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This is what my kitchen looked like before:
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Kinda boring, white cabinets, with beige paint on the walls. 2 of my kitchen walls are dark(er) red though, so at least I've got a bit of color in there (I'm keeping the previous tenants color). But still, if I could bring more color on the other side of the kitchen, I would!
I bought some pretty sticky shelf liner stuff, otherwise known as contact paper I believe. I wasn't sure what I would find in the store, but I found one I rather liked in the color scheme I got going, and bonus it looked like tile! All I did was just cut it to size and taped it to the wall. I wasn't sure how easily removable the sticky of it would be, so I didn't use it's natural stickiness to stick it to the wall (woah, too much sticky in the same sentence!) I used instant-tac (that stuff is AWESOME!).
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(EDIT: After my fake backsplash had fallen to the ground about 3 times, the instant-tac failing to hold, I decided to just stick it directly to the wall. It seemed like it would be easy enough to remove it in the end. Actually had to unstick it a few times because it was bubbling up as I was putting it up. So should be removable in 3+ years when we move.)
And now I got this:
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I'm happy with it. Only thing is I didn't put enough instant-tac, so it bubbles up. I might still use the natural sticky other side, but I gotta test out how easy or hard it is to remove first.
Now I'm kinda debating if I put some all along under my cupboards. The only problem is that my counter is lower than standard, yet the cabinets are higher than standard, therefore I have a wide space between the 2, and the liner is not wide enough to fit the whole space. But I'll start with this, and we'll see.
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What's that cooking, you ask?
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It's ham!! Smoked pork picnic shoulder ham to be exact. Super simple to make, too, and the tastiest. Just boil ham with 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, 1/4 cup maple syrup (I kinda just go by eye really), for 3-4 hours. My parents also add molases, but I never bothered to buy some. Then turn off heat and let sit for an other couple hours (the longer you let sit, the more tender it will be; we did it overnight this time cuz we started it late at night, so it sat 6 hours). The bone should fall *right* off! Just try not to get sick off of it, like my boyfriend almost did (it's seriously his favorite meat now. He says he'll never leave me cuz I can make this lol). That's it!
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