Colorful Kitchen Backsplash
We are in the process of finishing the inside of our country cabin and I needed a waterproof backsplash but also wanted color.
I decided to use hardie backer board (special bathroom drywall for tiling), texture it and then paint it.
I had my husband cut the hardie and then I added the texture. To do this, I used Soquete but you can use any drywall texture which you apply with a regular paint roller.
After it dried, I painted the entire wall with an oil-based copper paint as a base. ( So, one day to cut and texture, next day to paint and third day to install).
Then came the fun part...
Because I have turquoise rock inserts in the live edge kitchen counter, I wanted to use those same colors for the walls.
I used three different colors of blue and green.
I also used some metallics. Using a pallet knife, I just applied the paint directly onto the textured hardi board.
Basically, what happens is that the paint will get mostly on the raised areas. I used the different blues and the metallics. The last color was the light aqua which really stood out.
When it was done, I installed it using screws and then touching up the screw holes with more metallic paint.
This was the counter before we installed it. I added the turquoise rocks inside the cracks and then poured the epoxy (but explaining the process is another post ).
Here you can see it installed. I still have to add a small live edge piece of cedar on the edge, another shelf above the microwave and knobs and a new refrigerator but we are getting there. Little by little.
Here is another picture but with a smaller microwave because the other one died.
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