Amy I haven't seen her here in years. She has a website though if you look up her screen name. You could contact her through there.

I can't get any more of my granite. It was hard to find from the offset (Bros blue leathered), and there are no remnants left that will work. The white wall is just primed. I need something there, even if it's just paint. And in some I need something more than pain between my range and hood, even with the range's raised back. I was thinking it would be the same as behind the sink. So that would be two not three things. That said, I'm still working on something I don't hate. I mocked up a glass backslash for behind the sink. The photo shows cheap photo frame glass taped up. I can get an exactly measured piece online for $40-50. No seems. Not sure about local. Thoughts? I feel the need to reiterate, I don't know how to get a decent photo. The kitchen doesn't feel dark at all. I used fill flash, but I'm shooting into a brightly lit window.

It could be a wall covering, wall paper or wall mural. Elitis does some close although I didn't see your example. Your picture may have been hand applied though. Still, there are some very cool wall coverings out there for just about any look you want. Rebel Walls has some fantastic stuff. Not sure who makes the one below. if you found one you liked and it was washable you could hand apply the darker shadows around the upper edges like you photo.Or, if you want a hand applied plaster look but have no experience the easiest and cheapest way is to use joint compound from Homede0t and apply to wall. If you screw up it can easily be sanded back down in spots and reapplied. Prime well. Paint your darker shade first. Next lighter shade apply and wipe off in places. Lastly, apply the very dark shades around the upper edges, when that dries apply the mid tone over some of that and wipe it off in places. After it all dries sand partially off in places. For me, when I first did such a wall it was easier to first get the whole wall finish right and then add other effects. Note: there are a million techniques and the above is only one of many.

Well, amyfgib, I think you found the obvious piece that I was missing! I really don't care for yellow yellow in most anything, and never bought to use that for my query -- but I've been looking at butter-color tiles, and both yellow-orange and yellow-green paints, so *palmhead* doing a google image search with white/wood/yellow seems to be the lead I needed... eam44, I do appreciate the suggestion to think about the BS, but we may go ABB for a while, if not altogether. I'm more of an understated backsplash gal anyway (maybe with a wee highlight), but that was a good reminder too!