If you read The Home Know-It-All very often, you’ve probably heard about my lovely salmon-hued backsplash tiles. They’re ugly. But I don’t have the cash to rip those babies out and redo the walls, so I’m stuck with them for now.
Or am I?
I was reading dispatches from the International Builders’ Show on the Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog and came across mention of ACP’s Aspect Metal Tiles. So I decided to check them out.
It turns out that all you have to do to apply the 3x6-inch tiles is prime your wall (even if it’s tile!), then peel the tiles off their backing and stick them in place. The tiles are available in three colors: brushed stainless, brushed copper, and brushed bronze. According to the manufacturer, they’re made from a solid-polymer core covered with two-sided aluminum sheets—and they’re made from 60 percent recycled material, which earns them bonus points in my book.
As you’ll see if you visit the product website, you can also use the tiles all over the place—on a fireplace surround, on cabinets, you name it.
The tiles are available directly from the manufacturer and will be sold nationwide at Lowe’s by this summer.
By the way, if you’re looking for more backsplash ideas, how about installing your own tile backsplash like my parents did? Or bone up on backsplash basics.
Another great idea I was reminded of this weekend: If your backsplash is bare (read: not covered in tile like mine) why not add a coat or two of magnetic paint and adorn it with magnetic picture frames, spice jars, and the like? Functional, fun, and sure to cure the backsplash blues!
Until tomorrow,
The Home Know-It-All
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