Using A Piece Of Oil Cloth As A Kitchen Backsplash

Oh The Wonders Of Oil Cloth
The Thrifty Kitschy Housewife Series

Here is a neat idea which I discovered in a booklet from the early 1900's about using oil cloth as a protective wall covering behind sinks and stove.

Using A Piece Of Oil Cloth As A Backsplash

"If the wall around the kitchen sink is not tiled, put a large piece of thin table oilcloth on it.
fitted carefully around the sink itself, fastened with thumb tacks, or better, if possible, with a narrow molding which will hold closely to the wall. Splashings of water or grease can be wiped from the oilcloth much more easily than from the wall"

Source: Household Hand Book By Lily Haxworth Wallace undated

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