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Scabos travertine tile backsplash?

16 years ago

Have any of you used this tile in your kitchen backsplash or even in your bathroom? A search only came up with two hits that were not very helpful. If anyone has any info or pics, I would appreciate it. Backsplash really is the hardest thing to choose in my humble opinion. TIA.

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franki1962
16 years ago
We have tumbled 4 x 4 tumbled Marble, Chairo which to me is basically Travertine. Have not really cleaned it yet and we intentionally did not put it behind the stove as grease and grout dont mix.
pupwhipped
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you for the picture, franki1962. Wow! Everything is beautiful in your kitchen...even the toaster. Your backsplash is killer. Would you mind telling me what is on your floor? I have dark tiles on my floor and wanted to put lighter tiles for my backsplash, but I'm not sure that's gonna look good. Thanks very much for your help.
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Mikewood, our granite is called Golden Crystal. I don't have photos of our backsplash installed, but was inspired by Kellienoelle's (link attached to her reveal post). It's Crossville RetroActive in empress white- unpolished (so no sheen, a very matte finish), in the longer rectangular shape to set it apart from traditional subway. It's also not a stark white, but almost an antique white, even a tad gray in some light, both coordinate with our counter. My DH too was convinced we needed travertine because he "liked the way it looks." And he was leery of a white tile in subway shape for fear of it seeming like a bathroom. I love travertine, but not with our granite. It sometimes takes a lot of convincing to get someone out of their preconceived notions. While the backsplash may be considered boring by some, it offsets our beautiful granite and cabinets perfectly. It's the perfect backdrop, and our granite's the star. Here is a link that might be useful: busy granite with plain backsplash
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I would seal the tiles and the grout. That way you don't have to worry about food splatters on the tile. I have honed marble tiles for my backsplash and my GC sealed both the tiles and the grout. It's probably easier to seal both anyway than to try to go around and just seal the grout.
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Thanks Marcy and peytonroad .. (I have also seen nursetammi's splash in another thread) Scabos is quite colorful and looks great. But I think it becomes the focal point and the granite will compete with it. If we can get a lighter scabos .. (or we can use lighter colored ones only, but that would become cost prohibitive) peytonroad, nice stools in that thread. We also want counter height stools for our peninsula, so I will bookmark that thread. annetacm, I am using google sketchup. It took me about 3 hours to make that backsplash up. sketchup is not very difficult, but there is some learning curve. I started learning it couple of months ago when we started planning for our kitchen. The good thing is, there is a lot of information/tips n'tricks on the internets. (I am also using irfanview to crop/process images that I like and then bring those into google sketchup)
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chiefneil
16 years ago
I have scabos on my floor and absolutely love it. The particular color/batch I have would be pretty strong for a backsplash, although I've seen other batches that still had the distinctive grain but were much less colorful.
azureashe
16 years ago
I used a heavily textured travertine tile for my kitchen backsplash. You can see it here: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2197276770028282443oElrdi (Not the best photo, but you get the idea). Has been up for three years and have not had one problem with it. The tile was sealed and all I ever have to do is wipe it down with a damp cloth.
boxiebabe
16 years ago
franki: WAYYYY cute!
franki1962
16 years ago
Thanks for the kind remarks, we have a lighter tiled floor to compliment the lighter backsplash.

chiefneil, thats some expansive space you have there. The meterial selections look really nice together.

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