Affordable and Easy Kitchen Tile Backsplashes

Kitchen tile backsplash

Installing a ceramic tile backsplash is an easy, affordable way to liven up your kitchen. Tile can provide definition between cabinets and counter tops making the whole room pop. The application is great for sink areas and stovetop ovens. Ceramic tile is simple to keep clean and also highly resistant to marring and staining. A wide range of available shapes, sizes and shades make finding a match for your kitchen’s pattern and color scheme a ‘well worth the time’ search.

Ceramic backsplashes are like eye candy. People do take notice of them when they enter your kitchen. Tile can be effective in helping to detract from unsightly counter top clutter. Choosing the right style may even provide the illusion of more counter top surface space. Overall, adding a ceramic backsplash to your kitchen walls really can be a low-cost method for an effective makeover.

With proper preparation, ceramic tile may be installed over the existing sheetrock in most cases. Edges can be left open or completed with matching border pieces. In some cases, home owners have opted for wood trim casing painted or stained to match their existing cabinets. Tiles are easily cut to go perfectly behind light switches and electrical outlets. Even paper towel holders and spice racks may be mounted to the tile with proper planning.

Kitchen back splashes can be completed relatively quickly and easily by an experienced contractor or handyman. The disruption to kitchen life is minimal and lasts only a few days at most. The project requires patience and certain degree of skill. Design and layout commands a sense of aesthetics and taste for an optimal overall look and quality finish. Planning is 50% of the perfect installation.

The transformation gained from adding a ceramic tile backsplash to your kitchen is astounding. You will be thoroughly pleased with the change this simple project provides to your home’s kitchen. Having a new tile backsplash is quite simply one of the most economical and classy ways to improve the look and feel of your kitchen. Effective and affordable, your kitchen can have a superb updated look that you and your family can enjoy for years to come.

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Melisande Atkinson: Melisande Atkinson is the founder of Better Built Craftsman LLC, a Birmingham home remodeling companyspecializing in finish carpentry, kitchen and bathroom remodeling, deck building, and general handyman services. Her personal design aesthetic can be described as Mid-Century Pan-Asian with an emphasis on bold geometrics and neutral palettes. “One of the main reasons I chose to found my own home remodeling company,” Melisande states, “is that while the idea that 'perfect is the enemy of good,' there is no such thing as good enough,” a philosophy that drives her to continue to grow and evolve. “My crew is on board with my principle philosophy, which is important to me. Without their exceptional talents I could not deliver the sort of experience that I want to my clients.” Melisande can be reached at contractor@betterbuiltcraftsman.com