Paralysis...that's me...I'll put up cookie boxes for play tile rather than commit to a tile choice....Here's my edited version of the Wikipedia definition of "Limbo":
....any status where a person or project is held up, and nothing can be done until another action happens. For example, a construction project might be described as "in limbo" if tile considerations delay its completion.....

No decision yet. I put it off for now... still not sure what to do. I have Bianco romano and didn't realize how difficult it would be to find a backsplash to compliment.

Here is a link that might be useful:

Still paralyzed. The husband and I think everyone else are getting irritated. Why is this decision so darn hard?

I don't know if anyone on this forum paints (like oil on canvas or watercolor to an extent) but the concept is likely very similar to when you have a painting to the 90% stage. There comes a point where you've laid in so much time in building up the structure, laying different tonal layers that a fear starts to creep in every time you pick up the brush. You know you need to finish, but what if you botch it? What if you now ruin all of the good work that's been laid down?

It comes down to trusting your hand, your eye and your concept for the painting (er- kitchen).

Granted finishing a painting and doing a backsplash have their differences. I've never had to pick paint based on a budget. Nor has my wife ever had to love what I was doing with a painting. But I think trusting yourself to take the final steps is important nonetheless.

The backsplash is up! I have to two colors of mate board (one for tile and one for soapstone) and printed images of a decorative tile panel on either side of the sink. My paralysis is fear of not finding a skilled person to install it, so I have not even ordered it yet.

The backsplash is just the "cherry on top" to me (besides all the cute accessories), so I can see why it's holding so many people up! It's also not a necessity to functionality so it doesn't prevent usage....that's probably why so many just wait.

Anyone else?

I'm still undecided and considering other options from my last 2 choices. For me, I typically can't commit to something when it just doesn't seem "right". So maybe I need to take a little longer. I don't think it's a matter of finding yet another tile, I just think I need to decide on "the look" I'm going for. I am getting antsy to get it finished. Because I am in limbo on this decision, I can't decide on window treatments for the kitchen and adjoining room. I just want to move on with it all!!

Maybe I shouldn't post here, but the backsplash is what I started with. And I just put my deposit down on the tiles before my kitchen is even demolished. Art & function for me!

Malhgold-I remember your wall-it really is an all-or-nothing decision. Maybe nothing is the way to go, at least for now. Maybe paint that wall a different color/shade instead and revisit the tile idea in a year.

I decided to go with white paint until I lived in it for a while. I had originally thought white subways. Now? I don't know. Maybe wallpaper which I had also considered. Or maybe paint that area a color to see if I like it. Or make a painted pattern as if tile to see how it fits. Summer is just around the corner so I probably won't do anything until I'm back in the house again.

I just got my cabinets in a few days ago. Granite is not yet in. But I have been thinking about the backsplash for a long time. I painted before cabinets went in and I really like my paint color. I found myself looking for tile that is about the same color as my paint. Then, I realized that maybe I should just use tempered glass panels for my backsplash...then my paint color can show through. I think I'm going to test it on a glass piece behind the range. It'll at least get me up to code and isn't too expensive while I think about the backsplash more.

I'm having the same problem - cabinets in - no granite yet (but will have Monday) - and I love my paint color. I am starting to wonder how long I could live without a backsplash...

When I painted the kitchen I painted the backsplash area also. I think it looks great for now. Definitely will eventually pick a tile. But I don't see any hurry. I'm more worried about getting other things done . . . like installing the glass in our cabinets before the frames get all twisted . . . like installing the above the fridge cabinet and sides . . . like installing the crown molding . . . like installing the panel behind the island . . . like installing the panel on the compact refrigerator . . . I could go on.

We are mostly decided, but we're still procrastinating. No good reason, we just haven't gotten around to it. We're going with simple, off-white, matte subways.

The one minor hang-up (besides simple inertia) is that we think we would like accent pieces of soapstone tile, and we're trying to decide exactly what this will look like.

I always wondered why so few people actually put backsplashes in unless it was done for them (ie model home) I hadn't thought of it like that until it was posted (don't want to ruin whats done) There is a very small portion of our kitchen that will have a backsplash and I was really looking forward to putting up something that would make an impact. When we move in our counter will be laminate with painted wall but eventually we'll be putting in black quartz and I love this backsplash
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/tkme4ard/Wheeler20backsplash201.jpg[/IMG]

Is anyone else having problems with photobucket today? I couldn't get there with this link
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/tkme4ard/Wheeler20backsplash201.jpg[/IMG]

Earlier today I tried some other links posted and all I got was my own page. Never did find the photos they posted.

I'm also having BS indecision...just posted another thread about it. I like the one you linked to, tkme...is that called tumbled stone or travertine or something else? It doesn't look very practical to keep clean behind a stove though.

(I must first declare that I'm among the supposed rebels on the kitchen threads who is doing a modest kitchen. Frankly, there's not much money here right now and we don't foresee being visited by a high-end mag photographer and our neighborhood could care less about our backsplash.)

My only reason for choosing a tile at all is to remove what I call the "penny catcher" 1-in. deep 4-inch tall Formica edging in my current kitchen. We've toyed with all kinds of ideas for a backsplash to butt against the new laminate. We finally found an affordable 4-inch tile that we like, very modest and of course, in the red palette and it comes in a bullnose as well. We have 30 feet of wall along our countertops because there are such long countertops.

We're at the stage where the new walls are taped for drywall skim coatings. Have been dithering as to how tall to make a tile backslash and have done a wise thing...cost us about $30--for paint we were going to buy anyway. We literally drew with pencil onto the early coat of drywall white and faked in the tiles to the max of our discussed options, a penciled grid. Looked at it for a few hours. Then, having already decided our paint color, we painted out most of the grid during the most recent bout of the wall smoothing. We came to realize that the tile could be minimal--just 4 inches except behind the stove where we're putting a niche--because the tile so closely matches the paint, and so the paint helps remove the jarring transition and custom fitting that tall tiling would create between cabinets and windows.

We still have not ordered the tile, but we're leaning toward the minimal backsplash. Meanwhile, that paint is smeared with white drywall mud because the pits in the finish still need some attention, but hey, we're falling in love with that color and the room seems more beckoning. If we follow our inclination, we cut our tile bill 'way down to nuthin' and give ourselves more places for stenciling if we want to stencil. Then I can dither over that!

So it goes. Have fun solving YOUR paralysis.