Backsplash help!

last year

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I need help picking a backsplash!! we have ordered our countertops (Laza Oro Quartz). we want to paint the lower cabinents dark ish green, uppers white with gold pulls/hardware. ive purchased a whire farmhouse sink along with a gold faucet.

kitchen is currently stuck in the 90s with honey oak cabinents 🫣 but in great shape so will hold onto them as we are trying to keep this budget friendly - likely not our forever home.

Also want to add I orginially wanted to do some pop of gold in the backsplash but my husband thinks it will be too much 😝 Also open to paint color ideas!

TIA!

inspo pic:

close up of the gray/gold ish veining in our countertops.

Current situation:

would love to eventuallu extend cabinents to ceiling or install large crown moulding to ceiling!

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mvcanada

last year

I'd extend the tops of those cabinets for sure. Now is the time. If you are DIY handy - there are lots of tutorials for how to do it - see the link below.

add boxes to upper cabinet

If you're not handy, then a local cabinet place can likely do it for you. But if you are taking the time to prep and paint everything - now is absolutely the time to take the cupboards higher and put your crown to the ceiling. It will make such a difference to the space.

You've got a lot of stuff out that doesn't seem to have a home in your kitchen. So some additional storage might help with that too.

Are you planning to hire someone to do the prep and painting of the cupboards? Painting oak cupboards, because of the open grain in oak - is a multi step process to get it looking very good. There are lots of tutorials online for the processes to smooth the grain, sand, prime, sand again, paint. It is doable as a DIY - but it can be a bit daunting. If you are going to hire someone ask them to detail their prep process. What you don't want is someone telling you they will just prime and paint them.

Another option - build the boxes to extend to the ceiling and order new doors only. That way you can change the door profile away from the arches - and if they are MDF or other unfinished material - you can give them to a painter with a spray booth and they can get a really nice finish on them for you. That just leaves the boxes and end panels etc to be painted on site.

Paint colours - if you like that green in your picture above....there are a few that you might consider. These are all Benjamin Moore colours from their historical collection

BM Caldwell HC 124

BM Knoxville HC 160

BM Brewster HC162

BM Duxbury HC163

BM Puritan Grey HC164

For your white colour - there are a lot of whites to choose from.

Do you have a sample of your counters? Try to find a white that plays well with the white in the counter. You don't want the cupboards to be a really bright white if the counters are more grey leaning or off white - something ends up looking dingy or dirty.

Here are some top choices from BM.

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Comments (7)

roarah
last year
A big trend in 2025 is cabinets that stop before the ceiling so save your money and time on that. Arches in large cabinets and doorways are also hot so your arch cabinet doors may have a resurgence too! Simple or no backsplash is also on trend. Running the counter up in a curve design by the stove is also an option that looks nice. Think devol kitchens saturated with character and somewhat oldfashion and quaint.

Removing a few uppers and adding a hutchlike feature is nice too.
Bailey L
Original Author
last year
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! ❤️
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Bailey L
Original Author
last year
Wow thank you so much for taking the time to respond in such detail. here are our countertops:
chloe00s
last year
The thing that dates kitchens the most to me is upper wood cabinets with arched doors. Yes, arches are coming back, but not in kitchen cabinet doors!
mvcanada
last year
I realize in re-reading your post that it was backsplash you were originally asking about.

You need to finalize a bunch of other things before you start planning the backsplash.

But if you do end up choosing green and white for your cupboards....here are a couple of ideas that might work.

This one is from Tilebar. They have 5 samples for $5 so you can pick out a few that you think you like and see them in your space when all your other elements are in place.

This one looks blue in the photo but is actually Ming green marble. Similar to the photo below.

Both of these could be lovely with your counter and the green and white combo you have in mind.

Or, since you mentioned wanting some gold.....

It might be stunning - it might be too much. Only you can decide that!

Hold off thinking about your backsplash until you sort some other decisions. You can easily do a backsplash later but it is really difficult make the decision on splash before everything else is installed.
roarah
last year
Honestly if changing doors, painting and adding tops you might as well get all new cabinets with drawers for lowers. The cost would only be nominally more.