Remodelista Favorites:  7 Budget-Friendly Backsplash Hacks

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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.

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