Revitalizing our backsplash

Being newlyweds and tight on money, we had to get a little creative when it came to updating our kitchen.  No carrara marble for me :(  But I knew I was not going to look at this ugly brown tile for long, whatever it took.  

So we primed it....

We painted it (in a soft pearl color)

and we poly'ed it.

And now we love it. Easy peasy.