I tiled with white crackled beveled subways all the way to the ceiling.

I think stopping at the bottom of the hood is ok but it visually cuts the wall in half while tiling to the ceiling makes the wall look bigger therefore making the kitchen appear a little bigger.

Dee--

So you don't feel overwhelmed by the massive amounts of white?

Those probably aren't your only options. Sometimes the bottom of the hood is not the only, or even the better, line to stop at, cutting the wall in half as said, but also not "seating" the hood over the stove. In some cases can be sort of like placing a chair at the edge of a rug instead of part on it.

In any case, is there another horizontal line in your kitchen that you could tile to? This owner seems to have chosen the cabinet top to continue across the hood area, but something lower down would have done nicely--if available, such as the line of the recessed panel. Do you have a line in windows, perhaps?

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I would not do the entire wall, it will be out of place if not continued in other areas. What about not tiling that wall at all? Or maybe do something sort of like Arlosmom has behind her range, the tile could be the height of the bottom of the cabinets and then go up to meet the hood.

Hope u don't mind, here is a pic of your kitchen so others can see how it is laid out:

Here is a link that might be useful: Arlosmom's range tile

This post was edited by athomeinva on Fri, Aug 2, 13 at 13:50

I'd do it all the way to the ceiling like a Victorian kitchen.

athomeinva--

Yup, that's it before the new counters (unoiled soapstone on the right and Carrera on the left side)went in. Originally we had planned to just keep the original white subway backsplash, but the uneven counters the fabricators discovered meant there were just too many places where this wouldn't work. So, we've torn the backsplash out and are starting again.

The low height hood will be in place of the pot rack.

In some ways it would be nice to not tile there at all since I do have the 10" riser, but I am concerned that the heat/steam does vent up out of the riser and would perhaps stain a painted wall.

I would definitely tile to the ceiling. I have seen so many otherwise nice kitchens with tile decisions that make no sense. Tiling up to bottom of hood means paint above. So you have range, tile , paint, hood and nothing to pull it together. This goes for strips on wall, too.

I would tile the whole wall and have the hood installed over the tile. Better looking and better technically if anything goes wrong. White tile is a basic, not a tile look.

Needinfo1,

I have white uppers, espresso lowers, espresso floors, "burnt scone" walls, SS hood, white paneled fridge & freezer, Rachiele copper sink, SS range.

Don't feel overwhelmed by white at all. I did antique white grout so there would be a contrast and not just one solid white color.

I'm going to have that situation on my "cooking nook wall" - I am tiling up tthe ceiling and very excited about it. I think it's a great look.

I def think some homes look great with a full wall of tile but in this kitchen I think that only one tiled wall may look a little too modern, especially with a chimney hood. The Victorian kitchens that tiled to the ceiling tiled all walls and it usually is a pretty sterile look.

This picture is sort of what I was thinking of, quite a few vintage style homes have a splash that is like this but it is hard to find good examples. Also linked is Allison's kitchen, her tile splash is similar too.

Here is a link that might be useful: allison's kitchen

To the ceiling would be the best look with your layout IMO.

Not to hijack the thread, but do you think the wall is tiled behind that wall cabinet in the pic shown on Aug 2, 13 at 13:23? I'm going to have uppers on an adjoining wall as shown here and I'm trying to figure out if I need to pick out and install tile before I do those uppers, or if I can wait on tile until the cabinets are in.

Thoughts?

Steph--It is my kitchen, and yes there is tile there that was installed after the cabinets were in place. The photo shows the kitchen before the newer counters were installed.

athomemeinva--I think you may have hit my dilemma on the head. I need a solution that fits both the layout and the vintage kitchen I have. And, it goes without saying that trendy or current are not terms that come into play with what I want to achieve. I'm already making a compromise in the feel I want by installing a range hood at all. We are going with a relatively flat/low one to minimize the bulk and visual impact.

Thanks for all of the advice so far.

Thanks, needinfo1. So, if I hearing you right (I hope I am!), the tile isn't behind that upper cabinet that is on the adjoining wall next to the range and I can wait for tile until all the cabinets are in. I definitely want to do the tiling before the range hood, though, so I still have to get my butt in gear... gulp...

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This post was edited by Steph2000 on Sun, Aug 4, 13 at 0:15

Steph--

It was 20 years ago when we initially did the kitchen (this time around is amore modest refresh). Cabinets were all installed before the tile was put in.

Needinfo- Just came across this kitchen that has a very similar layout and feel to yours. I like that they tiled above the window too. I do not know if this would look as good with a chimney hood but it is something to consider.

Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen

Excellent example athome! It would look just as good with a chimney hood. Also note tile over the windows. This strategy is consistent and gives the kitchen a finished look vs looking skimpy -- like someone ran out of tile.

Wow! This really is eerily similar to my kitchen. It must be an other old house with a pretty narrow kitchen like mine. We were able to enlarge ours only by adding an eating area at the end, so it is really long and skinny.

Thanks for taking the time to find and post this.

I am apparently the odd woman out here, but I'm not so sure about tiling all the way to the ceiling. I can't really pinpoint it, but somehow the picture of the kitchen right above looks a bit institutional.
Could you try photoshopping tiles or maybe even photocopy and cut them out and put them up on the wall?

10:07 is our kitchen, and how far up to tile was a hotly contested issue! I pushed for the whole wall but it blew our tile budget, and that's also one of the only parts of the kitchen where we really have wall color. The reason we didn't meet the hood was mostly because ours was a DIY first-time tile job and we weren't confident we could cut the tile to the exact specifications of the hood width without it looking like a hot mess (since our hood is not an even 36"). The gap still bugs me and is the reason we added that utensil bar (which helped a lot, at least for me).

So I would either go all the way up or go up to the hood and run it even with that all the way across, I think. That was my first choice for ours--our top shelf is lined up with the edge of the hood, so it would have worked perfectly. HTH!

Allison--

Thanks for chiming in. I'll be doing the tiling myself too, but I've done tiling before so I am not quite so concerned about not being able to make a match if I decide to only go up to the hood. I do have a bit of the same concern that you do about this wall being the only place on that end of the kitchen where I could have some color.

I've made one decision at least so far. Whether I go all the way up to the ceiling or just to the bottom of the hood, I intend to make a horizontal patterned band (two tiles stacked horizontally next to two tiles run vertically). This will be of the same tile and I am going to do it in order to break up the solid running bond look a bit.

Hi Julieste, do you have a photo of your final kitchen? I'm in the same boat now, and am wondering how yours turned out. Thanks. Julie