If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that there’s a slight beef between Ryan and Ralph. Here’s the post that shows the tension. Well, Ralph has finally responded to Ryan’s comments.
Ah. The beauty of apps.
Stop laughing. I know, I know. You’re thinking “You have out-done your crazy cat lady status.” But, as the French say, “Suck it.” Ralph and Ted are the best and they “need” to be memorialized forrrr-evvvvv-errrr. I mean, they’re going to live forever (obviously), but they should still have their own fancy portraits done. And these portraits also serve a purpose (this is the point I’m going to emphasize when I break this to Ryan) - they are helping the Etsy artist pay for his cat Winston’s eye surgery! So…if you don’t buy one, that means you hate animals. I’m just saying…
Here’s a sample:
I don’t know if you noticed, but he will even draw your pet elephant. NO ANIMALS ARE EXCLUDED!! So…for $20, why wouldn’t you buy one? Like seriously. Why? The only answer is that you are a total wang.
Are the worst. As you probably noticed when you read Ryan’s post about the microwave makeover, our kitchen is, how you say, total bootay. Even he says so. The most stressful thing to me is that Ryan’s profession is actually a tile setter. He helps people create the kitchen of their dreams via subway tiles and granite and [other awesome things I don’t even know about]. You know who he can’t help? Me. I mean, our landlord might be ok with Ryan retiling the kitchen, but…the tile itself is espensive! Too expensive to waste in a rental. Every few months I ask Ryan, hoping that the price will have decreased by a $1,000 or so. Sadly, it doesn’t.
SO!
Imagine my excitement when I re-stumbled (I know I’ve seen them before, but I forgot. Probably because I have about 4,000 pins on Pinterest) upon some awesome ideas. The one that gives me more hope than anything:
Mibo tiles. Ummmm…you guys. These are removable tile tattoos. These will cover over the stupid black and white ghetto tiles we currently have. I wish we could get rid of the stupid countertop, but this is a step in the right direction! Baby steps!!
Plywood backsplash. This girl had a similar situation to ours. She opted to just paint some plywood and velcro it to the original tile. Brilliant. BRILLIANT!!
If you don’t have a backsplash at all, there are some other great ideas. My favorites:
Removable wallpaper. And Spoonflower has TONS of designs to choose from OR you can design your own.
Painted backsplash. I absolutely love this one. The design and color are so cheerful. If I looked at that every morning, maybe I wouldn’t be so crabby all the time. Maybe. (Somewhere out there, Ryan is laughing.)
