Glass and Travertine Mosaic Tile

Backsplash for kitchen.

Doesn't a kitchen with freshly painted grey walls, need a brand new backsplash to match? I found the perfect match for my kitchen at my local Home Depot.  The backsplash I picked out was glass and travertine mosaic wall tile by Jeffrey Court. The name of the tile was Yukon Cliff Brick.


I feel in love with this tile and just had to have it. I was just in luck, because my Dad was in town visiting this past weekend and I was able to sweet talk him into putting my backsplash up. Daddy's can never tell there little girls no.

We used a Simplemat for the backing. This mate is much better than conventional methods, it eliminates the need for mortar, drying and cure time. The simplemat is advertised to be the quickest, easiest and cleanest way to install tile. This mat works best with mosaic tile that has open mesh backing, just like the kind I purchased. I would not listen to the negative reviews on this product. This product does an awesome job,if used with the correct tile.

I wanted this backsplash so bad, that I did not take in consideration on how hard this tile was to put on the wall. The Simplemat was a super adhesive mat. We had to make sure all the small tiles that were on the sheet of tile, was straight and lined up even with the rest of the tile that was already on the wall. When placing the tile to the wall we had only one shot at putting that piece of tile up. Because once you place the tile on that Simplemat it was stuck. We were able to move the tile around somewhat but not very much.

All of the tavertine tiles that were on the mats had to be sealed with a sealant prior to grouting. When using mosaic tiles you can not use a sand grout. If you use a sand grout then you will end up scratching all of the glass on your tiles. Non-sanded grout works best.

Overall the project was quick and simple and it transformed my kitchen. I love my backsplash and my kitchen.

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Stormy Gray

 Benjamin Moore Stormy Gray Paint

The first time I ever laid eyes on my kitchen I fell in love with it. When we first moved in we had no intentions on changing anything in the kitchen. I had this theory that the decor I had in my previous home would just flow perfectly in our new kitchen. I was even able to bargain with the previous owners for their kitchen chairs. The kitchen was a grassy green color, with a cherry Pergo floor, the counter was black with tan and brown spots in it and the cabinets has some sort of tan textured paint on them. Once my decor was placed in the kitchen I realized real fast that the grassy green color on the wall was not going to work. Even my husband told me that the green had to go. So with those words said, I started planning.

 With luck on my side, we received a $25 gift certificate in the mail, to be used at any paint store that sold Benjamin Moore paint. I had never actually been to a real paint store before. I don't consider a home improvement store to be an actual paint store. When I walked in I felt completely out of place. For one I was one out of two women in the store, the rest was professional painters and workers. But I had one thing on my mind, I wanted my kitchen to be painted gray.

I decided to go with the Benjamin Moore Stormy Sky #166 eggshell paint. This was a dark gray. It looked like it did not have any blue or green undertone to it in the store. But when I got it home and on my walls it had a slight blue undertone to it. I was very impressed with the quality of this paint. No wonder it was so expensive.

I have placed the before and after pictures below. The before picture is what the kitchen looked like when the previous owners still occupied the home. I was able to find this picture from when the realtor had placed it out on the web when the house was for sale.

Before

I think the gray made a big transformation. When I started painting the room, I was kinda scared when I saw how dark the gray was. But when it was finished I just stood back and said WOW. When I placed all my decor back up the wall the color bought out the gray outlines in the frames. Can  I say again this again I LOVE THIS COLOR!




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