As a self-prescribed interiors addict, I spend much of my time dreaming up improvements of existing spaces in my life. Mainly, the man's house. You remember the "playhouse"? Well, I haven't been playing in it all that much because let's face it, a bachelor pad is a bachelor pad no matter how much lipstick you put on that pig (joking. it's a really great house). Of course that doesn't mean I can't dream a wishful dream for what I think the kitchen needs to look like. And since I'm just dreaming wishful dreams, the kitchen calls for a complete gut job from floor to ceiling. Dreams don't require budgets. Dreams are kind of awesome like that.
The actual space we're working with is quite small (like every 1950's home in the neighborhood) and shares the home's only dining area. When I first stumbled upon this kitchen in Lonny I did a double take. I could not for the life of me decide if the backsplash was a mirror or opened up into another room. "GENIUS" I thought. Maximum expansion opportunities. "GENIUS" I thought again. Certainly a mirrored backsplash would be more affordable than pricey tile. "GENIUS" I thought the last time. Even easier for install since thrifty 20-somethings would certainly skip on professional install and do-it-ourselves. You can't mess up since it's already cut for you!
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| Lonny - Ethan Feirstein & Ari Heckman |
At that point it was branded in my brain that the playhouse would have a mirrored backsplash. Then I did a bit more research only to solidify that decision even more...
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| House of Turquoise |
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| Apartment Therapy |
These mirrored penny tiles are beautiful and add nice texture but go against my lust for easy install and cheap materials. CURSES!
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| Thomas O'Brien |
The more and more I thought about the idea the more and more I loved it. At Boxwood, we have an antiqued mirrored check out counter and I then decided that not only would the backsplash be mirrored, but antiqued too. Textured, vintagey, even better.
But then Ann Sacks ruined me forever. Ruined everything holy and gorgeous going on in my brain particles. I STUPIDLY bought the latest issue of Veranda and stumbled upon these:
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| Ann Sacks - Visage |
Yes, the CRUEL woman had to go and marry my love of antiqued mirror with my love of subway tiles. Why, Ann?! WHY?! Why would you tempt someone who is so easily tempted?! Would you walk into an AA meeting with happy hour coupons? Well, would you?!
Outsourcing the installation, pricier than sheets of mirror, and GORGEOUS. So gorgeous that I want to just by one tile and sleep with it under my pillow hoping the tile fairy would multiply my offering and bring me enough square footage for not only the playhouse's kitchen, but your kitchen too! I'll let you know how that goes.
So, it's nothing close to s full-on tiled mirrored backsplash, or even one cut to fit, which is what I wanted to do too, but since we rent, I found a long mirror that I could hang under the cabinets in my kitchen. Even that small amount of reflection made a huge difference in the look of the space. How cool would it be to hang a full-length black mirror under the cabinets? Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteHi Lauren, how are you?! Are you enjoying your new job? I am at GE now and really like it. My parents just got back from Italy yesterday and I can't wait to see their photos. We'll have to live vicariously through others for now!
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ReplyDeleteI like the mirrored tiles because it's unique and double purpose. It looks like silver that's why it makes the kitchen look so modern. bathroom tiles
ReplyDeleteWe are The Looking Glass of Bath, the company which has made these tiles. They have been previously marketed by our distributor as 'Ann Sacks - Visage Tiles'. As we have had numerous requests, we have decided to supply directly to customers in the U.S.
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