Backsplash ideas needed!!

7 years ago

So we have been working in our kitchen for a while. Bought a house and gutted the kitchen. Got new cabinets in a two tone color scheme and laid tile for our flooring.

We may go with the following slab of granite for our countertop:

Now I need to think of backsplash ideas. Initially thinking oh white subway tiles and somehow throw some color in there. But I don’t know how to do that.

Any suggestions or ideas? Thank you!!!

P.s. I can get a better pic of our current kitchen with all the cabinets up if necessary.

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mvcanada
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Hi, Yes I think more pictures will be good, if you can. The granite slab you've chosen looks really nice.

What paint colours are your cabinets? If you can share the brand - perhaps Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams, then people can get a real sense of the colour which sometimes does not come across well in photos.

Assuming you go with that granite, I'd choose a light to medium colour out of the granite and find a subway style tile for the backsplash. You can't go with white subway as nothing else appears to be white.

Here are a few ideas.

The top two are from tilebar. You can order 5 samples for $5 so it is worth having a look and ordering a few to see what works best for you.
Mangata Frost Planks Glass Tile | Tilebar.com · More Info

This one from Tilebar, with its slightly wavy texture is very nice. It comes in several colours, there may be one that will work well for you.
Catalina Vanilla Polished Ceramic Tile Sample · More Info

This one is from Cle Tile. They have quite a few to choose from and they look really gorgeous.
clé tile | glossy off white glazed thin brick subway tile - bergen · More Info

I'd be tempted to find a tile closer to the colour of the uppers and then on a sample board pull a darker coloured grout, closer to the colour of your base cabinets, or a darker vein in the granite.

While matching grout looks very nice, it makes the tiles disappear into what looks like a solid surface. Some contrast with the grout, even just a little bit of contrast brings interest without overpowering the look and making it too busy.
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JAN MOYER
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
You should show the floor from the other thread you had going, and I think you need a white, a brightener DUE to that floor.. You don't want a one color kitchen.......floor, cabinets, and counter and backsplash. ALL.
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Sushistew
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Thanks for feedback! (Nice to see you again, Jan ;)) Here are a couple pics of my cabinets with our floors and then just our floor.

The cabinets are from a place onlin, cabinets.com. We ordered the tops in alabaster and the bottoms in willow gray.

The plan is to do a backsplash on the walls from countertops to cabinets if that makes sense.

I realize my granite slab may look similar to the floors but in person there is a bit of contrast between the two, and we are interested in staying light rather than going dark. Kitchen is not big, so I think going too dark could be too much for that space.