To keep your wood backsplash looking great, protect it with washable paint or marine varnish. If you haven’t been blessed with exposed brick accent walls in your home, create your own brick ...

Image A kitchen by Ms. Downing has a tadelakt plaster backsplash above concrete counters, along with a tiled bar niche.Credit...Lindsay Brown Metals like copper and stainless steel are other options.

The entire fireplace is brick from hearth to ceiling. I would like to cover the brick in copper, as I have seen in older buildings. How do I go about this? Copper is pretty pricey these days ...