I’m gonna let you in on a secret. I don’t really have a marble countertop or white subway tile backsplash in my kitchen. Shocking, I know. Today I have a little photo blog tip for you. It’s not rocket science but sometimes it’s nice to see the behind the scenes and really see how easy it can be to fake it. Sometimes faking it is bad (dirty mind comment here) but sometimes you worked really hard on something and you just want to show it off and not have your 1970’s green tile pattern distract from it. You too can have a this beautiful kitchen for a the low price of $27 + applicable taxes.
So here’s the big secret – what you need is some peel and stick tiles from The Home Depot ($5.99 each), faux marble contact paper ($1.00) and 2 pieces of white foam core from the dollar store ($1.00 each).
From here it’s pretty self explanitory but I’ll show you so you can really see how easy it is. The peel and stick tile is seriously insanely sticky so get your sh!t together before you peel and stick it. It doesn’t have to be perfectly lined up with the edge of the foam core but bonus points if it is.
Boom! you have a beautiful white subway tile backsplash.
The contact paper can be a bit trickier because of air bubbles. I recommend using some kind of straight edge and very slowly adhere it to the foam core a bit at a time, constantly smoothing it down to get rid of any air bubbles.
There you go. Now you have a beautiful kitchen reno for under $30.
Set up your portable kitchen where ever you please and shoot away. When you’re done, you can easily store that kitchen out of site.
No one needs to know.
28 responses to “PHOTOGRAPHY: fake it ’til you make it kitchen background”
I absolutely love this idea!! I’ve been using white poster boards, but I LOVE this idea. Looks like I’ll be doing some upgrading. Fake it till you make it…love it!
haha, this is awesome!
You’re pretty much genius!
Yup, this is so happening. Great idea. Xo Caitlin
Whoa, brilliant!
BRILLIANT!
I love it !!!!!! I’ve been waiting for the budget to allow us a subway tile backsplash and granite counter. Now I don’t have to wait to shoot those food photos.
So awesome and super clever! Thanks for sharing your trick. Where did you find the marble contact paper?
Thanks! I bought it awhile ago but I’m 99% sure it was at Dollarama.
LOVE THIS!!!
Smarty pants!
SOOO gooood!
Wow, this is the perfect solution for taking the perfect pictures! I can see using different ‘papers’ for different situations. I love this, thank you.
Debbie :)
Clever girl! Thanks for sharing.
Someone has a VERY bad case of “the smarts” !!!
Clapping… and Pinning!
Super clever! I never would have guessed that the marble wasn’t real. This makes me suspect that around 30% of my internet jealously has actually been unfounded ;)
I… it…. that… I….
Huh. You pretty much just changed my life and blew my mind at the same time.
Wow! I didn’t realize this little idea of mine would make me look like such a genius and be such a game changer. Happy to share ladies and enjoy your new kitchens!
Oh wow! I almost bought some marble contact paper the other day, but couldn’t think what I would use it for. I will not be making that mistake again, and am off to see if they still have it! Great tip, thanks so much!
I have a horrible outdated brown oak kitchen with nasty cream formica countertops and I was actually thinking about building a little kitchen ‘box’ with real products to take photos in. This is genius (and you just saved me a whole heap of money and time!).
Umm AMAZING. Clever, girl!
You are a smartie pants!
Whaaaat?!?!?! Fooled me! Well done, young lady!! Amazing that you shared this. Just found you…will keep you. :)))) Thank you.
Genius! love it :)
Wow! What a great tip. I use white foam core and some old boards often – but I LOVE the fake tile look and the marble…..oh how I wish I had a full marble counter top!
This is freaking brilliant!!!
This is an amazing idea, Thanks for sharing.
First thank you very much for sharing this. It truly is brilliant and budget friendly.
But when I started snooping around The Home Depot website, I found A LOT of different stick on tiles and contact papers I want to get! :-)