DIY Projects For Home Decorating: Stair Step Your Way To A New Kitchen Backsplash

Do you love the clean, timeless look of subway tile? We do. BUT we also wanted a fresh take on laying out said subway tile so we created a "stair step" pattern that offers enough interest but won't be trend-less in a couple of years.

Because this pattern was a little too "advanced" to just wing it, we opted to trace the tile pattern onto the wall. The probability of a crooked pattern was so very much a reality when it comes to our DIY projects! So the lucky husband spent a few hours tracing...and tracing and tracing.

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Of course, once the mastic was spread on the walls it covered up the traced-out pattern! But all that prior tracing did result in a straight pattern and one that lined up as it wrapped around the kitchen. And that's what matters, right?!