Kitchen: Backsplash lovin'

The kitchen is almost complete, which means we aren't too far from our closing date, and we couldn't be more excited!! We decided to take that excitement and book in a little time at Lowes for some window shopping and inspiration. Since we're there pretty much there all the time looking at
lighting, appliances and everything in between we figured it would be a perfect excuse to go a little crazy and check out backsplash tile.

We opted out of purchasing the kitchen backsplash through the builder since the

cost to tile ratio was ridiculous and wouldn’t have been very friendly on our already tight upgrades

budget. We could have had a really basic tile with nothing special for the hefty price of
$1700. It was a project we could eventually have done ourselves and could give us the flexibility to  splurge on a really high end tile for a fraction of the cost.

So to continue with our little adventure at Lowes, we got to see a great variety of their tile that would fit our budget just right. Here are our top picks.

Even though some of the tile was on crazy sale, we couldn't really purchase anything because we didn't think to take the proper measurements while we were there earlier. We also didn't really want to buy what was on the floor because we didn’t want to come up short once we moved in. So we decided to wait.

A few days later, we were browsing the Costco isles checking out their appliance
selection, and we noticed they started carrying a lot more items for home improvement..
sinks, faucets, bath tubs.. and there it was.

Our tile.

Other than the price, can you actually tell the difference?

Neither could we.

So we jumped, and bought it.

Total savings (before taxes): a whopping $14 per square foot!! Can you say score?