Yes please show pics??
We are trying to order our backsplash,

My husband wants marble subway,
I think I want beveled white subway.

We have white inset cabs and super white counters.
I'm nervous for the my kitchen to be to cold, but thought paint and curtains and other accessories can do a lot!

Also, I've noticed some white subways look so shiny and almost sparkly or seem to glisten, is there something I'm missing about white subways??? Besides the fact that there are matte or shiny???

marble mosaic tiles

beautiful kitchen babs!

babs, love your kitchen so far! I am getting white macabus also, and i love your tile, such a pretty shade of blue, not too baby blue, so serene, can you share the manufacturer or any info you have on it? tks so much, Michelle

We went with ivory glass mini subway tiles with a pebble mosaic at the stove. The colors are soft ivory, light grey and charcoal grey in the pebble mosaic. The subway tiles take on a slight green hue from the glass itself, but are ivory.

The wall color is a soft pale ivory, probably with the slightest nod towards green undertone. It's warmer than the photo represents, but still quite pale. The white macaubus counter has tiny flecks of sandy colored dots throughout and the wall color is similar.

Thanks guys! I agonized over the backsplash but never felt like the lighting was quite right in photos to post here about it. The funny thing is that I found these first. Right after I found our WM for the island then the perimeters, I saw the tile at the fabricator's. I took samples of it along with white and some carrara. The carrara was too cool for the wm and the white was too stark. But I was too nervous to commit to the blue/green at that point. I wanted something beautiful but nothing that would take away from the WM either.

So I ended up with various samples from five tile places AND the Grazia Rixi crackle tiles that The Tile Shop mailed to me. The crackle was super super subtle in them....almost not visible from a couple of feet away. I also had samples of the Solistone Mardi Gras Carrollton tiles sent to me (more modern than I wanted but pretty). I had thassos, calacatta in hex and subway and various other tiles.

At one point, I really liked Sonoma Tilemakers stellar tiles in mist. But they were $20-something a tile. Then I thought about doing Daltile Modern Dimensions (polished) in 4x8 in their light warm gray shade with this really neat mother of pearl mosaic that had brown and gray and ivory and white tones all in it. It was lovely but I didn't truly feel it. But I kept going back to these as well. And they were $8.95/sf. There's enough green in them so that they don't scream "blue" and enough gray in them so they're not pastel. And I love the uneven handmade look and the glossiness of them. And I love love love the crackle and the variation of the color finish within each tile and from tile to tile.

I feel silly that I had these from the start. Even my builder asked me why on earth I hesitated. I love the way they came out.

That ended up being wordy. Sorry! The brand is Settecento. I tried to find them but only found the ivory and white. The color I have is called gray/green (a bit misleading) and they're made in Italy.

kiffgirl: that tile that extends from range is so nuts! I love it!

We used SW porpoise for the island cabinets (with the white quartzite top), revere pewter on the perimeter cabinets with soapstone counters, and BM Seapearl OC19 for the walls. It's still a mess in the final stages of construction, but I'll try to snap some pictures tomorrow. Good luck!

I keep revisiting this thread to see everyone's choices.

Kiffgirl, what a showpiece!!

Canadamom, your mosaic is subtle enough that it works really well with the wm. I didn't look at mosaics but if I had, I would have gone in that direction. Your choices are lovely!

Shareher, I can't wait to see your photos. I bet RP looks great on cabinets. I recall seeing it on some in a magazine once and loved how it looked. I can't wait to see it with the Seapearl!

Here are some quick pictures to show the colors together. The backsplash is a white subway from Walker Zanger with penny rounds above the range. Excuse the mess. Some of the counters are still covered since we are not quite done. Good luck with your choices.

another angle

And a third.

babs711... your kitchen looks beautiful!
love the tile you chose!
big fan of revere pewter too! :)
may i ask what your perimeter counter top material is?

@Shareher -- what color are your perimeter cabinets? The kitchen looks great!

Walllyden, her perimeters are Revere Pewter which is what my walls are! Doesn't it look great on cabinets??

Shareher, I'm glad this got bumped because I missed your kitchen. It looks great!

Carissafox, thank you! My perimeter counter is leathered absolute black. Love the texture!

i like the RP on the cabinets! Very pretty. Our counters are not pure white - they're more creamy with some grey, green and beige. I paired a white onyx backsplash with it that has some grey and taupe undertones. The walls are a light green.
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just have to say... love seeing all your pretty kitchens!

and yes... that RP looks great on your cabinets shareher!!!

Thanks everyone. Here is a cleaner photo. We are almost done and moving back in. The blank spot above the fridge is for the TV. So so nice to have a sink, range, and dishwasher again.

Sorry to post and disappear. My "day job," 2 kids and remodel have kept me crazy busy lately. I'm usually surfing the site late at night when I'm up with the baby, but it is too hard to type long replies with 1 hand. Thanks to all who responded. I love all the pictures that have been posted.

Babs, I love your blue/green/gray BS tiles - they look great with the white quartzite. (I can't find that shade in that tile.) I am trying to picture your kitchen with walnut cabinets, because I am now thinking about doing the White Macaubas just on the island with dark gray or black perimeter counters. I have been thinking about grayish blue BS tiles or wall paint for a while.

Canadamom, the marble mosaic tiles look really good too. Could you tell me the brand of the tiles? I had to go find your kitchen reveal so I could see more details of your lovely kitchen. I love the dark stained top drawers you combined with the white cabinets.

Kiffgirl, your pebble mosaic tile is so cool. Where did you get it? (Great aerial shot of the drool-worthy counters and tile, BTW!)

Shareher, looks like your lovely kitchen is almost done - I can't wait to see the big reveal. What material did you use for your perimeter counters? The dark grey paint on your island looks great with the WM counter.

Pipdog, it's great to see your beautiful kitchen again. The different shades of white make for such a warm white kitchen, not at all cold and sterile. (DH shuddered when we walked into an all-white kitchen display at Ikea yesterday.) I wish those white onyx tiles you used were still available.

It's cool to see how good the white quartzite looks in both modern and traditional kitchens