Installing a Shiplap Backsplash in The Kitchen

How to install vertical shiplap as a kitchen backsplash on a budget

Y’all this past week has been a blur of kitchen projects!

I don’t know what happened to us but after we extended the kitchen cabinets we got on a kitchen project roll.

After a year of going through this renovation it feels so good to finely see the light!

When I created our kitchen design board I had originally planned on doing a tile backsplash…

But the more I lived with the sample piece I picked out the more I realized I wanted something different.

So I started considering all the other possible backsplashes & decided shiplap was exactly what I wanted!

There are so many benefits to a shiplap backsplash:

1. It is much more cost effective, the boards we used were about $8.50 a piece which is way cheaper than the tile I was originally wanting
2. Shiplap is much easier to install, especially because this isn’t our first time doing it
3. Shiplap (especially hung vertically) is timeless & can be repainted as many times as I want if I get bored of white

There are a few tricks though to installing it & I can’t wait to share them with y’all!

Installing a Shiplap Backsplash in The Kitchen

Supplies:

-Shiplap Boards

-Tape Measure

-Level

-Nails

-Jigsaw

Installing Vertical Shiplap

Start the shiplap on the lowest kitchen wall & decide where exactly you want to start the shiplap.

We chose to start it at the very start of this long wall, so we had about two boards hung before we even touched countertop.

Use a level to make sure your first couple pieces are perfectly straight.

Then attach each board with nails, if you are not hitting a stud, hold the gun at an angle & shoot the nails pointing up & down to secure them to the wall.

Once I did make it to the counter top, I used a scrap piece of shiplap board to make the depth I would need to cut out of my full piece.

Then I traced that line out on my full piece board so I would know where to cut the notch.

A jigsaw worked perfectly for cutting out all the notches & also the electrical outlets!

Once all the shiplap was up I filled all the nail holes with this white putty & caulked all the seams.

We also added a small piece of wall trim across the top for a more finished look.

I already had paint color matched to my cabinets so I used that on all the shiplap.

The vertical shiplap definitely makes the kitchen look so much taller & more grand!

I am so happy we chose to go this route, it is so subtly beautiful.

For the portion of the wall where the stove will be going we will be adding tile to give the space some dimension.

Now the only thing left to do is pick the tile & patiently wait for the stove to arrive…

Let me know what you think of our new backsplash & if you would ever use shiplap!

Follow along with our kitchen renovation here or on Instagram!

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