Archive Dive: 9 Favorite Timber Kitchens

When the kitchen remodeling budget is tight, some creative thinking is in order: here are 8 ideas for finessing the backsplash issue.

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The backsplash in this artists' kitchen is a sheet of painted glass, salvaged from an old project and glued in place.

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Designer C.S. Valentin’s apartment features a kitchen backsplash fashioned from slabs of wood painted with chalkboard paint.

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Norwegian blogger Nina Holst of Stylizmo created a backsplash using birch plywood stained black.

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Instead of tiling the entire wall above the kitchen counter, consider the cost-effective strategy of using tiles just where you most need them: above the sink and stove.

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In Fabr Studio’s office kitchen, a slab of marble, left over from a kitchen project, serves as oversized backsplash.

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For a project in the Catskills, Jersey Ice Cream Co. created an ingenious backsplash out of copper flashing purchased inexpensively online and nailed in place with copper tacks.

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And brass sheet as backsplash, as seen in The Catskills Farmhouse of Two Brooklyn Creatives, Weekend DIY Edition.

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Canadian company Smart Tiles offers peel-and-stick embossed Gel-O tile look-alikes; shown is the Hexago pattern.

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Color-blocking the wall can create the illusion of a backsplash.

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Archive Dive: 9 Favorite Timber Kitchens

When the kitchen remodeling budget is tight, some creative thinking is in order: here are 8 ideas for finessing the backsplash issue.

The backsplash in this artists' kitchen is a sheet of painted glass, salvaged from an old project and glued in place.

1. Glass

Designer C.S. Valentin’s apartment features a kitchen backsplash fashioned from slabs of wood painted with chalkboard paint.

2. Chalkboard Paint

Norwegian blogger Nina Holst of Stylizmo created a backsplash using birch plywood stained black.

3. Painted Plywood

Instead of tiling the entire wall above the kitchen counter, consider the cost-effective strategy of using tiles just where you most need them: above the sink and stove.

4. Selective Tiling

In Fabr Studio’s office kitchen, a slab of marble, left over from a kitchen project, serves as oversized backsplash.

5. Marble Scrap

For a project in the Catskills, Jersey Ice Cream Co. created an ingenious backsplash out of copper flashing purchased inexpensively online and nailed in place with copper tacks.

6. Metal Sheet

And brass sheet as backsplash, as seen in The Catskills Farmhouse of Two Brooklyn Creatives, Weekend DIY Edition.

Canadian company Smart Tiles offers peel-and-stick embossed Gel-O tile look-alikes; shown is the Hexago pattern.

7. Stick-up Tiles

Color-blocking the wall can create the illusion of a backsplash.

8. Color Blocking

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