@daryakaras: You do not have to follow the rules! 🙅♀️ After spending 30 minutes of trying and failing to get a perfectly level first row of tiles I threw out the rule book and started over. From day one I’ve said that I am not a contractor. So why was I trying to be one? My best bet is because I spent hours and hours watching tutorials on how to install a backsplash and all of them started with “make sure the first row is perfectly level and evenly spaced.” Yeah…well, I didn’t do that. It wasn’t working for me and it wasn’t the vibe I was going for anyway so I did it my way and took a more artistic approach of just eyeballing it. If you’ve been considering adding or redoing your backsplash it would actually be a really easy weekend project with the help of this adhesive tile mat. You can even use it to tile over an existing backsplash! 😎 Exact products I used are linked on my Amazon Storefront 🛠️ FOLLOW for more DIY home renovation tips! #diyhomeprojects #backsplash #backsplashtile #kitchenrenovation #kitchenremodel #homeinspiration #DIY