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

I decided against doing all glass mosaics because I think it would look too busy. The field tile would help with that, maybe. We have no objections to red (my husband loves that burgundy color, and every car we've bought in about 15 years has been red). The granite has some burgundy shades in it, but not a huge amount. No room for a display bowl or plate, unless it's doing a job like holding utensils or fruit, IMO -- everything on display has to have a function in this small kitchen. The long glass tiles don't really look purple in real life -- more like a dark brown, I think, although the camera "sees" purple. And totally agree about the yellowish small mosaics. Our granite doesn't have those yellows in it. The glass pencil rail is an interesting idea, too. Or the other pattern from BossaNova And I'm still thinking about just using the 6x6 field tiles with 2x2s for interest. Maybe using the 2x2s to form a design over the range -- with the rest of the backsplash just diagonal, maybe with a horizontal line of 2x2s about 1/3 of the way up. Or with the rest of the tile set straight but offset, maybe again with the 2x2 band. Thanks for all the great suggestions & ideas. Keep 'em coming!

I really do like that glass, I have to say. You'd have to be careful how you lay it out, so that the light blue doesnt get lost in the paint color, but I think it is do-able. The slate that your hubbie picked out looks nice, too. In the photo without a flash (assuming that the colors are accurate) the tans of the slate really pick up some of the accent colors of the counter. At least in the photo, I like it better than the ostrich, and I may have to nix my previous comment about the "yellowness" of the slate. But I really like that glass.....

Gorgeous! Looks like one of the nabi tiles from Tilebar? Similar thing just happened to me...I was absolutely set on a backsplash tile, it had me at hello. Until we finished our kitchen a few weeks ago and the tile turned slightly yellow. I was heart broken...went to a lot of tile stores during the last 2 weeks, and found the perfect (not unique) tile today. I kept looking for something more unique (love yours, also considered a similar one) but in the end my wild counters go better with this safe choice. Congrats!! Pandamic reno is not fun!