Kitchen backsplash and countertop ideas
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Creative Services ltd on Mar 13, 2015Depending on your budget, natural or manmade quartz is a great look.Helpful Reply
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Creative Services ltd on Mar 13, 2015I'll be posting photos of the best and fastest way to transform old tile back splashes in kitchens.Helpful Reply
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Trudy Hibler on Mar 13, 2015I hope to see that post, @Creative Services ltd. Goodness knows we need it. As for counter tops, have you considered concrete? It can be treated to look like an expensive finish.Helpful Reply
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Liliana Wells on Mar 14, 2015Painting your counter tops is very inexpensive. Check out www.gianigranite.com to see how it's done. I did mine a few months ago - before dark green Formica, after granite looking counters. Good luck.Helpful Reply
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Ashley Freeman on Mar 14, 2015Concrete can be done but I worry about what is in it for a food prep surface. What I plan on doing in my kitchen as I build my strawbale house is a counter top that is cobb and natural clays. Start researching cobb and natural building things and you will find some beautiful counters as well as floors. It will harden just like concrete and there are a number of food safe finishes that can be put on it.Helpful Reply
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Moxie on Mar 14, 2015Just a note to expand your options; if you seal the tile grout cleaning/staining isn't an issue. the "new" subway tiles can often have very small grout lines..that said the options are endless! Have fun picking what works with your look and I painted some tops also as a test after I ordered my new ones; had I known how easy it way and well it held up I would have painted in lieu of replaced mine! I replaced my tops with solid surface tops and painted my cabinets (bottom dark blue grey and uppers white with white subway tile backsplash and I luv them. Good luck!Helpful Reply
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Al on Mar 14, 2015Here's what we did. I think we had the exact Formica in house we just moved into.Helpful Reply
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Kathleen linn on Mar 14, 2015My daughter put a sheet of tin as a backsplash. It looks great modern yet simpleHelpful Reply
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Creative Services ltd on Mar 14, 2015Here's another look before the new tile installation.Helpful Reply
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Irish53 on Mar 14, 2015just use a dark grout. It doesn't always have to be white to matchHelpful Reply
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Lorrie on Mar 16, 2015I used Rustoleum Countertop transformation. Took me a whole weekend and cost about $300 but the results were beautiful. Big suggestion. Have a wet/dry vac handy. Instructions don't say you need one, but trust me, it helped a lot.Helpful Reply
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Christina on Mar 17, 2015How about aluminum diamond plate metal? You can get it in long, continuous slabs, for lack of a better word, and there are no grout lines. Another cool thing I've seen is covering a colorful textile with glass. You can easily wipe the glass clean and change out the fabric if you like. I suppose you could do the same thing with wallpaper behind glass, too. Here are some more grout-less materials: www.houselogic.com/home-advice/maintenance-repair/groutless-tile/?eo_sm_sa_chHelpful Reply
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