Another project that we decided to not have the builder do was the kitchen backsplash in order to help keep the overall house of the project in our budget. I thought alot about doing a fun morrocan shaped tile in a neutral color and explored lots of the local tile stores.... but in the end we ended up deciding for budget and resale value that a classic neutral subway tile was the way to go.
We ended up ordering Daltile Rittenhouse in Almond from Home Depot which was very budget friendly at $2.58/SQ FT. I found lots of inspiration from my new found love, Pinterest! Here is an example of what was our inspiration:
Once we had the tile, we consulted our good friend Steve to help up with the technical details of how we were going to complete this installation. Paul had installed tile once before (bad experience) and I had never installed tile before... so we were in for quite a treat!
Thanks to Steve's advice and the help of the staff at the tile store, we got the right tools we needed and got to work!
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| We decided to use the premixed mastic since it was a small job and our first time, basically. It was really pretty easy to use and definitely nice to save a step. |
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| Tile installation complete but no grout yet. |
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| We ended up changing out the switch plate covers to stainless rather that the existing white (which stood out like a sore thumb, see photo above). |
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| About two weeks after we installed the tile, we finally grouted it! The grout install probably only took about 3 hours with setup and cleanup, so not bad! |
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| FINISHED! Our kitchen is finally complete and no more moving of everything off the countertop and back! |
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