you. what we will will do is we re going to go between tile and paint and tile and paint. so really you just figure out about what ghexes you like. this is b. a 13-inch span because we wanted to add a little bit of trim tile and then we wanted 8 inches of paint. you figure it out based on what you want. this adhesive is all part of one big strip. once we drew the lines out we use the simple mat. this stuff is so cool. you don t have to use any adheatsive. this is the worst part. that s probably the most intimidating part for people. this simple mat you peel and stick. peel the back off and stick it to the wall and once t is stick on to the wall. you feel the front part off, if i can get to it here. now it has adhesive built on. all we re doing. stick it on there. connect to the overlap. if you get it wrong the cool thing is, until you really set it in there you