Here is a before. As you can see. The cabinets did need to be painted to brighten and lighten up the space but now that decorative tile sticks out like a sore thumb. Has anyone even tried painting over their tile backsplash before? Husband just doesn’t want to tear it down bc it will be a “big project”

Nice work painting the cabinets and brightening up the space. I have painted bad backsplash tiles that were also on the seating side of a peninsula. I bought a primer that I researched could be used on glass. I’m not sure who wants to paint glass or why but it allowed my painter to prime & paint the tiles in same light grey as the walls with existing white cabinets. Not super amazing but way better than a full kitchen remodel at the time. After painting add some trendy accessories and you’ll feel much better about your kitchen. Good Luck!

I've seen painted tiles work out beautifully, but it's risky. If it doesn't work, you're stuck. You might want to wait it out until you can replace the backsplash, in which case I'm suggesting a way to make it look less out of place. The major problem is the colour: you would never have chosen that with your walls. So for now, what about bringing touches of it into your dining and (I presume) living rooms, so that it becomes part of the palette?

You can now buy adhesive backed tiles, to cover the backsplash. That should hold you until you can redo it properly.

https://www.thesmarttiles.com/en_us/tiles/

Yep agree with Teamaltese do some peel and stick tile right on top of what you have

These are some ideas all from home depot, they have MANY more too.

Thx for responses! I like the idea of the stick I s someone recommended on here! Next ?: EHAT COLOR BACKSPLASH? White subway stick one or light or dark gray stick ons? I’ll attach a photo of my countertops so you can see the colors in them.

Here is a a better close up picture with the morning light coming through. (Turning on the lights makes it look yellow in here for whoever talked about turning on the lights.)

I recently painted my brownish colored backsplash white. I want to replace the old with white, but feared with my white countertop I would dislike it, so out with the paintbrush.
A good primer and a couple of coats of paint and I'm so happy with it that I moved the replacement of it down on Hubby's to do list.
*disclaimer... I'm pretty fearless. I also painted and stenciled my bathroom floor.

I think the lighting comment may have been about adding under cabinet lights or changing up lighting in general. I had led under-cabinet and up lighting added a few years ago along with replacing my ceiling fixtures and adding new cabinet hardware and it did amazing things to renovate my kitchen without touching any of the existing fixtures.

The painted cabinets are an improvement. I bet it feels much better in there! Peel and stick is probably the way to go if husband doesn’t want mess of tile removal.

I don't know whats worse, cheap paint, or the cheap peal and stick. Do it right or don't do it at all. Don't waste your money. If your a good DIY'er here:

Get yourself one of these oscillating saw tools. You can get a cheap one from harbor freight for like $20 probably.

Then get yourself one of these diamond tip blades.

It will be a little time consuming but work your way around the tile to get them off. Use a putty knife to pick off places you can't reach with this tool. If your careful and take your time, you should be able to get the tile off without a lot of damage to the wall. It don't need to be perfect since its gonna get covered back up anyway. Patch up any large holes first. Use mortar if there is cement board but I doubt it. Then lay your new tile. I used this method to remove baseboard tiles. Worked like a charm. Make sure you run the blade along the back of the tile and not on the wall for minimum damage.

The painted cabinets look great!

I also suggest the peel & stick *if* you aren’t ready to do a tear out. The peel & stick tiles I have seen at Home Depot/Lowe’s come in packages so maybe you could just get a few packages of ones you like to bring home and compare to counter and cabinets and paint. Or do opposite way, and paint some white paper with your wall paint, grab a cabinet drawer, and a sample of your counter (if you have, or if you know what it is look for it at store) and compare in store (being mindful lighting is different than in your home!)

Those peel and stick tiles are about 9.00 sf. Imo they don't look that great and going over existing tile would make it even more obvious. You already took a gamble and painted your cabinets. I would paint the backsplash too. The worst thing that could happen is you hate it and you remove it and start over. SW sells a tile paint. I'm not sure it is better or worse then a good primer.

To answer your question; with your countertops, I would choose any white-colored backsplash

Taking some samples home will give you a better idea of how they will look, and which color to choose.

I wouldn’t waste my money on the peel and stick either, they look like plastic. Either save up for changing it or try painting them, they can’t look any worse than they do right now.

If it were my kitchen, I would paint out just the white tiles to some color that ties in with the floor or the counter top. The rest of the back splash looks OK to me.

If you install a 1/4" thick solid color solid surface backsplash after removing the tile, you won't have to repair damaged drywall.

If you don't like the yellow cast in your lighting, change it. Here is a guide to help:

https://www.lumens.com/how-tos-and-advice/kelvin-color-temperature.html

Melissa R……I like your kitchen photo ideas. Do you have any idea the details of the Home Depot gray tiles…..