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3 years into a backsplash that still isn't finished...
I started tiling my kitchen backsplash back in 2021, bought all the subway tile from Home Depot for around $200... got about halfway done and just stopped. The grout lines are all uneven and I messed up the pattern near the outlet covers. Last week I finally pulled out the tile saw again to fix it, but now I can't find the spacers I bought. My wife keeps asking when it'll be done and I keep saying "soon" but it's been 3 years now. Anyone else have a project that's been sitting half-finished for way too long?
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emma_flores29d ago
Three years is a LONG time for a $200 tile job. You messed up grout lines and pattern around outlets, but instead of fixing those mistakes you just walked away and let it sit? That's not a "project" anymore, that's a permanent eyesore your wife has to look at every single day. Buy new spacers for like five bucks at Lowe's and spend one weekend actually finishing what you started. The tile saw is already out, the tile is already bought, there's literally nothing stopping you except your own procrastination. Your wife deserves a finished kitchen, not a "soon" that's been going on since 2021.
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rowan_thomas8429d agoMost Upvoted
Heard this same story from a buddy of mine except he was the one who walked away from a half-done bathroom floor. His wife got so fed up after two years she hired someone else to finish it and the guy basically had to rip out half the work because the subfloor had gotten messed up from sitting exposed. Cost way more than if he'd just finished it himself back then. So yeah, that "five bucks at Lowe's" thing is real. Just go do it, man. It'll feel a thousand times better having a done kitchen than staring at that guilt every morning with your coffee.
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the_anthony29d ago
Man what is it with people leaving tile jobs half done for years? My buddy did the exact same thing with his backsplash and his wife just started leaving passive aggressive notes on the counter. Did you actually try fixing just the grout lines and outlet pattern or did you just get overwhelmed and shut down completely? Because the difference between a $200 fix and a whole redo is literally just showing up on Saturday with a bucket of water and some patience. The fact that you've let it sit for three years tells me there's probably more going on than just bad spacers. Either way your wife is a saint for not throwing a plate at you every morning when she looks at that counter.
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