I'm two for two in keeping up with my New Year's resolution of doing/trying something new every month. I got this one in right before the end of the month.
This month's NEW is also why my house was topsy turvy.
I HAD MY KITCHEN & BACK SPLASH TILED!!
My kitchen originally had linoleum. A while ago I noticed that my linoleum was actually peeling away from the wall! It was coming up in the corners. Aside from being incredibly tacky, I knew it would have to be replaced b/c I hope to one day move outta here.
Thankfully, my brother does tiling on the side. Check him out here. Call him for all your tiling needs :)
It was quite a process. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING touching the floor, had to be removed. Including the fridge and oven!
The oven ended up in the back yard b/c my living room is only so big!
I forgot to get a before pic of the floor, but here's the back splash before and the floor during
And the finished product
The floor looks a little streaky. I'm supposed to lightly mop for a few weeks to get off the extra grout. You also can't tell a big difference between the before and after pics of the floor because I wanted to stay as neutral and similar to the original as possible. Wait till I get my own house! Then I'll go a little more crazy!!
I was very pleased with how it turned out! My next project is to repaint the kitchen. Anybody wanna help :)
Sunday, March 01, 2009
February's NEW
Posted by Staci at 5:37 PM
Labels: back splash, kitchen, new, tile
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8 comments:
Turned out great, got to love them home improvements, huh?? :o)
That turned out great! Good job on trying new things each month.
I just found your blog today through Lauren's comments and thought I'd check it out. :) I LOVE how your kitchen turned out. It's such a fun idea to try something new each month!
I think it looks great ... the backsplash adds alot! My jaw hit the floor though when you posted a link to Matt's site ... Matt Brown - a website?!?! Haha
oooo... I love it!!! Looks great... love the backsplash!!
Wow, I know that feels better! It looks great!!!
Fancy! When are you having us over to eat in the new kitchen?
Ha!
Wow it looks great!
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