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$30 Cedar Shim Kitchen Back-Splash
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Jodi Adams
(IC: homeowner)
Decided to cover my chalk board back-splash with cedar shims.
Trimmed each shim down and stained them in a dark walnut colour.
Once they were all dried, we applied no-more-nails to the back of them and laid them on the wall in a brick pattern.
It has been a year and they still look great and take what ever my kitchen throws at them.
Trimmed each shim down and stained them in a dark walnut colour.
Once they were all dried, we applied no-more-nails to the back of them and laid them on the wall in a brick pattern.
It has been a year and they still look great and take what ever my kitchen throws at them.
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Published August 12th, 2012 7:19 AM
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Christine Jess Danbrook on Sep 26, 2014This looks amazing. Great job !!
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Kris on Apr 17, 2015Did you install this on back of stove? I would like to do this but afraid of a fire hazard. What would you suggest for protective coatings etc.???? What did you mean trim & no more nails? It looks great!!!!!!
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Jodi Adams on May 04, 2015@Kris No more nails is an adhesive that comes in a tube that looks like caulking. I also only installed this behind my sink and it has held up quiet well over the past few years. I just take a sponge and wipe it down. Behind my stove I installed some reclaimed barn board and it looks fab!!! I myself have not put any protective coatings on the wood short of the stain on the shims.
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