We chose the long/skinny staggered tiles for our backsplash. The next step is to decide which pattern you want! The possibilities are endless, but here are a few basic examples. We began by painting our backsplash white, and letting that dry for several days to fully cure. BAM… check this out.Īnd the best part is that it costs about $10 bucks. Or maybe you never realized what a HUGE difference it could make in your kitchen. Or maybe you can’t find tile in the colors you want. It might be because tile is too expensive. Is your backsplash in the buff like mine was? Just a plain painted wall? So listen… there’s an epic problem going on in our country, and it’s called: THE NAKED BACKSPLASH. I love it so much, I’m thinking it might be time for me to update my painted backsplash.Hey guys!! It’s me, Beth (from Sawdust and Embryos) once again! Did ya miss me? I’m guessing not, since you follow my blog too! hehe… right? Here’s a pic of her kitchen BEFORE… just so you can see how much a backsplash truly changes the look of a kitchen! Trela’s backsplash just kills me… it looks so fabulous! Of course it doesn’t hurt that she had an amazing kitchen to begin with. You wouldn’t believe how durable these painted backsplashes ARE! And they’re easier to clean that tile! We recommend rolling on a clear water-based sealer ( this is our go-to stuff) on your painted subway tile backsplash a few days later just for added protection. In these cases, just go back and touch it up after the tape has been removed! Your sponge brush has a flat edge, so it’s easy to keep things straight even without tape. If you let it dry too long, it’s less likely to have a crisp line.Įvery once in awhile, you’re going to have a situation where the tape pulls off a bit of paint from the ‘grout line’… or there might be some crazy seepage that needs touching up. WE JUST BLOTCH IT ON!įor this painted subway tile backsplash (in order to get the ‘slate look’) I used Apple Barrel acrylic craft paint in black (flat) and pewter gray.Īcrylic paint dries pretty fast, so we just start taking tape up almost immediately. When people email and ask how we ‘get it to look like natural stone’… they’re never happy with my answer: just blotch it on! So, even though I hate the sound of my own monotone voice and the repetitive click of the dryer in the background, this little gem is for you. Then on the next column, do the opposite tiles and just continue down the line until it looks like this! And you don’t need to push the razor… just lightly score it and tear off the tape on that ‘tile’. This looks tedious, but it actually goes quite fast. Next, use a razor blade and slice the edge of the tape on every other ‘tile’ in your first column. You’re just going to measure out your 3 1/4” AGAIN along the top and bottom this time, then tap up vertical lines to make a perfect grid with perfect squares. The way subway tiles are staggered like bricks makes it a little more complicated than your basic grid… but nothing to lose your marbles over. Then I placed my tape horizontally just above my pencil markings. So I made a tiny pencil mark every 3 1/4” all the way up both sides. Somebody please make me a t-shirt that says that.įor subway tiles, we do the horizontal lines first. So I put some tape on my ruler so I wouldn’t have to think too much. Subway tiles are 3” tall by 6” wide (we googled it!), but when you’re measuring out your grid, you have to include the width of your 1/4 painters tape. So naturally I found a slab of scrap drywall in the bowels of our garage, cut it to 16” (standard backsplash height) primed, and painted it white. If I had known in advance, I would have taken pics of our process at Trela’s house… but I didn’t. And you guys agreed… because a TON of you have asked for a tutorial! Painted Subway Tile Backsplash Tutorial I got really excited, because while we’re old pros at the subway pattern… it’s not often that someone asks for slate. Trela is a long-time reader of our lil’ blog, and choosing slate for her painted subway tile backsplash was totally her call. If you follow on Instagram, you know that we did a painted subway tile backsplash recently, and we made this one to look like SLATE! It turned out amazing if I do say so myself.
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