in the house.
Jen: The sink and faucet look beautiful. What I can see of the blacksplash and spice rack, it looks fantastic too. I love, love, love the Vulga Blue granite in our kitchen and I think the glass tile backsplash, although very pricey, really gave the kitchen the splash of color and uniqueness we were looking for! Ok, I really love the chandeliers….they are a real conversation piece and also unique (not for everyone, especially if you are in to simple, clean lines).
Jennifer – Thanks!
Joe – The kitchen is our fav room too. A renovation is a fun/exciting/stressful time. Good luck if you ever get around to it.
Nancy – Thanks – I need to write up posts about the backsplash and spice rack/shelf. We just painted today so it’s all coming together!
It’s so funny – after reading your post on your kitchen and fancy new faucet, I saw the same faucet while at an open house and was showing off all its features to Andrew. Very cool!
I have that exact same faucets and I love it! I also have a deep stainless steel sink. So awesome!
I see that your faucet is on the right. Are you right-handed? I have seen it both ways and need to make a decision. Thanks.
Yes we are both right handed. I actually never thought about putting it on the left.
Yes the green patina looks cool on roofs and awnings. Although we’ll only be at the apartment occasionally and I admit if we arrived after being gone for many months and found the sink had turned into green patina, I might freak out!