I just went through a bunch of pictures on Houzz and saw that most do not have those couple of inches of countertop going up the wall. Since we are doing such a simple splash, though, would it look ok if we did have a couple inches of corian and then the glass? This looks good, right?

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I personally really like it. It seems so functional and not really noticeable. I was at Starbucks the other day and the counter for the half&half had what looked like Rain Cloud or Witch Hazel. It had a coved backsplash and it looked so bad a**. And felt amazing. I cannot stand looking at pics of people's backsplash (or HGTV on the popular shows!) with poor caulk lines.

It seems like the world is split between coved backsplash. So do what you like.

So glad I know what that is called. Our LR and DR ceilings are coved, so why not our kitchen counter? lol

I did a coved 1/2" of Corian to set my backsplash tiles slightly above the counter top in two bathrooms so I can't see why you couldn't do an inch.

I also did a 1.5" ledge in soapstone to set the glass backsplash on in my previous kitchen and it was barely noticeable as a vertical element.

I don't know why I titled my post the way I did, since I think I DO want to do the coved Corian. Sounds like this is the way to go for me!

We had a 2" splash at our last house, but skipped it in our new home. If you like it then go for it.

I didn't know you could cove Corian. I'd totally do it, how easy to clean that would be!

It is expensive is why most people do not choose it. $40-$50 a linear foot upgrade.

Oh! That makes sense. Hmm. Something else to think about then.

I'm interested in the cove backsplash, especially behind the sink.

However, at the showroom, in some of the cover backsplashes the pattern looked distorted. I'm sure this isn't an issue for plain colors, but it did look funny on the patterns like Witch Hazel. However, I'm am considering more of a uniform, Quartz-particulate look. They didn't have coved samples in those colors, but maybe it would look better.

Is the distorted look on the coves normal?

Here are the various coves in my unfinished bathrooms.

There is a slight distortion in the particulate Corian cove, but not so much it bothers me or that most people would notice

As most folks here know, I ADORE my white Corian countertops. But I'm not a fan of the cove backsplash. It just looks too "molded" (which it may be!). I prefer my backsplash to come down to the Corian just as it would to any other countertop surface.

It's actually built up and routed. I did not want any hard corners in my bathrooms.

I don't believe the coving was $40-50 per foot upgrade because a couple of my shelves weren't much more expensive than that, total. I will try to look back and see.

Thanks for the photos!

I like both looks. I'm just thinking of the cove behind the sink, for ease of cleaning.

Palimpsest, what is that particulate color/brand?

Corian Silver Birch.

Darn, should have done a coved back splash on the corian counter/sink I recently had installed in my teens bathroom. Would have certainly made it easier to keep the counter-backsplah seam clean.

I think they did it here, and it's short enough most people don't notice it:

It just keeps the joint out of the corner. My coves are mostly 1/4".

Oooh I like the short cove idea.

Ooh, thanks for all the pictures!!

I love the tiny cove idea. No more annoying gunk collecting seam!

Palimpsest, funny, I went to Home Depot with my hubby tonight and picked out a few samples I liked. Out of three.. one was Silver Birch! (Without me looking at the name!).