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What colour back splash is best with dark cabinets and light counters?

9 years ago

Kitchen is medium in size and fairly open. Doing KitchenCraft cabinets in "Thunder" which is a grey-toned brown, and Caesarstone quartz counters in "Bianco Drift", white with grey/taupe. I found a tile that I love but it's fairly dark (silver-toned glass mosaic) but am worried it may be too dark and that I need something lighter since the cabinets are dark. Any suggestions or feedback?

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    9 years ago

    I agree with Lindsey (we seem to agree often) You can look at light marble square tiles, subway tiles in white, or glass tiles in a light tone.


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