When the kitchen remodeling budget is tight, here are 7 ideas for finessing the backsplash issue.
An artist’s studio kitchen is full of creative and inexpensive remodeling ideas: The backsplash is a sheet of painted glass, salvaged from an old project and glued in place.
Photograph by Kim Lightbody
Designer C.S. Valentin’s apartment features a kitchen backsplash fashioned from slabs of wood painted with chalkboard paint.
Photograph by Jonathan Hökklo for Remodelista
Norwegian blogger Nina Holst of Stylizmo created a backsplash using birch plywood stained black.
Photograph by Nina Holst for Stylizimo
Consider the cost-effective strategy of using tiles just where you most need them: above the sink and stove.
Photograph by Ruby Woodhouse
In Fabr Studio’s office kitchen, a slab of marble, left over from a kitchen project, serves as oversized backsplash.
Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista
For a project in the Catskills, Jersey Ice Cream Co. created an ingenious backsplash out of copper flashing nailed in place with copper tacks.
Photography by Beth Kirby of Local Milk
Color-blocking the wall can create the illusion of a backsplash.
Photograph courtesy of British Standard