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Backsplash looks nice with cabs, but competes with countertop. One of the three do not go...easiest fix would be a plain backsplash.

I agree anitamo, something is off. Thank you for your input.

As Anitamo said, your backslash is not competing with your cabinets it is competing with you counter. Costly mistakes are a bummer but if you are not done yet it's better to change it now than later. You need a solid color tile that matches the light tones in your counter. Either that or as lowacommute said no tile backsplash at all and just continue to wall color under the cabinets. You do have a considerable bit of countertop material acting as a backslash already. I think adding another color (even a light one) tends to look choppy.

And if you re-tile, definitely get rid of the countertop backsplash first - it will look a lot better. Cheapest at this point would be to just leave the counter backsplash and you can always redo it later. Agree with the comments on color - the cream in the backsplash doesn't look like it matches quite right with the countertop (although it's a tiny picture so hard to say for sure of course).

I also made the mistake of choosing a backsplash that competed with my countertops. I tore it out immediately (before grouting) and started over with a plain tile. Yes, it was money wasted, but I knew I wasn't going to learn to love it.

Looks like you have a fairly substantial backsplash of the countertop material already. I would just take the tile down and use good quality paint and paint the wall a pale color pulled from the countertop.

Is it grouted yet? It will be so much easier to remove if it's not grouted.

No romy718 haven't grouted yet.

Thank you all for your comments. I think I'm leaning towards just ripping it all out and painting.

I don't think it would be an issue with the counter if you didn't have that small backsplash in the counter material. To me those are the ones competing. If the counter was a horizontal surface I don't think it would be the same competition as the colors all go well together.

Yes, I agree that you should rip it out. You should never have the countertop backsplash AND a tile backsplash. Ideally take both down and install a light, solid tile, maybe a large white or light gray glass subway. It's just too much for the eye to handle, let alone when you put decorative objects on the counter. If you don't like it now, why have to wake up to it for years! We all make some mistakes and this is a relatively small one! It will look great.

It looks like there is also a 3-4" granite backsplash? If so, I think one or the other (tile), but not both. If you can pull off the granite backsplash, perhaps the tile to the countertop would look nice. You must have liked it when you selected it. Personally, I don't like the pencil tile multi color look anywhere, but that's just me. I don't think it is your pretty cabinets causing the trouble though. I am not sure any tile you put up will look okay with that granite backsplash. As someone already, said, leaving the tile backsplash and painting above it would most likely look quite nice.

Your backsplash is creating an "accent" wall. Not everyone wants that in their kitchen. Some do....looks come and go. Your busier look may be the going THING for next years kitchens. Monochromatic decor is ALL the rage right now....so people tend to follow the pack.

I always say - busy countertops and busy backsplashes clash 99% of the time. Your counters aren't super busy, but they don't work with the BS choice in my opinion. Definitely remove it. I wouldn't stress over the cost - I understand it sucks paying for something you're not going to use, but I would rather lose the money than see that BS in your kitchen. It just doesn't work in my opinion. Everything else looks great though :)

Linda Peterson said ,"You should never have the countertop backsplash AND a tile backsplash"

Unfortunately for me, when my granite was installed in the kitchen the guy insisted I do the matching 4" granite BS, so I let him. I did tile above my granite but it's very subtle in my opinion and I think it works. Sure, it's not my dream design, but it will hold me over until I can afford a brand new kitchen.

When I redid my master bathroom I thought for sure I wouldn't do a matching quartz BS, but then I realized I didn't want grout touching my counter so I went with a 2" quartz BS, and I think it looks fine here too.

I diagree with @nicole- even when busier backsplashes were more popular, this combo still would not work because the colors in the BS are too intense relative to the counters and the cabinets (which do go together). Stop now before the mistake gets even more expensive

Mrsshayne ...both of your backsplashes look great. I'm not one to use both the 4 inch counter splash with a tile backsplash, but you've done a great job making it balanced with noncompeting materials. I like it, especially the bathroom tiles.

Thank you anitamo :)

My future dream kitchen will not have the 4" backsplash.. hehehe

I agree, it's better to pull it down now before more time and $s put into it. if you don't like it now, why force yourself to live with and look at it every day?

I don't like the pencil tile multi color look anywhere either. they are too busy for me. my eyeballs hate it. and it's too much grout. I'd never want anything needing that much grout to clean in my house.

mrsshayne - both of your counters/BS look great. they merge together nicely. they don't compete or fight each other.

