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What backsplash with cream cabinet/antique brown granite?

15 years ago

Hello!

We love our new kitchen but we haven't decided yet on a backsplash. We have cream coloured cabinets - not white, not antique glazed, just a nice cream with yellow undertones. Our granite on these perimeter counters is antique brown (very dark brown). Old fashioned knobs and pulls.

I've always liked a neutral backsplash, in subway tiles, either 2x4 or 3x6. I've brought home some samples and their undertones are too pink!

Your suggestions and photos would be welcomed! Especially if you have a similar type of kitchen. Thank you:)

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Jean Farrell

15 years ago

We have cream colored cabinets (although with a glaze), very dark brown/black countertops, and a pretty neutral backsplash, with just small splashes of color.

The field tile is s simple crackle tile that is almost exactly the same color as our cabinets, and then we have about 10 different color of the same insert tile.

I am pretty happy with how it came out. I had originally thought I would do subway tile, but subway tile has become so popular, I thought I'd do something a little different.

Comments (8)

remodelfla
15 years ago
I"m seeing a tumbled stone subway tile in either size. Are you using ORB hardware? Some inserts like that with your stone or an ORB liner of some sort might tie it in nicely.

If you have any pics you can post that would be great. Online pics of tumbled stone aren't all that accurate in coloration since they vary so much.

If you prefer a slightly more subdued look with less variation; I'd suggest a crackled ceramic subway tile.
rhome410
15 years ago
Your combo sounds so yummy...like coffee and cream or whip cream and chocolate! How about a cream tile with a brown Tantrum tile as accent? Or brown and another color?

Something like Lissa711's would be gorgeous, since hers is. :-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Lissa711' post
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Watch out for trying to mix cool grays with warm oak. Small amounts work OK. A gray backsplash would have gone with my countertops - but would have been drab with my warm wood. Warm wood tones and cool grays do not bring out the best in each other which is why the gray is usually paired with white. Gray is a bit overused right now which means it risks being labeled "dated" in the next 10 years though it will always be an important neutral - like cream and beige. Go ahead and try it in wall color that can be easily changed but be careful of using too much in more permanent surfaces. The grays in your countertop read warm which is why it is working with your cabinets. Consider your wall color last as it is the least permanent surface and easy to change.
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remodelfla
15 years ago
OOOOOOOOO... nice pic rhome. I forgot about that one. Something like that would look real rich and beautiful. I prefer it over tumbled stone myself but that's a matter of personal taste.
weedyacres
15 years ago
I did matte biscuit subway tiles with some bronze decorative accents.
clax66
Original Author
15 years ago
oohh, I love your kitchens! Thank you for sharing:)

Remodelfa, the samples I carried home were all tumbled cream stone with pink undertones...I realized after looking here that that's probably contributing to the problem: the shiny dark granite is not working with the tumbled stone.

I think I need to look at the polished tiles, or the crackled tiles.

Lissa's kitchen is beautiful; her colours are very similar to mine. LOL, Rhome - when I was envisioning my kitchen last winter, I always thought of baked goodies when I thought of the colours:cream with chocolate frosting, chocolate with vanilla frosting (for the island)!

Weedyacres - couldn't find "matte" subway tiles like yours but this is what I initially had in mind.

Jeannie kitchen - beautiful insert tile (and I'm loving your stove)

Thank you to everyone who kindly responded:)
sprengle1
15 years ago
Clax66, what did you decide on?
mills_bmts_com
13 years ago
I am having the same decisions. We have slightly off-white cabinets with cafe brown granite and looking for backsplash ideas. As I've painted the walls a dark brown, I'm thinking I need something warm with cream/beige and dark brown accents?

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