I think we are moving in the direction to do the island, perimeter counters and backs splash (all the way up the wall) in the same White Santorini Quartzite. Any feedback on this? Im sensitive to adding too many different materials into the mix. Is this too much of one thing?

Jakowskib, room is darkish. Will try to add photo with daylight tomorrow. flopsycat1 no under cabinet lighting. This is an open concept condo with this kitchen at one end with bay window, then at the other end the living room with a slider to a deck. Not a lot of natural light, wooded area at deck end. Sholt576, the adjacent wall you see is actually blue and I can paint it if I don’t like the look when cabinet doors and backsplash installed. Lots of options there. Suggestions welcome. Thank you for the tips about the straight edge and grout, had no idea about that. If I stay with one of these tiles, will choose grout more carefully.

Great Ideas, thank you for the input! Since the whole house is 110% wood lol, we were trying to move away from wood in general but some of those do look nice. Beth, the bead type panels would probably work but wood is $$ right now and the cedar planks are about $60 a pop so I wouldn't be able to match that. While the all-white looks great I still think the wood surfaces need to be broken up. That wall is the only wall that isn't wood. For background, I painted the knotty pine tongue and groove walls white ("butter creme" or somesuch). Same with the rough-cut knotty cedar plank wall. Originally, the whole interior looked like the ceiling still does. So, we were really trying to liven the place up with a different material without getting too modern. But of course, sometimes you embrace what you've got. We will be installing shelving where we can on that wall, including some creative (out of necessity) shelving in that corner with the beam. I will make the shelves. Likely out of wood reclaimed from elsewhere in the house. I am framing the interior sill of the window with refinished planks from flooring I pulled up. There will be a hood* above the range (TBD) so that will break up the big wall but also potentially make it a bit crowded in the corner. We really need the shelf space though, as having only lower cabinets really limits storage. I like the look of the unpainted tin but was afraid it would be too overwhelming and/or too contrasting but I will think on that some more. When we were thinking about just painting, we dabbled with something bolder, e.g. blue or sage green on the wall too since our cabinets are kind of utilitarian grey so I guess that is still on the table if we go with some kind of wallpaper or other material. I just don't know how level and finished the wall needs to be in order to take to some of those. The peel-n-stick stuff I have seen is actually quite expensive for a large area and it gets poor reviews. Likely installer error, but still. And because I had to remove the old cabinets and wallpaper due to water damage, mouse infestation, and mold, I ended up jumping the gun and cleaned and kilz primed the whole wall so there is a school of thought that says that mud won't adhere correctly now. *We are debating basic stainless hood or just buying the guts of a hood and building a custom enclosure out of reclaimed wood, painted white to match. I like the subway tile look. Really most tile. But I am pretty exhausted and just don't know if I want to learn tile right now. Ha. I will look into the removable wallpaper. Again, not sure what condition the wall must be in to acquire a good bond and look.

no to that glass tile! please no. if you must use a linear mosaic tile, make it something like this (backsplash.com) has real marble https://backsplash.com/product/white-marble-glass-kitchen-backsplash/ or check out this 1x4 mosaic glass tile from Lunada Bay. (tons of colors and sizes) i love this chevron they have (backsplash.com) it's 3 diff finishes of carrara done in a chevron https://backsplash.com/product/ba631613-white-modern-marble-chevron-mosaic-backsplash-tile/ shown here w/wood. it's really pretty. Or, this one may be pretty w/your wood cabs https://backsplash.com/product/white-beige-marble-elegant-mosaic-backsplash-tile-ba6310/ https://backsplash.com/product/white-gray-gold-chevron-marble-mosaic-backsplash-tile-ba6311/ Or, check out Bedrosians. Zenith tile, makoto tile, Sahara tile. all basically this size. this one laid in a herringbone Bedrosians tile, herringbone mosaic BTW, are you planning on changing out your flooring? just wondering what color if you do