{"id":32165,"date":"2016-08-23T18:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=32165"},"modified":"2018-04-23T20:22:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T01:22:33","slug":"painting-a-tile-back-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=32165","title":{"rendered":"Painting a Tile Back Splash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since we moved in, our intention was to paint the kitchen cabinets and change out the back splash.\u00a0 Well, Mom and I painted the cabinets<\/a>, but nothing ever happened to the back splash.\u00a0 Dealing with the work and dirt of tearing out the old back splash and installing a new one was just not something Yankee and I were getting excited about.\u00a0 We added a back splash<\/a> to our kitchen in Syracuse, but that was a simple fix because there wasn’t an old one there in the first place to deal with.\u00a0 After talking to kitchen designer Debra Hupman, who advised Mom on updating her kitchen last year<\/a>, we learned that painting a tile back splash was an option.\u00a0 We read about it, talked to people about it, looked at Pinterest, and read blogs, and decided that painting was the option we would go with at this time.\u00a0 And finally, a year after moving in, our back splash is now white and wonderful.<\/h3>\n

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It all started one Friday night. \u00a0Little Miss was in bed, and I thought, “Let’s just do this.” I had everything I needed on hand.\u00a0 I shared this photo on Instagram<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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First thing I did was really clean the tile. \u00a0I used Dawn soap to cut the grease, and then I took rubbing alcohol to really get at any remaining residue so I could apply an oil-based primer. \u00a0 After it dried, I added two coats of the same paint I used for the cabinets, Pure White semi-gloss latex by Sherwin Williams. \u00a0Voila! That was it. \u00a0I think this is my easiest<\/span> project yet that gave us the most bang for the buck. \u00a0Why did I take so long to do it?<\/h3>\n

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Here it is\u00a0 – the painted tile. \u00a0I am so happy with the way it turned out. \u00a0I have now put replacing our back splash at the bottom of our home’s to-do list.\u00a0 This looks great!\u00a0 Since we really aren’t scrubbing it or rubbing against it, the paint will pretty much go untouched which will make it last longer.<\/h3>\n

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You can see we only have one white outlet, and that was the one we changed ourselves to USB outlet<\/a>, which we love and use daily. \u00a0We plan to change out the cream outlets to white right away.<\/h3>\n

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I am planning to add something interesting to that little rectangle over the stove.\u00a0 One option is our custom monogram, and another option is a colorful platter.\u00a0 What do you suggest?<\/h3>\n

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Oh, and did I mention that we LOVE it?\u00a0 What you can’t tell from looking at this picturesque scene is that the fan over the stove stopped working two days after we moved it.\u00a0 It was 10 years old, so, we forgive it.\u00a0 As I write this, Yankee is in the process of installing a new one and building a wooden box to hide it and make it blend in more with our cabinets.\u00a0 Stay tuned.\u00a0 We will be sure to share when it is finished.<\/h3>\n

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Here is a quick peak of the kitchen before we painted the cabinets and back splash. \u00a0Our kitchen island<\/a> gets lots of use and makes our kitchen an “eat-in kitchen” for with Little Miss’s breakfast and lunch.\u00a0 We still eat all of our evening meals in the dining room<\/a>, though, and will continue to do that.<\/h3>\n

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I keep telling Yankee it’s just so bright in here, and I love it.<\/h3>\n

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We both want to change out the pulls, but that will happen after the fan project is complete.<\/h3>\n

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This is what the fan project is looking like right now.\u00a0 As I said before…..stay tuned(;<\/h3>\n

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Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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