Would this backsplash work with traditional cabs?

18 years ago

Our kitchen (and entire home for that matter) is going to have a mix of traditional and contemporary elements. The perimeter cabs are white painted inset recessed, island and pantry are brown stained maple with raised panel, faucets are traditional Victorian style, medium brown hardwood floors, granite is neutral with crystal inclusions. We'll have a somewhat modern long open shelving to the left of the sink window, and glass upper cabinets that go down to the counter. Our attached family room will have a concrete fireplace that is more on the modern side - clean lines and no mantel.

I am in love with the idea of doing a white glass backsplash to give it a contemporary punch. Do you think this style would work with our kitchen? I would share kitchen pics but our cabinets haven't been installed yet.

Our tile would be white or a warm off-white, and would be larger in scale (the ones in the photo are 1x8 and ours would probably be 2x12).

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lovemcm
18 years ago
I happen to love this look. Cat_mom on this forum did a similar tile but installed it vertically. It is gorgeous. Is this the Stilato tile by Artistic? If not, could you tell us what it is?
margieb2
18 years ago
I think it would look beautiful and very ecclectic!

-Margie
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cpccarolyn_2008
18 years ago
Sure, it would look great!
bluekitobsessed
18 years ago
It is beautiful but IIRC your inspiration pic, it will take your kitchen in a different direction than the inspiration. Margieb's is about the only kitchen I've seen where glass tiles and traditional cabs succeed together.

Very, very pretty shade of blue, btw.
lovemcm
18 years ago
bluekitobsessed, IIRC??? Please translate for the uninitiated (i.e., me). ;-)
redroze
Original Author
18 years ago
Petlady - it's Interstyle, a Canadian company that I believe deals in the US as well. I found it by googling "glass tile". Here's the website.
redroze
Original Author
18 years ago
Petlady, I believe it's "If I Remember Correctly."

Bluekit - the inspiration photo was purely inspiration for the hardwood stain colour, not for the style of the kitchen which is more rustic in feel than our kitchen. Here's the pic for those of you who don't know the background.

Thanks everyone for the advice! I'm going to check out Cat_mom's backsplash...

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