Recently, while rectifying an excess of “character” in an older home, I was enlisted to install a tile backsplash. The homeowners had just had a beautiful new countertop installed. The old laminate countertop had a 4” backsplash built in, but the new quartz one had only 1”, and in this case, size matters – there was a stretch of mangled wallpaper and dangling trim left behind. The homeowners also wanted an outlet relocated, which involved getting into the wall, and they were tired of the 20-year-old wallpaper, so they decided “while we’re at it…”, and a tile kitchen backsplash job was born. Read More