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Uneven Backsplash Around Kitchen Window

8 years ago

My kitchen is almost done being remodeled, and I'm loving the new kitchen! However, I took this picture yesterday so I could play around with HGTVHome's color visualizer and noticed that due to the microwave on one side of the window, and cabinets on the other, the backsplash isn't even around the window. We were thinking of painting around the window in a light blue/grey, but will that draw too much attention to the uneven tile? What would you do?


Comments (24)

  • 8 years ago

    Love your tile. That makes no sense, the cabinets should be the same height

    Liz R thanked jck910
  • 8 years ago

    Thanks! The issue is that on the left, it's a 14" cabinet with the microwave below it.

  • 8 years ago

    Somebody goofed up the kitchen design. Ca install and other things. Make them correct it. I don’t see any light rail either. Or crown? Why is that light there? Who designed this??

  • 8 years ago

    Yes, have the tile end at the same level.

  • 8 years ago

    The light is an original from the house that has not been replaced yet. Thanks for your opinion!

  • 8 years ago
    Tile it all the way up & put in a recessed light or pendent that matches the one in the reflection. Very pretty backsplash.
    Liz R thanked Pamela
  • 8 years ago

    I would tile all the way around the window.

  • 8 years ago

    joanna i'm fond of tiling all the way around the window too, but in this situation there isnt a lot of room uptop and i think it would look congested.

  • 8 years ago

    Just go up around the window. It will be most pleasing to the eye.

  • 8 years ago
    Remove cut tile on the right, replace with a whole tile and whatever else you need to make them even.
  • PRO
    8 years ago

    The cabinets are not level or the window is off so tile all the way or leave the backsplash under the window and really get a new light .

  • 8 years ago
    I would have the tile end even or tile all the way up.
  • 8 years ago
    Your backsplash tile highlights the lack of symmetry. You can learn to live with it. Or you can remove the tile and replace it with a solid color tile with grout the same color of the tile itself. Good luck.
  • 8 years ago

    I don't understand. Your cabinets left and right from the window hang at different height level, i.e. uneven distance from counter, or just the MW cabinet hangs higher?

  • 8 years ago

    I would also tile all the way up. Painting a different color will just highlight that area and make the uneven backsplash more noticeable.

  • 8 years ago

    ooops. i still see the uneven cabinets, and perhaps even more than in the first photo.

  • 8 years ago

    The cabinets are all the same height from the ceiling. The microwave and cabinet on the left side are slightly higher (more distance from the counter/stove) than the cabinet on the right.

    I'm not really worried about making the cabinets look like they're the same. It was the uneven tile that was looking bad. I like the idea of tiling mid-way up the window so that the tile ends evenly.


    Thank you everyone!

  • 8 years ago
    I would camouflage the problem by installing a paper roll on the side that is higher ...or a shelve ...just so that the visual problem is gone instantly .
  • 8 years ago
    Just leave it or go somewhere else for a little advice.
  • 8 years ago

    Tile all the way up as numerous people have suggested and as Emily has so kindly pictured. Doing so turns this awkward detail into a beautiful feature. The small scale of the tile makes it an especially wise choice to take all the way up.

  • 8 years ago

    Get the taller cabinet for over the MW shelf as should have been ordered from the beginning. Then the heights will match.

  • 8 years ago

    The next taller cabinet for over the microwave is 18". It would not make the heights match. Thank you, though!

  • 8 years ago
    I would tile the whole wall all the way to the ceiling, but before you make that decision, verify that the ceiling is level/horizontal. If it is not completely horizontal at the ceiling, then just take the tile up about halfway up the window on both sides.