{"id":6437,"date":"2010-06-21T10:08:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/06\/make-a-dollar-store-kitchen-backsplash\/"},"modified":"2010-06-21T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T17:14:14","slug":"make-a-dollar-store-kitchen-backsplash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/06\/make-a-dollar-store-kitchen-backsplash\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Dollar Store Kitchen Backsplash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was a guest judge for the dollar store challenge last week at The CSI Project<\/strong><\/a>, a weekly challenge blog. There were a lot of great projects represented in the competition (I saw some of you there! Some of you I have already featured here at DSC), but the one I chose was a huge project done on a dollar store budget. Like I said at CSI, I picked this project as my number one project because it made such a huge impact in the kitchen, and was an innovative way to use dollar store stuff to achieve a new look in the kitchen for little money. Part of the core mission of Dollar Store Crafting is to encourage you to make it work, even if your budget for a project is little or nothing.<\/p>\n

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Tiffany at Easie Peasie<\/strong> improved her kitchen by removing crumbling and mismatched vinyl-stick on tiles that had been put up on the wall as a backsplash. Since the backsplash at her rental house had already been made of stick-on tiles, Tiffany decided to replace them with matching (and custom painted) tiles from the dollar store. Tiffany said: “This project proves that just because you are renting, and may not have a huge budget for renovations, you can be creative and find a cute way to make it pretty with what you have.” [click here for the dollar store kitchen backsplash<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Tiffany mentioned that she thought it might be cute to do a stenciled pattern on the tiles, which could look like pressed tin. You could also do the dimensional stencil<\/a> from Creative Jewish Mom <\/a><\/strong>on the tiles, to create more texture on the tiles. I recently saw a cool dimensional applique effect<\/a> at Make the Best of Things <\/strong>made with hot glue and tissue paper that would be amazing for a backsplash.<\/p>\n

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