Welcome to DIY Diary. Each entry covers a new home improvement project. Here, DIY enthusiast Courtney Hans puts a vintage spin on a lackluster kitchen. Before she could install any tiles to the ...

Question: On one of your shows, I saw you painting an embossed tin backsplash and love the idea, because I don’t have to change the whole backsplash if my color tastes change — I can just repaint.

Q On one of your shows, I saw you painting an embossed tin backsplash. I love that idea, knowing that I don’t have to change the whole backsplash if my color tastes change. I can just repaint. Where ...

A pressed tin backsplash is given more dimension with an ocher glaze rubbed over the yellow base coat. Dear Debbie: On one of your shows I saw you painting an embossed tin backsplash and I love the ...

For an attractive, inexpensive DIY backsplash that you can install in a weekend, try beadboard. Painted or raw, it packs a punch, especially when installed in a jazzy pattern, like this chevron design ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kitchen backsplash is an ideal area to add a punch of color, a dash of personality, or a bit of pattern to an otherwise ...

Backsplashes have come a long way from their humble beginnings. Once installed only to protect walls from water, grease and food splatter, the original backsplashes were just four inches high and had ...