Do you have an example of your counter materiel. Some have limited color variations. Cabinet color can be anything so choose your counter first.

I love that backsplash! I am considering the same and chose the cabinets first (counter next) got the Kraftmaid in canvas from HD

you need a white kitchen

dan1888

for the counter materiel I found a light, medium and dark gray marble .. I think it's will be good with the backsplash.

Linda wood

you mean like this color ?

If you've got samples of those colors lean them up against the backsplash for a better idea for us. . . .You say marble but that's not usually a material picked for kitchens without being aware of the d rawbacks in patina/staining. Are you using shelves or any uppers somewhere?

What was that we were taught-something about if you have nothing nice to say say nothing?

Anyway I know the backsplash is usually one of the last components, but it is gorgeous and it is up. I think if you post pix of the potential counters that would help and I am not sure what the floor is?

Sophie Wheeler


I hired a pro and we did this kitchen blueprint ..but the blueprint with the pro so i can't post it right now..



All i have to do is choose the color of the cabinets and counter .

Construction timing. The backsplash goes in after the cabinets and counters for the same reason that the counters don’t go in and then the cabinets. That is a construction reality.

You have done more than start dinner with dessert here. You have started the meal by throwing all the ingredients in the trash and taking them out.

The backsplash must come down, the wall must be repaired. Then the floor gets installed. Then the cabinets. Then the counters. Then the splash.

I did not want to make the painted walls as usual so i covered all the walls with slate ..


If i do it like your way, how i can put it behind the cabins??


There is always a reason

Sophie Wheeler

I don't understand the question about putting the backsplash behind the cabinets. No one does that, so far as I know. Backsplash goes around the cabinets after the cabinets have been installed against the bare walls (and after the countertop is in as well).

you may be in a location ...non-USA: where there may be differences in handling infrastructure in buildings and product install goes differently. You need a construction supervisor at this point....still: do a white kitchen.

I guarantee you that the cabinets gone in before the counter everywhere. And the backsplash goes in after the counter everywhere too.

If it doesn’t, then it’s not a backsplash. It’s wall cladding. And the entire wall gets covered first. Then the built in infrastructure, such as cabinets, goes in and gets modified to fit the wall. Wall cladding mimics a structural wall composed of brick or stone, etc.

As a mimic, it is supposed to actually look authentic. Not obviously fake. Which is how most people use brick. Very very fake looking.

Which one of these is used in an authentic manner?

Your cabinets won't fit against that "backsplash" properly, the counters won't either; the backsplash is installed over the top of the back of the counter (after the counters are in) to hide any imperfections and to eliminate any space where crud/stuff is going to flow down the back of the counter and cabinets. The backsplash, when installed properly and caulked properly at the countertop will keep things/crud/stuff/liquids, from spilling off the back of the counter onto the wall and back of cabinets. Your "pro" should know that.

Unless the cabinets are shorter than the area where the brick is and there is a plan to continue the brick down to the top of the counter when it's all installed...that could work. But think about cleaning that material (if it's rough texture) when food, debris, grease splashes onto it (back SPLASH).

I like the look of brick, but it seems impractical for a kitchen. If white cabinets aren't your first choice, then I think some blues look wonderful with brick colored like yours. (this counter looks great with the brick, too, I think):

Maybe do open shelving on the top instead of closed cabinets? That would then make a little sense for the brick first.

OMG Sophie where do you find those photos? the only way the OP can salvage this is a few things: continue brick at least all the way to the door frame so it looks more architectural and less fake. Do a short backsplash in the same counter material (that’s what someone would do if they were installing cabinets against a real brick wall)...and consider no upper cabinets at all. Shelves might even be a problem getting the structure done right. And if you can’t live with the above suggestions then yes it will have to come down and start over.

Those cabinets could be a white (not all whites are created equal though) or a natural wood (same -- and needs to be one with fine grain), but truly, the nicest thing you can say here is STOP. Adding more layers on top of this will only make a bigger and more expensive mess. At best, you will be creating situations that cause problems for everything that goes in after this as well as the need for an obscene amount of caulk. At worst, it could be an unsanitary mess and have cabinets (or shelves) that crash and leave holes in the walls. It isn't just cosmetic (thought there will bee problems there too) -- you are dealing with the laws of physics when trying to hang cabinets on top of that. It only gets harder and more expensive to fix if you continue.

Sophie Wheeler

just imagine your pictures with white cabinets, it's will be good right ?

herb flavor

yes i am in UAE , and this how we do it .


thinkdesignlive

I Will put a short backsplash in the same counter material.

olychick


The material it's not rough. Even it's, i don't have to worry about cleaning..

it will be wonderful .

I Will put a short backsplash in the same counter material.

Meea, NO, don't put a short backsplash around the counter because you ALREADY have a backsplash and that will ruin the look and it will look very bad. Not wonderful. Bad.

No counter material covering up the backsplash.

Leelee the example you post is a backsplash that has gone in after the cabinets and counter which secures a water tight condition. If you butt the counter to brick without a water tight condition you will have liquids dripping down into the back of the cabinet (think spilled milk, over zealous dish washing). It needs to function first.

Meea said the brick surface is smooth but who knows?

That's why God made sealers like silicon caulk.