Painting Over a Tile Backsplash

Don’t judge me.

I’m on a budget.

i jumped in head-first and just did it – I painted my kitchen backsplash!!! (resounding gasps from kitchen-design-gurus everywhere!!)

Wait! It’s okay! It didn’t turn out as bad as you might expect.

In fact, I got the idea a couple of years ago when I was looking for a cheap, easy solution for the backsplash in our current home.
I got it off HGTV.com! No joke! They now have a video that shows a great before/after. Awesome transformation.

Unlike the couple in the video, I wanted to get rid of the grey/mauve tiles and go all white!

These pictures inspired my look:

What I liked in these pictures was the openness and brightness of the rooms.

So instead of emptying my pocketbook on white subway tiles, I spent about $30 on paint, a little elbow grease, and it was painted!

*I’m done! See the final look here!*

Painted backsplash

Dining Room Dreams Come True

Agh! So excited!

For many reasons!

1. We have a dining room!
2. I love my dining room!
3. I just finished painting the wall in my dining room!
4. I love my painted walls in the dining room!

It took 3 days to tape, paint ceiling, prime, and paint the walls.  I picked this grey color … I wanted it to look  modern and clean.  That’s why I chose to paint the chair rail and molding on the bottom half of the wall.  Heck.. I think the paint can look almost blue/purple in some light… darn…

But, i’m hoping the new stain on our soon-to-be-refinished wood floors will remedy that.

Future Plans for the Dining room:

1. Buy new chandelier (this is what we have now, and i think it’s beyond saving… only because it’s half porcelain, and that I think will be very hard to paint)
   

   Blue floral porcelain... not quite our taste

2. Buy a dining table.
3. Buy chairs
4. Accessorize!!!! eeeekkk… can’t wait to do that!

Here’s what it looks like today… what u think????

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