Unless those tiles are *really* warped, that looks like a terrible install.

A good installer can make wonky hand made tiles look good, they simply widen the grout lines just a bit to compensate for wonky/irregular tiles. Cloe tiles are not that irregular, so this is just a bad installer.

Sorry to say, this is not good. DH, is not a pro, but ours turned out perfectly. No spacers needes with this tile

You use a "pro". to install. From the National Tile Contractor's Assn., download this and ask these questions: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.tile-assn.com/resource/resmgr/pdf_files/Final_13_Qs_Brochure_Handout.pdf

I wondered if they were just bad installs or just prone to lippage. Here's a couple more

Definitely bad installs. We have square cloe in our kitchen and subway cloe in guest bath and it looks great. The tile is slightly irregular but looks nothing like those terrible install photos when installed correctly.

Just to be clear, none of these are my kitchen. They are just pictures I've seen of this tile. I would like to install it in my kitchen, but have concerns about these examples of lippage.

Jenn - do you know if your installer used a tile leveling system?

You need a whole lot larger grout lines for a start. You also need to order much more than 10% extra and cull out the really wonky ones. More like 30% more. And you need the layout gridded out instead of using spacers. Spacers don’t work with varying width irregular tiles. Wedges do. If the person using them knows a thing or two. They won’t be the $500 crackhead. They will be the 2K minimum actual professional who has a 6 month wait list. Your project just turned into the 5K backsplash.

@CT, I don't believe so. Ours are stacked, not staggered, not sure if that makes a difference. There are definitely small spots where it is slightly irregular, but in the good "non-perfecf" way.

Jenn-any chance you could upload a picture of the square cloe tiles in your kitchen? I am considering this and would love to see pictures!