OMG deja vu! I put smoked mirror tiles for the backsplash, grey slab cabs and white 'leather' formica countertops in my kitchen of 30 yrs ago. They were 16x16 tiles and I don't recall seeing the 'torso' effect. The glass company installed it for me, I think it was 1/4" thick.

I loved that kitchen. It wasn't a style for everyone. When we went to sell, the older women didn't like it at all and would rip it out. But it's what sold the young couple who bought the house. As most say here, do what you love. You are the one living there and see it every day.

In our old 60s-70s kitchen, my mother had stainless tiles behind the stove (4 x 4s is my guess). There was a wood look formica countertop and a stainless cooktop and wall oven.

As long as you don't got for bright orange or bright yellow laminate, I say go for it!

When you think about it almost every restaurant bar has a mirror for a backsplash. I have used it on an antique buffet as a backsplash and it looks pretty, reflects the glassware, silver tray and liquor bottles when out for a party. Most of my house is transitional contemporary traditional with a few antiques. My parents had 70's chic. It was so free of clutter, everything had clean lines, very minimal. I'm glad I didn't grow up with clutter and chotskies to this day I cannot stand clutter! I think it would look "groovy"...! Go for it : )

Thanks for the encouragement!

gr8-funny...my parents LOVED clutter...but now I *hate* clutter. Then again, guess it depends what your definition of "clutter" is. I am certainly not minimal, but my mom likes knick knacks and stuff and I do not! I am excited about this backsplash because no one I know personally has it. I must say, thanks to this forum, I am really going to have a kitchen that is not cookie cutter. I have friends that live in homes worth 3 times as much as mine, but they have the same old granite, maple cabs, tumbled marble backsplash, SS appliances etc. Then again, I guess 10 or 15 years ago, that was "new" and "hot". I feel shaker cabs are timeless...can go kind of country, or modern. The color white? I am worried that is a trend, but my kitchen is dark, and with wood floors and butcherblock counters, I need to lighten it up. I am getting cup pulls which I am afraid will be trendy, but those will be easy enough to switch out, and they will only be on the drawers, the cabs will have knobs. I am avoiding subway tile...even that *shape* because I am worried it will be too trendy (I may be wrong, and if my home was older, I might consider it because it would match the era of my house.)

pupeez-I can see the young couples liking it. I have to say...my next door neighbor has a house very similar to mine...and she is the original owner and has not touched the kitchen...and I *LOVE* it. Honestly, if my kitchen was original to the house and in such pristine condition, I swear, I would be tempted to leave it as is. My kitchen has had a few half assed renovations that made it a MESS...plus multiple owners.

dianalo-so ss appliances were indeed available in the 70s, correct? I was kind of torn with getting ss appliances (again, fearful of the "trend factor plus feeling it did not stay true to the 70s feel) but of course restaurants had ss. I think maybe no one that we knew or socialized with had SS, but that doesn't mean it wasn't around. Many people tell us we should do crown mouldings, but no one I knew if Florida in the 70s had CM. No one.

Thanks again, and if anyone has anything negative to say, please share, I don't mind...as long as it is said nicely.

here is another link, I like the top row in this gallery, I also like the "display 5" a few rows down...the yacare texture in the brick pattern (which I would probably do a different pattern so as to not mimic subway tile.)

I think this stuff is expensive, tho.

Here is a link that might be useful: top row tile

dm, I LOVE it. The linked pix are gorgeous (not to mention the Bergdorf windows). I think you should do it! I agree it's different. For the most part I don't mind being part of the masses but some things I do bulk at so like you for some projects I like something more unique. ...My parents had in their kitchen mahogany cabinets and a mahogany wood paneled Sub Zero refrigerator. It had the freezer on the bottom and the single door on the top. It was so tall and gorgeous. My sister and I only wish we could have something like that now. They must have been much cheaper back in the day because it wasn't exactly like we were the Jones'es or anything like that. I think they got it in the mid 60's and it was just timeless. I see stainless going the way of the paneled fridge and appliances. I'd love to do those gorgeous tiles you showed us in the link in my master bath shower since I hate this fake granite so much. Thanks for sharing! Those tiles are gorgeous and I enjoyed looking at all the pictures in your link and seeing the bathroom pictures gave me hope!!! I have seen some that are peel and stick. Wonder what these are. That would be easy!

