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 ...

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 ...

Originally, the kitchen backsplash was developed to be a functional barrier between the walls of your kitchen and any grease, water, or sauce that might come flying from whatever mishaps occur in the ...

A modern kitchen with a black faucet, black cabinets and a white tile backsplash. - Joseph Hendrickson/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from ...

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 ...

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 ...

a black and white patterned tile backsplash behind a stove pairs well with the white subway tile in the rest of the kitchen - Joseph Hendrickson/Shutterstock ...

Subway tile backsplashes had their day. Rather than stewing in the designs of old, try one of these much more elegant alternatives.

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 ...