I have a love-hate relationship with wallpaper.
I hate removing it – like from my bedroom and my kitchen. (PS – if you haven’t seen the insanity of the kitchen wallpaper I inherited with this house, check it out here!) Then I discovered beadboard wallpaper… which I loooooove. (Extra “o” letters necessary.)
I love the look of beadboard and We have it in several places in our house. Then, I discovered beadboard wallpaper and I was hooked. I started by trying it in my dining room and then I added a wall of it in my kitchen. And now I’m back because I added it as a backsplash in my kitchen!
To see a full tutorial on how to install beadboard wallpaper, click here.
We’ve been talking about adding a tile backsplash in our kitchen for ages, but it just hasn’t been a priority. Then I started toying with the idea of a beadboard backsplash. Since I still had part of an older roll in the basement, I started measuring and I had just barely enough (only three inches to spare!).
I know what you are thinking – why did you put wallpaper on something called a backSPLASH!? Don’t you think that’s a stupid idea?
Well, our kitchen sink, the source of 95% of our splashing, is right in front of a wide window. And in the last two years cooking in the kitchen, I’ve just found that I don’t splatter on the backsplash very often. Plus, since the beadboard wallpaper is painted with two coats of paint, I can just as easily wash something off as I did on the wall.
Plus, it is easy to reverse if we decide to tile someday. We could have installed real wooden backsplash as well, but that would have required a lot more work, and we would have needed to redo more of the trim.
The best part is – the upgrade was at no cost! I have purchased my Graham and Brown beadboard wallpaper rolls from Rhoda at Southern Hospitality’s shop where it runs $25 a roll.
Originally I purchased two rolls, so for $50 I was able to add beadboard in my dining room:
and now my backsplash as well!
I think that’s $50 well-spent!
To see a full tutorial on how to install beadboard wallpaper, click here.
It looks great!! I just love how bright your home is 🙂 It’s cheery like YOUUUU.
stop being so perfect! i love it!!!!! You do got style! Love you gushy!
You are so silly Goo!
Aw love you!
very clever idea. looks fab!
How has it held up for your backsplash?
very well! easily wipeable and doing great. No problem areas at all.