DM, I'm too sleepy to understand what I'm reading, so forgive me if this isn't to the point. I have sheet glass mirror in my butler's pantry and love it!! I wouldn't do mirror tiles unless they were small, like other glass tiles, but that's for style. I think the foot square ones wouldn't have enough impact. People do sheet glass backsplashes all the time. Mindstorm has one. Mirror isn't any different.

My BP is something like five feet long. Maybe six. And it's a rectangle, though I think there's a notch for the u/c wires. The short side piece has a square cut out for the switches. The wall mount mirror glass is a lot tougher than a lot of glass. It doesn't crack from the inside corners. We had a decent sized earthquake (small, but very near) and there were no cracks.

You will probably need some seams, certainly if/where the backsplash changes height, like around a window, or behind the stove. If you're having a great roaring dragon of a range (a CC or even a big Wolf), you might not want glass there. I'd ask the glass company on that--how the heat affects the glass. Perhaps just having an expansion joint would be adequate. And you'd have to remember not to wipe it with a wet sponge if the glass was actually warm.

Those are all the pros and cons I can think of.

There's also polished metal mirror. I don't know if that comes in antiqued, but it probably does. I also don't know if it scratches. I had a polished metal dressing mirror once and it never got scratched being cleaned with a soft rag (old cotton undershirt or flannel). And I wasn't nice to it, in moving it around, storing it weirdly, etc., and it wasn't worse for the wear. Gave it to a friend after a move. It's probably still fine. :)

dirtymartini, I wondered where you went. Glad you are back. I think I found the picture of glazed shaker cabinets you were looking for a couple weeks ago:

Found it at Houzz . . . [Image 1 (above)[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/bistro-style-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-toronto-phvw-vp~49295)

Here are three other angles of this kitchen:

[Image 2[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/bistro-style-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-toronto-phvw-vp~49294)

[Image 3[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/bistro-style-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-toronto-phvw-vp~49296)

[Image 4[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/bistro-style-kitchen-traditional-kitchen-toronto-phvw-vp~49297)

What goes around comes around!

amen, aloha!

my darling meowzer! Yes, I saw that and commented, both on my original thread *and* the thread you started! I am so appreciative and that is exactly what I am looking for! It is a little late in the game for me to change my mind now. :( But tis ok...my cabs are GORGEOUS and I am thinging...maybe we could add a glaze later? Is that possible? Anyway, please see my posts to you on both threads. I am so happy you found it!

thank you pillog, always happy to have your input. My cooktop will be on an island, so no worry about heat! Where my sink is...yes, there will be a change in cabinet height...and we talked about doing something decorative there...but with mirror, not sure if that would work. Maybe seamless pane of mirror for entire backsplash and then behind sink...maybe small mirror tiles???

thank you gr8! I am super duper excited and soo appreciate your help and enthusiasm!

Talk to your installer. If it's not too long, you might even be able to get one piece for the whole run. I think the small ones would look great too. You might even consider hexagons, or faceted ones.

Hey, dirtymartini, I totally missed your posts on those other threads. They must have slipped off the first few pages quickly. I should be more diligent! :-)

heehee...my installer is hubby. Oh yeah...I will talk to him alright! *giggle* Can't wait to post my pics...we hung cabinets allllll night tonight. GORGEOUS!

meowzer-I am so glad I saw your comments on the other threads...sometimes Igo a few days without checking this board. When I saw my screen name in a thread title...it made me smile! :)

One thing to be aware of, which is the reason why I ripped out my mirror backsplash, is the reflection of torsoes. Yeah, that's right, just headless, legless bodies reflected as you walk around your kitchen. And if you or your SO have any, ahem, "extra" in the middle, it will look magnified, because there won't be head and legs to balance it (and by "middle", I mean, front, side and back, ya know?). Children will just be dis-embodied heads floating by your counters. I couldn't deal with it. My mirrored backsplash was just clear mirrors, not antiqued or smoked, so maybe that makes a difference. Just be aware of the reflections, OK?

Oh, I just realized in your OP you already noted the "torso" effect.

Torso effect...just might be the diet I've been looking for...
I do love those tiles in your link. Sooo classy! BTW, I know how to spell balk and not bulk. Gads...my quick posting leaves my spelling skills in the dust...if only we could edit after posting. I didn't even catch it in the proofread...sheesh!

LOL, ak...as I read your post I was thinking "geez, I already mentioned the damn torso effect!" lol. I would want them HEAVILY smoked/antiqued...and it is one reason why I am thinking of NOT doing a plate of mirror (is that the right word?) but rather tiles, to also add to breaking up the reflection!

gr8-would so love to be able to edit after posting. Thanks again!