Insights on Industrialised Construction with Jaimie Johnston MBE and Amy Marks | Built Environment Matters

Those pillows are fantastic.

In fact, one of my mother-in-laws was here the other day and she just now noticed things like the new lighting and the cornices that have been up since February.Suddenly it looked like I had done a whole ton of work in there, but really all I did was take about an hour of my time one evening and slop a little paint on there..

It even make the area around my super old range look a little more current..So here’s why it works:.I used the concept of color blocking here and just painted on a solid block of color that isn’t found anywhere else in the room.

That really just makes it a pop of the dark gray color rather than a continuation of something else from the room, and gives it that “backsplash” feel, since “real” backsplashes usually use a material that isn’t used anywhere else in the room..Even though this color is a neutral (Martha Stewart Crevecoeur), it’s still a bold color and really makes a statement and draws the eye in.Wimpy colors just can’t do the heavy lifting, decor-wise, that’s needed to make up for the lack of a real solid tile or stone backsplash..

Contrast: If I would have picked a color too similar to the cabinetry or the counter, the effect would be lost..

So that’s how you can do something really simple like painting a tiny strip of wall, and get away with calling it a backsplash.I did this at about 8am and I planned to leave it all day before checking my results, but Chris was working on something on our other renovation in our other bathroom that morning and about an hour later he decided he wanted to take a shower.

I thought I’d have to restart this experiment afterwards, but to our surprise, when he took the bag off and turned the shower on, it worked perfectly!.And just like that, our shower was working like new again!.

Needless to say, we’re all pretty excited about this little fix-up around here.I definitely encourage you to add this trick to your bathroom cleaning routine if you don’t do this already!.