Right on track. But keep going and add 10% to the total to allow for cuts and screw ups.

-Babka

Don't forget to keep your units the same. Both must be in feet or inches.

Break the spaces into a series of rectangles each with length times width. The height for standard backsplash is 1.5 feet (18 inches). Take the run of countertop and find the length in feet. Multiply that by the height of 1.5 ft to get the sq. footage of that section. Repeat for other sections.

The range backsplash is 24-30 inches high usually or 2-2.5 feet. Multiply the height by the length of the range (standard 30 inch range is 2.5 feet or 36 inch range is 3 feet.)

Add up the total sq feet and add another 10% to the total.
Don't forget about bullnose pieces for the edges that are exposed if you need them.

Good luck.

Bullnose - also for any outside corners! I have an outside corner on my backsplash - there's a concrete post in the corner that we had to tile around. I totally forgot about it when I was ordering tile (which is funny, because I was obsessed about my outside corners in the bathroom).

Well, the tiler asks what I want to do with the corner... he's got these vinyl strips he likes to use for corners. I had already nixed the vinyl strips in the bathroom - I think they look cheesy. I asked if he could miter the corners (cut the edge of the tile in a diagonal so the two corners line up). Well, the corner is exactly the same size as the tile so there isn't enough overlap to miter them.

Fortunately, they were rectified porcelain tiles with a nice factory edge, so he was able to just line up the edges. Doesn't look bad.

Sorry for the long story, but the upshot is - don't forget the bullnose! ;-)

Thanks for the responses. I think I was on track. I appreciate it. I am trying to figure out what is in my budget!

I actually laid my out on Autocad and counted the tiles! a little tedious, but I didn't want to over order. if you have a program that you could use for a lay out it would probably be helpful from a design standpoint and ordering.

I did the same thing as mamadadapaige. I drew my BS on autocad and counted tiles. My pattern made calculating the actual square footage a little tricky. I started with my tiles squared, then switched to diagonal, then back to square so drawing them up and counting them made it much easier.

Great idea. I will see what I can do about this. My KD might be able to do it for me. I have mocked up my accent tiles (look for a post about this in the future).

Anyway, thanks for the input.

PS, ccombs, like that backsplash--very neat!

Thanks! I am glad I had autocad to do the mock-ups. I actually put the tiles in a scanner to make images of them, then inserted the images into autocad on top of my cabinet wall drawing. I got a pretty good idea of how it would look before laying the first tile.

Hi
If you are near the Rochester NY area, The Tile Shop in Henrietta has awesome design help and a fantastic showroom with very high quality tile. Sean is the manager- I'm telling you, they are so helpful even with picky me! They do ship tile all over the US as well.Here is the phone number 585-672-4372. I think one of the other guys that was great was Pat.

Thanks Bonton,

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