Granite behind range??? Need backsplash advice please

6 years ago

We're just about done with our kitchen remodel but need to decide on our backsplash. My husband would love to use our leftover granite to go behind the range and have the remaining backsplash be subway tiles. I'm not sure that I'm in love with the idea. The piece we have is large enough to fill the whole niche under the hood. I'm trying to stay with a traditional look. What are your opinions?

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Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design

6 years ago

Having the same backsplash everywhere is a better look IMO. It wouldn't look bad to have it just behind the stove, but you have a small area for backsplash and it would flow better to have it all subway.

Also, your countertop is gorgeous and they should be the show! A granite piece behind the stove might take away from that

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mark_rachel
6 years ago
Use the tile. It will be beautiful & easy to clean if you use good grout. Do you have to seal the tile?
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izeve
6 years ago
Another vote for all tile backsplash. Mixing the backsplash materials would make your kitchen too busy.
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Beth H. :
6 years ago
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it's not a horrible idea, but let me comment on a few things. that granite piece is prob thicker than your tiles. are you prepared to have the stove piece proud of the others or do you plan on using a thicker substrate to bring the tiles forward to be even with it? what are you going to edge the stone with for borders?

Basically it would look like this

Why don't you tape it up there and put a few tiles around it to see how you like it?

it will make cleaning a breeze, but the space is rather small, so I'm thinking just carrying the tile all the way across may look a little better.

maybe this will help
Barb Cona
6 years ago
Tile, all tile
scomeau1959
6 years ago
I also vote for all tile. Lovely kitchen!
Chessie
6 years ago
All tile.
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missy65202
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6 years ago
Beth, the piece is too large and heavy to tape up. My husband's ideal was to fill the whole space. We would have to do a pencil liner on the edge between the stone and tile.
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artsyphartsy_home_maker
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
For sure use the tile! The granite will break up the smallish space too much & make it look choppy and disjointed. The granite it beautiful but keep it to the countertops only in my opinion. Gotta love thrifty efficient husbands lol! Mine is as well & doesn't ever want to waste anything. Can't blame them really, and I sometimes I even agree with my own husband at times, but in your case you probably woulnd't want to sacrifice the look of a very expensive kitchen reno just to save a few bucks! It could destroy the end result and your entire look of your kitchen. I imagine you want to be happy with it in the end and not have regret. Using the granite would sort of be like the proverbial 'cutting your nose of to spite your face'. I just went through similar debates with my husband when choosing pendant lights. Perhaps save the piece of stone for a bathroom vanity or use for a new table top on a coffee table or end table. Or just give it to a friend. You could even sell it on Craig's list which might make your husband happy. Using just tile alone will create a very nice flow around the parameter of the room making it looks larger and more cohesive.
artsyphartsy_home_maker
6 years ago
SOMEONE IS MESSING WITH MY HOUZZ ACCOUNT! I wrote a comment here about 10 minutes ago which has been removed somehow, someone has been messing with my account and removing what I say. It was nothing outrageous or problematic. I will get to the bottom of what is happening and who is doing this to me. You better stop!
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artsyphartsy_home_maker
6 years ago
WHO IS TAKING MY COMMENTS OFF OF HOUZZ??
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Marta
6 years ago
Hi! I actually like the idea of the granite on the wall behind the cooktop - it would make an interesting centrepiece. We did that in our kitchen :)
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Beth H. :
6 years ago
Artsy,,,calm down. Houzz was having issues posting comments/pics. a lot of mine disappeared too.

butt the tile against the granite piece. How much a difference is there? now find a liner piece that will transition the two different heights.
Gargamel
6 years ago
That big diagonal line in the granite would drive me nuts....
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cookncarpenter
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
All tile!
Panels planted in behind ranges/cooktops always look like a bad TV screen with snow to me...
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artsyphartsy_home_maker
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Beth H,

Yeah --I was afraid lol but calmer now. Glad you told me that, I really was thinking someone else has access...

I don't take things like that lightly, very serious when you consider this is a website where you can buy things....
Fori
6 years ago
Tile. I love a slab as a backsplash but this is a (no offense!) frilly traditional kitchen and it deserves the more dainty tile. It wants the tile. Save that nice piece of stone for somewhere else.
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Beth H. :
6 years ago
I finally found of pic of what it would look like,,,,, kind of.
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Chessie
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Man that is a nice easy-to-clean backsplash, for sure, but the looks of that would drive me up a wall. Plain white would be ever so much better. Still, I would prefer all the same.
mishmosh
6 years ago
I think both would be fine, but let me say that I love your kitchen!
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Chessie
6 years ago
Yeah --I was afraid lol but calmer now. Glad you told me that, I really was thinking someone else has access...

I don't take things like that lightly, very serious when you consider this is a website where you can buy things....

You would still have to enter your purchasing info. Credit card and so on....really nothing to get that upset over when messages on a forum disappear.
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Filipe Custom Woodwork
6 years ago
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Fori
6 years ago
These examples are great. Now I'm firmly in the hell yeah tile ALL THE WAY camp. :)
Nidnay
6 years ago
Don’t care for the granite chunk behind stove. I would do tile.
Barbara
6 years ago
Do white subway tile. You won't get tired of it. And it will let your counters be the start in the kitchen. If it seems too boring, set it in a pattern. Here is a picture on beveled subway tile in a herringbone pattern. It is beautiful without competing with the countertop. The beveled tile reflects the light and is anything but boring. Good luck.
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6 years ago
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