I love it, I think it will look beautiful with your cabs and countertop! I've also seen some people do the basketweave accent just over the stove with a nice border, then plainer tiles elsewhere. Either way (all basketweave or basketweave just over stove), I think it will look lovely! Good luck!

Here's a thread that might be useful, it is a GW thread with basketweave photos (see link at bottom of post)

This concept is pretty too:

[traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by chicago architect Mandy Brown

I do think it is a little busy with those little diagonal tiles at the stove though...I would do the brick/subway throughout with basketweave and border over the stove. I think you'd have to go all the way up to the soffit with the backsplash at the stove.

Here is a link that might be useful: GW basketweave thread

I think it's a little busy to be the entire BS.

I think it's pretty as an accent but I think it will compete with your counters if you do it as a full backsplash. Maybe as a border or occasional accent or as a focal point like above the stove?

I think that with your counter and the beautiful wood top on the counter (that really is gorgeous and I'm heading into gushing territory) I wouldn't use the basketweave. You already have two stars that are tied together. I think a third may start to be distracting and diminish the other two.

That wood really is stunning (sorry) and I want to run my hands over it.

thanks for the thoughtful input, i have been thinking white subway w/camel grout the whole time...but i just thought that might not be enough..i guess this is too much!

Can you use the pattern in a square or medallion behind
the stove and the rest of the wall more subtle?

I like the colors but agree it might over power the
beautiful space you have created.

~boxerpups

Your kitchen is truly serene and beautiful but if it were me; I'd want to do something with a more saturated color and do it just behind the stove (can't see how far the window goes and if there's much space to the left of the range)up to the soffit. I'm a fan of glass and think it would look great but understand that you prefer more traditional. In that case, maybe something like this? Honey onyx herringbone?

First, is that the only cab run? If so, I don't see the point of trying to put a backsplash anywhere but behind the range anyway. (Where LWO will tell you to use stainless!)

That said, on my monitor at least I do not really see the color connection between what appears to be the pinky purply undertones of the tile and the orangey tones of the granite. Might be different IRL but remodelfla's pick seems to fit better, at least in color.

I do not see that white subways would do anything for the room.

I agree with blfenton. The granite and the wood are gorgeous. I have a friend who has to have everything that she thinks is beautiful and she can't edit herself. So she has granite and copper and stainless and a red Aga and old wood beams and some brick and slate and some little accent tiles. Each part is lovely in it's own right, but it's just too much.

I still vote for subway tile with the basketweave accent with a border (chair rail) above the stove. But if you think the basketweave would be too much you can use the same subway tile in different pattern with a border above the stove. Here is the concept:

[traditional kitchen design[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by san francisco architect Mahoney Architects & Interiors

I would put the backsplash just behind the range, as well, but to choose the tile, I would scrutinize your countertops very closely and pick out the most vibrant color in the stone. Use that splash of color on the wall to really bring out the richness in the accents of the granite.

Kudos on the rest of the kitchen, also - it's so warm and inviting!

Maybe not what you want but this (at least on my monitor) looks like it would go perfectly.

snagd,

I must tell you that your granite is beautiful.
Forgot to add this in my post.

~boxer

Thank you for the sweet remarks!!...remodelfla..love that herringbone..not sure if I can handle that diy!lol..there is another run but I am not home to upload a pic..i hope to go to a bigger tie store tomorrow

Not white tiles, but what about a tile similar in color to your paint color? It seems to blend in with your granite. I like the idea of a honey colored tile too, if that is indeed what is in your granite. Not sure if I agree with glass though.