Adding Design Flair to your Kitchen Backsplash
May 27, 2009 by
How to jazz up the look of ones kitchen using the right type of tiles
The two areas of a house that many house owners overlook are the bathroom and kitchen. People spend money on decorating the other places of the house. However one needs to keep in mind that kitchen is place where a lot of time is spent. Hence it is imperative to spend particular attention to the design and set up of the kitchen.
The region over the counter top often turns out to be a problem area in the kitchen for many people. It is a good idea to install a kitchen tile backsplash. The small region over the counter top is ideal for lending a final touch to the kitchen. Glass tiles and natural stone tiles can be used in this context. As an alternative a person can also use tiles with texture and hand painted tiles. There is no hard and fast rule that all the tiles used in this area would have to look similar. A home owner can get interesting results by mixing and matching tiles.
Tiles not only look good in a kitchen but they are also easier to maintain and clean. It would be wrong to think that a mason needs to be called for installing a back splash. On the contrary, glass tile backsplash can be installed by a home owner easily. As expected some of the tiles need to be cut for trimming around windows and similar openings. While this can prove to be time consuming it is not tough.
Other openings like switches and wall outlets need to be trimmed carefully. The benefit of ceramic tile is that it can be used on a variety of surfaces with ease. However a person needs to keep in mind that the surface should be solid and clean. It would be advisable to put a cement layer to fix the tile properly.
A person needs to have a sense of aesthetics for making the decorative tile look visually pleasing. The tiles need to match with the color of the flooring and wall of the kitchen. If a person is not sure about selecting the right type of tiles he can talk with an interior designer. The web is a very good resource for finding various types of tiles that can be used in kitchen and other areas of a house. Many companies sell the tiles online and they have online catalogues where people can see the products and compare them side by side.
However if a person is looking for a one stop online solution for his tile buying need he can count on the site My Tile Backsplash. It offers the buyers the chance to take their pick from various types of tiles at one place. Whether one is looking for recycled glass tile, ceramic tile accents and stained glass mosaics he can get it all in this site. It keeps updating the range from time to time.
Time to join the cement layer's union.
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alison, i thought i should at least tell you that i did blab about my comment to you on my own blog. once i comment i generally feel that it belongs to the person that i gave it too. i wanted to make sure that you weren't bothered by anything that i said. so here is what i wrote. if i have offended you in any way please tell me (i will take it off) if you like it I wanted to link it to your post. let me know: mainly i wrote and called it my guts. thank you for inspiring me to think this way today.
by the way, i noticed your sometimes life is funny, a book for bloggers. did they decide on the title. i like it.
here, my guts:
okay, so this morning i am checking on my blog friends before i am off to study, write papers, design power points, and take finals. i come across one and i LOVE her for being so honest. we all feel weary and insecure [not that she said that, i just felt that way about myself thinking about what i read], especially with all these perfect and perfectly happy moms out here. as i rambled on my comment i realized that i probably don't blog my guts a whole lot here and you all probably think i am perfectly perfect and happy. well, that just isn't the case. so here is my comment to her, because i don't think i have the courage to write it twice:
in response to being the perfect mom, because others are doing it, and to not whining and complaining:
i think the key wording here is “virtually surrounded” by women who love it and are good at it.
[i put that in parenthesis on purpose, because i do think the reality of it is that it doesn't exist, feeling perfectly happy, except on the seriously so blessed blog, which is truly a satire of Mormon mom perfection, i will leave it at that, commenting on my own thoughts.]
i think it is hard for all moms, and for all dads, who spend time at home, stay at home…mom/dads. i had a mom tell me this week that she was a cement layer, in the heat, the cold, the dirt, and hard labor, and being a mom on a good day is harder than doing cement work on a bad day.
be nice to your self. we all struggle, maybe we just don't show it in our virtual reality world of writing. i need to more. i don't write as much about it as i should. days are hard. right now i think i am the most neglectful mom there is. a cluttered house, i am constantly doing homework, blogging in between my on line course work.
i feel like a chaotic crazy mom. i think i will post this comment on my blog. i am sure you are not the only person who feels this way. or maybe this rambling is all about me. i'm sorry if it sounds so selfish, and inadequate, and insecure, and deliriously weary. that is the guts of how i feel. take care now.
so, yes, everyone: please take care. not one of us could honestly say that we never lose our patience, that we don't struggle and have pain, that we always enjoy every aspect of motherhood, parenthood, it is hard work; it is worth it, but it is hard work.
it honestly is the “walking in the snow uphill both ways” life. yes, we want our kids to be loved, protected, happy, giggling children with great childhoods to remember. but somedays are tough, and if you need to write your guts you should be able to. i know i need to.
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