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To achieve this kitchen wonder, have a piece of glass cut to the width to your stovetop or to the main prep area. Put it in a frame. Presto-Chang-o! You have yourself a great backsplash without the pain and suffering of tiling or hi-gloss painting. And glass is really easy to clean.
What kind of glass? And what to do about many electrical sockets??
I did the same but with mirror. Actually, I used a regular full length mirror (the kind you attach to the back of a door) and just put it behind my kitchen sink. It really opens up the room.
And what sort of frame? OK to just ege it with electrical tape, or would it be safer to have the glazier frame it like an artwork?
Great idea, esp. since it has the possibility of sliding your recipe behind the glass.
Sliding the recipe behind the glass is an excellent idea!
Make sure the glass is tempered! It can handle heat much better when regular glass will crack.
Also make sure it isn't obstructing any vents from the oven
and make sure it doesn't fall on whatever you are cooking. I think it looks silly too.
Nahh, back in the old days my great-aunts put colorful oilcloth backsplashes on the wall behind the stove for the same purpose. Unless there's easily-cleaned tile up there, that area winds up looking gross. And even if there is tile, it's hard to reach down and behind the stove.
I framed out a large square of flashing about put that behind my stove.
Easier still, get a 15 by 30 Ikea Glass cabinet door and save some time. I think they are like 30 bucks and come in frosted glass, smoked glass, turquoise, and even red (I think). Great idea.
Looks great but I'd be afraid of shattering it with that beautiful teakettle.
I don't think I'd frame it, I'd hold it up with those little metal bracket do-jobbies that are often used to hang unframed mirrors. (Using a nice piece of beveled glass, of course.) The frame does look a just a bit odd. (Although a white frame seems like it would work.)
Along the same lines, you could mount some decorative tiles on plywood. When it's time to clean, you could take it down and wash it in the sink.
be careful, once i had a stove with a glass top that folded down when the stove was not in use.
while cooking, the glass flipped up in the back like the backsplash shown in this photo.
i had a skillet on the back burner and the lip of the skillet was just barely touching the glass.
suddenly the glass exploded (it was safety glass so it broke into little cubes) but it was shattered all over the kitchen.
I prefer the decorative tile on a piece of wood like one person suggested. I don't like the look of the framed glass tilted behind the stovetop. It has a cheap appearance. Even a solid piece of countertop attached behind the stovetop might be an option.
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actually this would be fantastic with a framed oil painting behind the stove