Put the tiles vertically in the space?

Does the tile manufacturer make a narrow 1" tile that matches the other tiles?

it's not a ton of square footage so I would just re-do the whole backsplash.

Dovetonsils and Beth H: Thank you, this was one of the suggestions, I was told it is called soldier course. Thanks for the options as well.

Tiger Lily: No, no matching smaller pieces.

Melissa R: I wish........

Thanks to all

IMO you will not match the tile so I would just start over instead.

I would start again too.

I would work with it. Try the pencil tile. If you hate it you can always rip it out

I like the vertical run option. It will be a white subway with a twist.

If the same tile is available can you do what Beth suggested soldier style?

Lots of cutting but then you won’t need the pencil liner.

But,I would have to say this is a do over. I wish you didn’t pull the BS off before researching tiles.

The white backsplash doesn’t match the white in the counter. That’s unfortunate. To avoid any additional clash of whites, the tile which you use to fill the gap must be exactly the same color and shape as the beveled backsplash. If you do a soldier row, cut only one tile to make sure it looks acceptable...the non-beveled cut edge must face down so that the grout will hide the joint. The edge facing up must be beveled.

Here's a display with pencil trim

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Thank you for the photo of the pencil trim in action. It helps to see it in aggregate. Will consider the soldier course and see if I can find a thin pencil trim and see which works better. It's just hard justifying the replacement of a backsplash that was put in two years years ago (for us anyway, part of a much larger renovation at the time). Eld6161: had to pull it off because the counter was being replaced. I wish our contractor had mentioned that that the granite backsplash is no longer necessary when a full backsplash is put in. Oh well...

If anyway is aware of a photo of a soldier course at the bottom of a row of tile, please attach it. I have looked through Houzz and searched the internet, but can't find anything, lots of outdoors soldier course placement, but no kitchen/indoors. Thanks for the all the help.

Sure. Here is one in process...

Not to be too picky, but what are your current grout spaces? Part of the reason this looks so neat is that two soldiers with their grout space fit beneath a single tile with its larger grout space - the grout spaces for the soldier course are smaller than for the tile above.

Here’s mine

Thank you both for the photos, these look great. Eam44: Our tile is 3 by 6. So it might work with, as you said, a really small grout space between the soldiers.

Have you considered 4 x 4 square tiles in a warmer tone?

Some options.

Flo Mangan: We toyed with the idea but because the original tile is 6" long, the spacing looks off with a 4" tile. Between the hickory cabinets, and the countertop not being the same shade as the tile (I knew this but loved the countertop so much I didn't care), I don't want to introduce another color into the picture. I think we are just going to continue the backsplash down and it will just disappear behind the countertop. I would like the countertop to be the focal point. Thank you for the suggestion.

Just watch color matching. Not easy. Good luck. Let us see how it works out.

@hamdulellah what did you decide to do? I am having a similar dilemma. except they do not make the color and size subway I currently have. The wall edges are the concern for me.

Evinlyn, we added another row and 1/3 of tile and it looks fine. I don't even notice it. Starting over was easier said than done. You can see what it looks like with the extra tile on the bottom. The subway tile is white and the quartz is calacatta carina, which has a slight ivory tinge. But I can't even tell, it all went well together. I think it worked for me because the tile and quartz are perpendicular, so the lighting hits each surface differently. If you are going to use two different shades of tile directly adjoining, it may be a little more obvious. If you're comfortable with it and you like it/don't mind it, go with it. In spite of what I thought, the tile police didn't come and arrest me because of what i did. Good luck!