I usually have a Trashtastic Tuesday post on Tuesdays. But not today, because I cannot wait another day to do a full reveal on my faux painted subway tile backsplash! I will be back later in the week with a Trashtastic post for you, I promise! But for now, let us bask in the awesomeness that is my kitchen backsplash. I have revealed little peaks of my progress here and here. And yesterday I revealed my painted black door that is also in my kitchen. I painted these cabinets myself, which was another huge job. I finished them in November. So now that my backsplash is complete, I am one step closer to calling this room done! Let me tell you, this has been a long process. Long and tedious. But I am celebrating today because I can finally say it is done! And I am in love with it! Madly, deeply in love! I will come back with a full tutorial for you as soon as I have time to put one together, but for today, I am just going to show you the pictures! Enjoy!
Update: The tutorial for this backsplash is now posted on my blog if You would like to know how I did this!
I made these cafe curtains myself!
Do you remember my stenciled lampshade?
I made the blue plate at a Pottery Painting Store. And I showed you a cheap and easy way to hang plates on a wall too!
These canisters were a Trashtastic Tuesday project.
You can find the tutorial for this technique here.
paint nook
replace cabinet hardware
Add lighting over sink
Paint walls
Make and hang cafe curtains
Paint trim
Re-accessorize above cabinets
Change lamp shade- I stencilled it!
Paint back splash to mimic subway tile- 1/4 finished with this!
Repair or replace faucet
Purchase something to hold microwave
Replace island (dreaming)
Paint current island
Refinish counters, or replace (I am dreaming of granite)
Possibly replace light fixture
Purchase new trash can
Replace all dishes with Fiesta Ware
Add molding to top of cabinets
OMG Nicki, your a genius! Could not believe they were painted, totally looked like the real thing!!!!
That is the sweetest compliment! I wish I were a genius, because then maybe I could afford the real thing, lol!
Oh WOW! That looks soooo real. Beautiful work!
Oh WOW that you read my post! Thanks so much for the comment!
Wow, that is a ton of work, but so worth it, the look is amazing. Your kitchen is gorgeous. I would love it if you would link this to my Inspire Me party that is ongoing.
http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2013/04/162nd-inspire-me-tuesday.html
Hugs, Marty
Thanks Marty! I linked up!
Gorgeous Nicki! I can't believe you actually painted this back splash. It looks so real. You should be very proud of yourself.
Thank you! That is the ultimate compliment!
I just think this is totally awesome. Thanks so much for joining Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
It is so hard to believe that is paint! It turned out great – love it!
I hopped over from The Shabby Nest and would love to have you link up with us for Thrifty Thursday at Living Well Spending Less! http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday/
Thanks for the invite! I linked up!
wow! you should include a break down of how you painted them!
Carissa,
Thank you! I will do a post one day next week with a full tutorial! I just didn't want to make the post too long so I thought I would do a separate post for that.
Wow!!!! You'd never know it wasn't real subway tile!!! Great job!
Thank you for visiting my blog, and the sweet comment!
It looks great! So worth all the hard work!
I'm visiting from your Google+ post and I hope you can visit me back and leave a comment, too!
~ Megin of VMG206
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Thanks Meghan, I stopped by and linked up a few things to your party!
This is such a great project! I wanted to let you know that VMG206 will be featuring you today on BRAG ABOUT IT! I've also pinned it to my Brag About It board in Pinterest.
~ Megin of VMG206
Join me each Tuesday for Brag About It Link Up Party
Megin,
That is awesome! Thank you so much. I am going to hop on over there right now and check it out!!
I wouldn't have ever guessed that would be faux. Looks great! I would love for you to link up with me at http://hickorytrailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/assets-and-efforts-linky-party-2.html
Thanks,
Angela
Thanks for linking up at Assets and Efforts on HickoryTrail
Angela
thanks its so nice
wow, so impressive. and i thought my chevron backsplash was a lot of work! lol. looks fabulous. do you have a "before" pic?!?! 🙂
Thanks so much for linking up to support habitat. Good luck and hope to see you back next week!
Sharing on FB tomorrow!
I do have before pics! If you stay tuned tomorrow there is something really big happening to my blog that involves my kitchen backsplash, and you will be able to see plenty of before pics! That is all I can tell you for now, but tomorrow morning I will be making an announcement!
SOO pretty! Did you use the same gray paint for the grout and the wall? This is exactly the look I am going for, being that my walls are already white.So many use pictures I’ve found use white for the grout, that is the opposite of the look I am looking for.
Thanks so much! Yes, I did use the same color paint for the grout and the wall. Good luck if you decide to give it a try!