I wanted to help you out by posting the photos directly in the post. I personally think it would look great and not "too much" at all.

Pendants:
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Floor:
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Example of onyx tile:

I like it!

Wow! I think that will look nice too. Really warm and sunny. A happy kitchen!

I think it will be beautiful! Thanks, Redroze for putting the pictures there for us! I wasn't in the cut/paste mood!!

I love it! I think the colors work nicely together.

Beautiful! It's hard to give real advice without seeing how much actual backsplash space you are talking about covering..i.e. over cooktop versus entire counter area. What type of cookstove do you have? Stainless? Black? That would help to know. But, just from your description, sounds warm and rich.

I don't mind the color, tho with honey-tones in the cabinetry, I think I might want a mix of tones in the backsplash. But what bothers me is the shape of the tiles in the honey color - it looks like a honeycomb and makes me think of a beehive. That, coupled with the black counters, just makes me think of bees!

However, the important issue is how YOU feel about it. If you love it, then go for it.

I might be inclined to do a simpler backsplash tile, then do a border of the honey tiles with a trim of black on either side, and do a panel of the honey behind the cooktop, again with black trim tile around it.

The other thing that I am wondering about is that at the several sites I checked for samples of the Impala, there is a lot of grey in the stone - one site even calls it a dark grey, not black. Having a lot of the honey everywhere, and then so much grey in the impala black, may make the impala feel even more grey rather than black. Would that concern you?

Thanks for everybody's feedback. We're are getting Impala Black Honed, so it will definitely look softer. Upon close inspection, it does look charcoal gray, but from across the room it is pretty black.

Thanks redroze for posting them right in the e-mail.

I can get that honey onyx in virtually any shape; they have 1 x 1's, 2 x 2, basketweave (which I don't think would look so hot in a kitchen), and herringbone. The herringbone might be kind of nice, because it would pick up the same pattern in the floor.

The honeycomb-bee connection did not occur to me!! hmmm...

How about Ming green? Too much blue?

Here is a link that might be useful: Ming Green tile

The appliances are stainless. Kitchenaid everything except the cooktop. Anthacrite Silgranit sink, and Grohe ladylux plus faucet.

Wolf 36" drop in cooktop.

The house built in 1960 - ranch... I don't want the kitchen to look too out of place - in otherwords - not too modern. I like some of the oceanside tile I've seen, but I tend to gravitate towards the frosted glass, if anything.