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Faux Stone Kitchen Backsplash

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So a long, long time ago in a land far, far away… actually just about 6 months ago and only 3 doors down… I put up a backsplash for my sister’s kitchen. I received a free sample of Aspect Tiles from a DIY blog conference I attended last summer and being the nice sister I am, decided to donate this Faux Stone Kitchen Backsplash to my sister’s kitchen makeover.

Now we’ve done faux tile backsplashes before, once in our kitchen and once in my brother’s house, but this was something fun and new. This tile is actually textured and feels like real stone on the surface… and looks amazing in person!

My sister has really dark wood cabinets in her kitchen and this stone tile (called Medley Slate) went perfectly with her décor. You can kind of see our progress below. Let me also note that this stuff was super easy to work with: I just measured, cut with it scissors, peeled off the back, and stuck it on the wall. 

So here’s what her kitchen looks like now…

Pretty with the dark cabinets, right?

The hardest part of installing this Faux Stone Kitchen Backsplash was definitely around the window sill. For this I actually used the backing of another tile to create a template before I trimmed the tile with scissors. The rest went by easily without any major issues.

Now my sister has a HUGE kitchen… in fact you don’t see the other side of her kitchen with the refrigerator and more cabinets. Overall to cover the huge space we spent about $150 on the Aspect tiles (and probably had another $100 in free samples). Not too bad considering the kitchen now looks amazing and we knocked it out in two short evenings (with 3 kids running around!) 

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  2. Erin, that is beautiful. They look exactly like real stone. I hope Ben is having a good day today.

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  4. Where do I buy the ” peel and stick back splash ” I live in the middle of nowhere, don’t want to order on line.
    Only stores around me are Walmart, big r and Lowe’s. Will any of these places have this?
    Thank you

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  5. I have never seen a peel and stick that gorgeous before. Thank you so much for sharing that. I am definitely going to look into it for my kitchen.

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  7. This looks absolutly gorgeous!!!
    I would love to do this to our kitchen! It is old and dated our back splash currently is the same as what is on our counter tops
    Could this be applied directly over top of the old laminate finish on the backsplash that is existing now?
    I Look forward to hearing from you :)
    Thanks!

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  9. The backsplash looks amazing, and professionally done. We just bought all new appliances, and now getting ready to paint. After seeing this post. I’m now going to to this backsplash.

    Question: would you by chance know the name and brand, of the paint color in your sisters kitchen? I LOVE that color, and would like sample it in my kitchen.

    Thank you!!

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  11. Are the faux stone panels easy to remove?
    I am a renter and concerned about being able to remove with little to no damage. Thanks.

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  12. This seems like a really great product. If I may suggest, putting in darker or stainless outlet covers, both on the island and on your new faux stone, would really up the appeal and would not make those white ones stand out so much……. just saying……

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  14. When I click the link for backsplash it takes me to Amazon where this is $225 for 15 square feet ???? Can that

    be right? Very expensive project . Maybe I missed something ? Beautiful look though but at that price, I can

    do real tile, so I’m hoping I missed something.

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  15. How does this backsplash hold up to cleaning? What do you use to clean grease & food splatters from this? I really love the look of this and I need to update my kitchen so I am really looking forward to trying this. Thanks

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    • Their website says to use soap and water for standard cleanup. If you need a more aggressive cleaner, use a stone cleaner available at any home center. You can also seal it for an easier clean up!

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  16. Who many boxes did you use in total? The kitchen looks like a Wayne homes Charleston kitchen. The same kitchen I have. I would love to do this. Thanks

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