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TH E KITCHEN BACKSPLASH TILE

Jennifer Bartlett

wanted for the Seattle home she shares with her

sister, Wendy, had a hefty price tag. So Jennifer, a

graphic designer, put her creative skills to work. She

designed a tile pattern on her computer, then went

online to buy stained glass in sheets and 3/^-inch

squares. Using glass-cutting tools, she cut center

circles from the large pieces and snipped some of the

square tiles to fit the pattern. Jennifer positioned each

glass piece on a sticky fiberglass mesh laid over color

printouts of the design, creating large “mats” that she

handed to a professional tile installer. The result? An

affordable backsplash and a sense of accomplishment.

“Now I know I could totally do another project this

big,” she says. —

LORALEE WENGER (ft

2 5 6 SEPTEMBER 2010

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

smile everyitime I see my beautiful

backsplash. ids so much better than

ever expectjd.”

B A R TLETT

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