HELP! Kitchen backsplash time

6 years ago

Kitchen is slowly coming together but I’m not sure of at least two things:

1: Tile color- I think I’d like a matte white or matte charcoal tile, and something that looks rather uniform as both the floor and the counter has some movement. Could be a small hex, chevron or herringbone or a even larger format tile maybe. (Hubby is nervous about having a lot of grout.)The kitchen is very linear and I’m thinking maybe we need to break it up a little with another geometric pattern for the backsplash.
The counter is Cambria Britannicca.

2: Tile area: we’re thinking about tiling all the way to the ceiling and stopping the tile where the high cabinets stop on the left side, next to the window (ignore my fingers, covering my kids). If we were not to tile all of it I wouldn’t be sure where to end and how to handle the window area.

The area to the left is our main family entry (not formal entry) and the table is only there temporarily.

The kitchen (and house) is open concept and we don’t have all other elements figured out yet but colors are neutral for the time being, white, black/charcoal and wood and will likely stay very neutral.

All help appreciated!

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eam44

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

It’s a beautiful space. Your instinct to try to break up the rectilinear nature of the space in your bs is a great one. I think you might like a white ceramic tile that matches the white in your counter material, in a curved shape.

This is Fireclay Tile in Frost in the Ogee Drop shape.

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Jennifer Svensson
Original Author
6 years ago
Looking at the pictures, the ‘left side’ is of course the right side in the pictures (I need coffee!!)
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Jennifer Svensson
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you- it’s coming along! :) would you tile to the ceiling?
eam44
6 years ago
I would. And I’d end it where you plan to. Do you have inspiration images?
Jennifer Svensson
Original Author
6 years ago
Ok cool! It just felt counter intuitive to do a regular backsplash but I never knew how to handle the kitchen/entry transition. Then I saw a similar layout at our local IKEA and the had stopped the tile where the cabinets ended and it looked very natural.

Plus, as I first thought of a charcoal tile (based on a paint suggestion from Beth before we even started the kitchen) I thought it would be a cleaner and calmer look than your regular to the bottom of the wall cabs tile. However, I’ve been going back and forth between white and charcoal tile for a few months now.. especially since hubby decided he wanted a really big TV on our LV wall which is in the same area as the kitchen I have been leaning towards a darker color.. we’ll see.. :)
eam44
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Before you go dark, charcoal, or whatever, paint the wall that color and see how you feel about it. You might love it, might not, but paint is a great tool for figuring it out before you buy tile!

Oh, buy a Schluter edge to end your tile above the cabinets. It goes in before the tile goes on. I know it's high above the ground and no one else may notice, but it's the right way to do it, unless you're getting a bullnose tile.
Jennifer Svensson
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you- two excellent pieces of advice!