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Opinions please on Backsplash accent tiles

12 years ago

I'm going to try my hand for the first time at posting a photo not a link. We're almost at backsplash decision time. Small Brooklyn, NY kitchen 9x16 set up in two L's. Our cabinets are Divinity (off white) painted cabinets from Medallion. soapstone counters. stainless appliances. wood floor (not quite decided but warm not dark tone).

i have been loving these tiles since i saw them. my idea is to do a cream crackled subway tile 3/4 up from the counter and then to put a double row of these (they are 20 random patterns and the tiles themselves are 1x2) and then finish with cream crackle subway tile above. they are artful without being intense - and remind me of my garden. interestingly, please note that they are not so colorful in person...the camera saturated the coloring a lot.

may i have opinions on these?

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everyrose
12 years ago
Those are really pretty!

Just make sure that you can see them. If you are tall, the upper cabinets can block your view of them if you place them too high. If they are placed too low, stuff on the counter can block your view of them.
ebean
Original Author
12 years ago
ok...to make it clearer i uploaded our layouts. my idea is that the accent tiles will be - essentially - across from each other. two rows. on the sink wall, 3/4 up beween the two windows.
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and on the stove wall...just up under the hood and between the 2 cabinets (worried it will get lost behind the hood.
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and here's the vertical view:
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hoping that will provide more info. any other ideas on how to use these? espec. on the stove side.
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Hmmm.... I didn't expect the strong backlash to the pebbles. As far as the stove being the star, eh... I'm not really trying to have that be the case. The reason for those cut outs is the view to our little river and really it seems THAT is the star no matter what is in the house. It's hard not to look at water, you know? Maybe as the kitchen is framed up more and IF I can talk DH into a solatube (it's a dark kitchen without that) then at that point I can put the various samples up in the real lighting and make a determination. It's hard to work off the image entirely as the cabinets aren't the right color nor the woodwork. Okay. I'll be bringing this thread back in a new form after we make a bit more progress. Thank you all for weighing in. Even if I haven't gotten it nailed down yet, I feel closer to the final result. One thing though for sure, I really like the tile behind the stove no matter what ultimately surrounds it. So that's a good thing. Here is the view today out the windows fwiw:
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scoutcat
12 years ago
I love those tiles. Just make sure that they are sealed and/or easy to clean if they're by the stove.
eastbaymom
12 years ago
Very pretty.

Can you do three rows instead of two? You'll have more punch that way.
Jody
12 years ago
They are GORGEOUS!!! Who makes them??? I am also in the midst of a *small* kithen redo and lookin for ideas for a backsplash!!
petepie1
12 years ago
Are those from Sonoma Della Vigna style? I was looking at Sonoma and found that they have a second line called "Market Collection". The tiles look the same but the colors are different and the prices seem a little lower (at least for the 3x6 subway crackle tiles). You may want to check them too for pricing and to see other color options.

Here is a link that might be useful: Market collection
ebean
Original Author
12 years ago
they are from the sonoma della vigna collection. i wasn't going to use the sonoma subway tiles tho...a dif. company. these are expensive but we're going to use them as an accent band.
ebean
Original Author
12 years ago
This is the collection -

Here is a link that might be useful: market collection - della vigna

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