Backsplash help!?

7 years ago

Is it considered outdated to do a different backsplash tile over the range in a "frame"? For example, white subway (for the sake of explanation, not necessarily what I will use) backsplash in most of the kitchen with a different tile framed with pencil border over the range. The contractor wants me to do this but I'm not so sure. Thanks!

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Beth H. :

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

who's paying for the tile job, you or the contractor? is it your kitchen? what do you like? what do you want?
the accent over the stove isn't necessarily dated if you have the type of kitchen that can pull it off
this is a 2019 kitchen. the design is hardly dated

i think what others are meaning are these type of accents are prob a little 'passe' (and you have to have the right type of stove. any stove w/it's own backsplash is not a candidate for accent tile)

this is a no:

these are, meh:

But IMO, the rest of these work

I think this looks rather nice. some people like the accents, and some don't. it all depends on the type of accent and the kitchen it's going in.

(it's also a beautiful tile job. if the design and surrounding tile are not symmetrical, it will look awful. your tile guy must be adept at this job if he's to pull off this design)

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K R
7 years ago
It’s definitely a trend more used in 2010-2013 and now not so much.
User
7 years ago
Yup, just a dated thing. Still being done though
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flopsycat1
7 years ago
Nope. Contractors are not designers. Keep it simple and uniform.
Tracy Peters
7 years ago
I totally agree. If done well, it really doesn't matter if some want to say it was a trend that lasted about three years...

If you like it, go for it! I think they can look really gorgeous in the right spaces.
sealdog
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks, Beth H. This is exactly the advice I needed. My kitchen design is very similar to the last four photos, so I have a better direction. Picking this backsplash is the hardest decision of anything in the entire kitchen!
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
7 years ago
IMO they work best in huge Tuscan style kitchens and in most other cases pretentious and I have no idea why you would want to call attention to the back wall of the stove since the hood is already the star.