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Garden Stone back splash ?

11 years ago

I found this photo, have you ever done anything like this? I don't want to have to buy this tile setting mat, can I just attach these stones to the wall with adhesive?

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angie_diy
11 years ago
Looks like a pain to clean! It is a backSPLASH after all...
eam44
11 years ago
I agree with Angie - I'd skip this one.

But you love it, so I'm delighted to tell you that you don't need a tile-setting mat. You can find these pebbles already mounted onto a mesh sheet in a variety of hues tumbled or polished, sold by the sheet for around $17.00/sf at the link below. They also carry borders. The image below shows Chateau stone.

If you want a natural element, you might also consider a flatter pebble, like the one below, that might work well if you also have a fieldstone fireplace.

If your kitchen opens up onto a cottage garden, or you're trying to mimic the look of a garden wall or some other natural element like a stacked stone foundation, you could also go with something like this.

None of these looks like bs material to me, but if they do to you, enjoy!

Here is a link that might be useful: Pebble
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Posted by 3boysandadog (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 10:31 Love the backsplash - exactly what I am looking for. Brand of tile and where purchasing from? They are from builddirect.com they are made by a brand called Kesir Posted by gemcap (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 13:29 Gorgeous kitchen. WIsh you all joy and happiness using it :-) Thank you! Posted by annkh (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 13:37 I agree with gemcap. The tiles themselves are beautiful enough to stand alone Thank you! Posted by myfoursons (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 14:39 As always, it's hard to see on a monitor, but the undertones on those two materials are clashing to me. The stacked stone looks to have pink undertones, and the granite yellow. I think it may be my crappy phone camera, in person I don't see the pink undertones, I will try and get some better pics with my dslr. Maybe you are seeing something I don't. Posted by may_flowers (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 17:09 Yup, myfoursons is spot on. Saw it yesterday but I think I have hit a brick wall in trying to get people to understand undertones. Plus the clash of styles of a very traditional kitchen with a rustic stone tile I totally understand undertones and don't really see a pink undertone, but I will try and get some better pics. The samples I have are so small I may just not see the undertone as well as you do. Can you suggest a style tile that may look better? Posted by Swentastic (My Page) on Fri, Jul 25, 14 at 17:40 I think the darker would be prettier too although they do read kinda pink on my monitor too. I wouldn't do any accent with those but be forewarned that's going to be a pill to keep clean. You might consider turning the pattern 90 degrees behind the stove Thanks turning them 90 degrees may be just what I am looking for ;) Thanks for all the suggestions and responses! Please keep them coming! I have been going back and forth on this for months with my wife! And thank you for all the compliments on the kitchen!
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Hi Duba, I don't know when I've seen such consistent feedback on this forum. You're getting some very wise advice and I hope you are listening. I will echo some of the main points, which are spot-on. First get rid of the red paint. Now I love red, but those walls are fighting with your gorgeous granite. Yes, gorgeous. Once the red is gone, take some time to get comfortable with the granite before you zero in on the backsplash. I love the look of stacked stone and was tempted to use it for my backsplash. But I knew it would be a cleaning nightmare, especially around the sink and cooktop. Cooking oil and tomato sauce splatters in all those nooks and crannies would not be good. And in your case, it brings a lot of texture that competes with the granite. I think a cream colored porcelain or ceramic tile would be great for your backsplash. Maybe you can find one that echoes your new paint color. If you go with subways, keeping the grout color consistent with the tile color will help avoid the "brick wall" look you don't like. Accent tiles, either scattered or in a border, could pick up a little pale green or grey or beige from the granite. If you decide to pursue glass tile remember that it tends to bring a modern sensibility, where your kitchen has a very traditional style. So tread lightly. You have the makings of a really lovely kitchen there. Step back and take a few deep breaths and you'll see it. :-) Ruby
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Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for your input, I wouldn't spent that kind on cash for the small space I am doing, its just to dress it up. n
Not much goes on in that area, its just around a window & sink.
deedles
11 years ago
We did this pebble tile on our br floor, it is beautiful! DH had to set quite a few of them by hand so as to not see the outline of the squares. Bear in mind that once it's grouted the stones are in much shallower relief. We did 3 coats of sealer: one before grouting to guard against the grout color staining the pebbles and twice after grouted. Maybe 3 times after grout, actually. I think it could be a really neat backsplash but I'd have a bit of the counter for the initial couple inches of backsplash just for the 'crumb and grunge' factor. Love the pebbles!
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11 years ago
It is NOT a good idea to go out and find your own pebbles and glue them to a wall. The original example looks like crap, so I wouldn't take that as any inspiration at all. If you're going to do this, look at the preformed sheets where the rocks have all been sanitized and sorted to a uniform size so that it actually works to put them up with thinset. And then grout it. Don't leave it without the grout for pancake batter and other crud to collect in the crevices. Especially if you were to use unsanitized rocks with who knows what that could end up growing on and between them.
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Original Author
11 years ago
I happen to like the look myself. I plan to use the rock you buy at lowes or home depot. here is another photo above, that first photo was on tile mat before grouting.
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11 years ago
With the commercially produced stone tiles and grouting the installation, you will avoid most of the way too amateur vertical lines in the first picture. You still have to be careful about where the sheets join and that's why you do have to tweak that area by hand as deedles noted. If you are talking about buying a bag of rock and not the sheets of tiles, then I think you will be in for a shock as to how much work that is ahead of you after you boil the rocks.
deedles
11 years ago
"After you boil the rocks", lol.

Yes, my DH spent 6 DAYS on the floor in our 10x10 bathroom. 75 pounds of grout.

Him, the rocks, the thinset and a butter knife. However, I designed a flowing river of green pebbles within a white field, so that complicated matters a bit.

On some diy tv show, they did a countertop and backsplash in like.... 20 minutes!

It would be a great look, though. And the rocks are uniform and flattish enough that I really don't think wiping them down would be a nightmare. I HOPE not anyway, since I have 100 sq ft of them....

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