Everyone is using a plain solid color subway tile. There seems to be no other alternative for a kitchen backsplash. You can please yourself or please others.....

Your backsplash won't look like plain white subway tile...until you rip it out and replace it with plain white subway tile.....:0)

"Everyone is using a plain solid color subway tile. There seems to be no other alternative for a kitchen backsplash. You can please yourself or please others....."

OP said "It's not all the way done yet but I can already tell I won't like it"

Can you remove the 4" counter splash and then add your mosaic down to the counter?

The picture is so small that I cannot really tell what the counter looks like; I think that the tile doesn't go with the cabinets. Yes, take the tile out.

I think the OP liked "it" , she picked it out, until she realized others might not like it. It's common for all of us to want praise.....to want to please others. The "look" right now is monochromatic...it's the ONLY look anyone is putting together on this forum.

TeeW: maybe you can carefully remove the BS and save it for a bathroom or other project?

@javiwa I'm certainly going to try. I really hate throw it out. The stone and glass tile is really pretty.

Nicole____ you are correct I do like the tile. I'm just on the fence right now about how it looks in my kitchen. Usually I'm sure of what I want but after seeing it on the wall Its just not what I envisioned.

Did you see this kitchen? It's a similar backsplash and granite in another color.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/showplace-cabinetry-concord-flush-inset-kitchen-dayton-ohio-traditional-kitchen-phvw-vp~27573172

You could leave it ungrouted for a few days (or weeks) & see if you change your mind. Sometimes, something new is a shocking surprise that you need to used to. Don't grout until you love it. If you don't LOVE it, remove it. Choosing the right backsplash is hard & mistakes are made. Don't beat yourself up.

The tile and counter are both pretty on their own, but not together. I seem to second guess everything when new. It is hard for some to visualize until it's up and some people are just really great at visualizing. My 2 cents worth, I'd remove it. I may not go as far as removing the 4 inch BS if it's going to be to hard to get off but it would look better removed. Another thing to keep in mind is how close the counters are to the wall and if the new tile would cover any gaps if there are any. We all make mistakes, for me, what I say to myself is - it's only a mistake if I leave it.

FWIW, I really like the BS tile, but not there in combination with the counter backsplash.

Your choices are pretty much

1) Remove the tile and paint above the countertop backsplash. We had this for years (it was already there when we moved in) and it worked just fine.

2) Remove the countertop backsplash and use your tile. If you remove the short backsplash, you'll be able to see if you like this tile when it covers the whole wall.

So sorry this happened, but at least you recognized the issue before it was a done deal and you felt like you had to live with it.

Monochromatic means one color. I'd say this actually is monochromatic or close to it--all the same color family. The issue isn't that it is too colorful. The issue is whether it is too busy. That relates to pattern, which I think people often discuss in terms of whether something is too "busy."

It is too busy for my taste. If the OPer had said in her first post, I love my new tile, I wouldn't say anything. But since she asked, I do think it is too busy. And I don't think the sunk cost is a reason not to change it. I think it can be changed with not much additional cost by simply pulling down the tile and painting a neutral color pulled from the countertop, or really even a different color which would be a way to introduce color without pattern.

And a recent, favorite, not-at-all monochromatic kitchen reveal here that comes immediately to mind is Carrieb's.

Your granite looks like Giallo Ornamental Light, which I have in a guest bath with a dark cherry vanity. I love the creamy quartz crystals in mine and will use a creamy tile to accentuate them.

I think the history of the speckled granites was to do travertine tile, then the glass mosaics came out and became popular. I have seen the speckled and busy glass mosaic combination too many times to count. It's no wonder people still use them together, but they look very busy now that quiet patterns and colors have become popular in kitchens.

If you don't want to remove the 4" splash, I would prefer just paint. I like the color you have. I painted my bathroom walls gray with a touch of blue to bring out the gray/blue/green specks in the granite. BM Wales Gray is a nice gray blue with a touch of green.

I wish you had included a denouement to your kitchen story. I know this was last year but I agree with Nicole's advice. The kitchen in her link showed almost the exact combination and it not only worked the designer brought in yet another tile to the so called "too busy" mix. She proved this combination will work. The best decorating advice I ever got was "don't judge a room till it is finished" and you weren't even close when you panicked. I don't believe in settling when something wasn't in the design but that isn't the case here. You picked out the tile for a reason. Only a monochromatic room is going to make sense mid-renovation, everything else is going to look wrong. There are a million ways to Tuesday to bring it all together.