At long last- Backsplash!
mushcreek
6 years ago
Although our house was 'finished' two years ago, I'm still picking away at it. One thing we held out on was the backsplash. Not sure what to do, we did... nothing. We finally decided to just go with a white subway tile, with a chair rail trim to cap it off. Folks on this forum didn't like the idea of the chair rail trim, but regular bullnose trim just kind of died into the wall, and didn't have the vintage vibe we were after. We like the added detail of the trim, and it makes it look cozier. The grout is a warm light gray.
What a pain to do this small tile job! It seemed like every other tile had to be cut for something. With the angled returns on the windows, the tile butting up to the trim had to be mitered as well. But it's finished! Now to figure out what to do with that hood.....
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Comments (4)There's a very MAJOR reason not to tile the backsplash first, aside from the one ccombs just brought up, and that is if you have ANY wave to your wall at all (and in 30 years, I've yet to see one that doesn't have ANY), the tile will hide that. If you butt your countertop up to the tile, it'll be there for all to see, especially you. Scondly, when they template granite, it's done figuring to the 32nd of an inch. now, you're adding a minimum of 3/8" (3/16" with mosaics) to the face of the wall. Now, if your counter is open ended, that just means your countertop would stick out over the face of the cabinets 3/8" (hope shifting your sink won't hurt anything). But if you have, say, an "L" in your countertop, and it stops at say, a refridgerator garage sidewall, now your granite guy has a real problem, and will have to cut the slab on site (and won't be happy about it, either, and rightfully so)....See MoreBill V - 1 last ? re: reinstall of oceanside backsplash
Comments (12)hostagrams - Ouch! I am so sorry that sounds incredibly painful! I don't know if you saw my follow-up but Oceanside is having a really big problem with their Geologie line. My new tile came in and the rep at the tile showroom called to tell me it was cleaner than the original but still had something on it when she held it up to the light. She called her Oceanside rep who she says was mortified and asked her to get it wet and see if it was sticky. It was. She asked him what they are doing differently since this has never been a problem before. He admitted the line has always been a problem because the paper doesn't adhere well to the slate tiles and so they have been trying new adhesives - obviously it is not working ;-) THey are paying to have the tile shipped back so they can clean every sheet of my tile by hand. I inspected my other mosaic and it also does have something that shows through - but it is a brown glass tile so it is not as obvious. Anyway, since the one of your choices has very light tile if you do go with it inspect it VERY carefully! THe good news is they are taking responsibility and will pay for installation. EVeryone thinks the backsplash is stunning at first glance and I love the overall look - but this has been a bit of a pain. It seems like the cost for getting my perfect bathrooms was a number of issues with my kitchen - the countertop was fabricated incorrectly of the last 2 slabs of a discontinued Ice stone color - I managed to get the fabrication cost deducted which will help my frame of mind considerably every time I notice the problem :-) I am waiting for the cabinet maker to remake ALL of the integrated appliance fronts - he did not bother to re-measure after the appliances were installed and made them all too short - fridge and wine cooler edges/hinges show - big gap between the dishwasher and the cabinet - just nuts. He had too measure anyway and now he has to do the work again - what a waste of time. THe joys of remodeling - but at least I didn't break anything. Hope you are up and around soon!...See MoreBacksplash or no Backsplash.
Comments (27)yep that's my kitchen. Sorry it's not in your budget, but gpraceman does have a good idea about granite tiles. I have seen these used in place of granite slabs for the counter, when a budget dictated it. "To Me", they did not look that bad. I had to redo the area of the granite where the cook top is, due to a bad choice I made about cooktops, a 36" semi-circle Caldera. It died in about a year and the company went broke, so I had to replace it with a rectangular induction cooktop, Hence the granite rework. Well I could find Granite remnants (Arandis Gold) for next to nothing, (I paid about $75 for a little less than a half slab. So you may be able to do that too, and then have it cut to sizes you want for the tile, myself, the bigger the better, and the less grout lines. Thanks for your kind words about my kitchen, it is pretty unique, and as we tell folks here, Do what makes you happy, after all, it's your kitchen. For those of you that do like tiles and grout, that's great, as long as it's what you want, and you're not following others or doing what you "Think", might help sell the house later. Gary...See MoreBacksplash pics posted at last!
Comments (15)Thanks for all your nice comments, everyone. Immediately after I put up the mosaic, I decided I hated the outlet plates. I've been thinking of stainless steel, but couldn't find a phone plate to match. Cher, thanks for the tip on Fusion spray paint. I've used it for other things, but never would have thought of it here, for whatever reason. What I was hoping to do was find a clear face plate and do a "mosaic" matching the colors of the backsplash with some kind of paper decoupaged on the inside of the face plate, so it'd be smooth on the outside. So far, no luck finding this type of face plate. Haven't looked beyond Lowes, though, b/c I just needed a breather from the mosaic for a minute, you know?...See More
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