I read your other thread and see where the contractor offered to replace it since it was the wrong color tile. Will he not stand by that offer? Since your husband is super handy, I bet he could tear it out and reinstall the backsplash :) Glass tile will be a little tricky but with some tips he can find on line (john bridge tile forum) he could do it! :) Your kitchen is beautiful but I'm with you on the backsplash. Love the granite and pendants AND windows AND floor! Can't wait to see the "clever" things.

Your Echo's three Dot cousins that live here said to tell her "Hi" ;)

Thanks Monica... he totally offered to redo it. But cost was never discussed and since I "signed off" on the tile I have to eat the cost :(

I just got that advice from mayflowers...and I'm taking her advice. I may not choose any more wisely, but I can hope at least. I'm sorry you're faced with this.

You have lived with this BS for a far amount of time to know that you will not grow to like it.

Pricing is regional, so I don't know what to say about the 2K. You have the option to shop around regarding this price. But, it looks like this contractor did a really nice job installing, so that accounts for a lot in my book.

I had my first BS ripped out a day after it was installed. It was clearly wrong! I then lived without a BS for 6 months before committing to another tile.

You say possibly a fireclay tile. Are you not sloppily committed to the new tile?

Is the price of the tile on top of the 2K?

I don't know. He'll probably get two people for that. Your GC I mean. And it's a couple days job min since grout and all. And he wants to have his overhead or what's the right term

I feel you on not loving it enough

is it worth it?

that's personal. my husband is extremely savvy yet he really wants one last arch, next to the entrance to the garage. it's a pretty utilitarian space, I think it doesn't warrant 800 dollar arch installed. and i know he'll pay it at some point nevertheless, because "it's like the house is unfinished"

ok..if it will make him happy. even though i think that if I don't have to have an arch there-it's obvious it's not needed lol

but I'll get-at some point-the bad fireplace job redone, will be good couple thousands too. to me it's much more justifiable. luckily he agrees. but this awful fireplace job, right in the middle of our living room, bugs him less than not having one more arch.

What is your under cabinet lighting? It looks like cool white fluorescent and it;s giving your BS a bit of a morgue cold feel.

If it is CW , switch out to Daylight or Warm Wht tubes

It is really hard to say from the pictures because your cabinets, on my monitor anyway, look almost pink or peach which I'm assuming they are not. The one close up looks great where you see only the counter and the back splash. I'm not a big fan of the glass tile anyway. I would have gone a solid tile for myself. I'm sure it looks OK assuming your cabinets are really just white and not the pink color they look in the pictures.

Are you thinking of replacing the entire BS or just the wrong tiles in the inset? The small tile inset I would definitely replace, maybe with the same tile as you've used for the rest but set in a herringbone pattern.

$2k sounds like way too much for replacing just the inset. I'd really try to negotiate that with your contractor, especially since the wrong tile was used in the first place. And yes, even though you 'signed off' on it.

I just read your original thread. I am not sure if you ever found out if contractor installed wrong tile. In the picture you posted comparing the sample and what went up, they do look to be the same color to me.

I do think your kitchen looks beautiful. I would never think that wasn't the look you wanted, because it seems to flow. That being said, you poured your heart into this and I completely understand wanting to be happy. It is hard to say whether I would spend the $2k to redo it. If money isn't an issue, then I would do it. Otherwise I would live with it until I saved all my birthday and Christmas money to have it done in the future!

Price varies a lot based on location -- but also the materials you chose. I also wonder if he is factoring new tile into his estimate. If so, I think that is a reasonable, perhaps modest cost. If not, it may be a little high to about what I would expect. The demo doesn't take much time and is probably a small component of the total price. The wall prep would presumably be done on the same day as the demo. Depending on how much damage there is to the wall, it may have to dry and have a second day with some prep and more drying time. The installation would be a third day. Mine was grouted the same day, but that could be a fourth trip. If the contractor isn't working another job in the area, then The main tile looks fine on my monitor, but I don't love the large inset of mosaic -- probably wouldn't be my thing in any color or material. I tend to like smaller accents of multi-colored mosaics or mosaics with less variation so that the effect is more textural than changing color and pattern. That's just a personal preference, and I don't know if that is what you aren't happy with or if it is more than that. Is there a reason the frame around the inset looks darker than the field tile?

Changing just the inset to a different pattern of the same tile, if you have or can get that tile to match, would be one option, but it might not be a significant savings. Trying to remove only some of the tile is more difficult that taking it all down, and then getting a good wall prep behind it and inside a frame would be more difficult. More difficult means more time, more risk of things not going smoothly and more money. So it might be just as well to do all or nothing if the main tile is not something you love.

It is hard to tell what is going on with lighting in your kitchen, and lighting has a big impact on color. One photo looks a bit golden, another a bit rosy. The under cabinet lighting is creating a contrast between the tile there and the unlit area under your hood. And all the artificial light sources (including undercounter, overhead, natural and flash, if used) show up differently in photos (our eyes will auto color balance so whites look white, etc. unless it is extreme). I second the rec to look at your lighting and see if that might correct or improve the look beffore you spend $2K on anything.

I have read your previous thread. We all feel a little trepidation when we make changes. I like your back splash. It's different and not run of the mill.

What is your second choice in backsplash? If you want to highlight the counter this backsplash isn't doing it.

From what I can tell/see the mosaic tile is fine BUT the "picture" of it is way too big and takes up too much behind the range space. It is overwhelming the entire area. I also don't like the way it's framed with the field tile. A simple bullnose frame would have been better.

I love your kitchen, but you don't, so here is my opinion...when I look at your room....can't speak of floor, can't see it....everything looks the same color..variation of white....how about bringing in some color...for example red canister, apples in bowl, red vase, red soap dish...or another bright color...aqua, yellow, etc. Live with it awhile and see how you feel...if you still can't stand it or are disappointed, change it.

I agree with Chijim about changing the under cabinet lighting. Try warm light bulbs and photograph it again.

Never if 2k would be any sort of hardship, goes without saying.

That said, from now on you will walk in your kitchen and be unhappy. That is unfortunate. What percent of your total redo would 2k be? What % happier would it make you?

Even professionals make mistake (tho to me it does not say "mistake" at all...i can't say I love it because it is not my style .... but I would never think it was a mistake if I saw it IRL, i don't think). Overall the kitchen looks quite lovely to me.

What are you planning to change it to?

If it is something that changes the whole look and feel of your remodel then I would say it is worth it. If it is a minor variation on the same look or color then I would say leave it and put some colorful accents around. It will fade into the background.

To me your very lovely kitchen goes with the current trending grey theme and reads on the industrial side - clean and stark. So if you wanted something different then the change might clash with the other elements. I would tread carefully to not end up with a style mash-up.