Backsplash reveal - thanks to Color Club for color encouragement!
Earlier this year, I really enjoyed reading the thread on "Why do all kitchen look the same". I was partway through a phased kitchen remodel and nearing my backsplash selection. The Color Club from that thread encouraged people not to choose color, as long as they choose colors and patterns they love.
So here's my backsplash. It's not "of the moment", but it's very at home in my 1920 bungalow. Tile is Tusk, Tidwater, and Old California #7 (warm motif) from Fireclay. I was hesitant to do this layout with a color block and accent tile - it's just not something I've seen a lot. But now, every time I walk into my kitchen, it makes me happy. It helps that my installer is a true craftsman; he's the one that suggested wrapping the tile into the windows and mitering the corners - and he has the skill and patience to execute it beautifully.
I began planning this reno about 5 years ago; asked for layout help 3 years ago; did the first phase (demo, infrastructure, flooring, drywall, and lower cabinets 2 years ago); and have been finishing and installing the upper cabinets one-by-one since then. I finished the uppers earlier this summer, and am still working on the pantry/fridge wall cabinets (not shown).
I'll try to add more photos below, if the Houzz gremlins succeed in posting this one.
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Comments (12)Beautiful kitchen. I love the chrome light fixtures and your cabinets. My vote is definitely for the blue glass tiles and/or subways over the travertine. You can see how the blue tiles would complement your brown woven shade and furniture just by looking at them next to the travertine mosaic. They would also tie into the blue accents in your living area. I agree with Annie's suggestion to use the blue glass tiles with white subway tiles, though. I can't visualize an entire wall of glass tiles (but I don't know how to use my PhotoShop either!)....See MoreSlonewby picked a BackSplash!!!!!!
Comments (27)Thank you everyone! I'm so happy to have found this cream....after looking at so many different ones! Here is the info: From the sample board.... Manhatten Series MN11/B36 Cream 3X6 beveled edge Best yet, the price is just $4.68 per sq foot! Honestly, I've been looking at tiles that range from $6-$31 per square foot. To think that my very favorite is under $5 really amazes (and delights!) me! I can't wait to post photos of the finished project....right now I have to order more switchplate covers!...See MoreRound 2: Backsplash color opinions. (Help get me out of ABB!)
Comments (59)Oh, gang, sorry for not responding earlier. I wanted to have something concrete to offer, at least more sample boards, before posting again, and I don't. Thank you so much for your help and continued interest. I am grateful for the support. My current game plan is to use a pattern very close to what EAM posted on 11/25 @22:55. Just a single, slim pencil liner bisecting tiles set on the diagonal: I plan to make one sample board that has the pattern like she showed, and another with the field tiles clipped a little bit so that the grout lines above the liner are collinear with the grout lines below the liner. (EAM, this is what I was trying to describe by "grout lines lining up above and below the liner" in my last post a while back.) The next question/quest is to find the right tile and the right liner. Still leaning towards a warm, neutral ceramic field tile, hopefully with color variegation, and a liner that is cut from either Rain Forest Green tile or Rojo Alicante tile. Of course, a coordinating ceramic liner is also a possibility. Walls would probably be repainted to a pale yellow. The other possibility I circle back to is a pale yellow tile, much like Circuspeanut's: In that case, the walls would have to be repainted to something complementary. DebraK and corgimum, thanks for the pencil liner vote of confidence. They helped convince me. And, of course, EAM. OB2B: I do like the color and the pattern on that BS of hoboken, but, sadly, I think it looks too busy in my application. Thanks for mocking it up! In fact, your mockup of my wide, triangular liner helped me see that the thinner liner would be better. raee: thanks for the thoughts. I agree that less is more, and I like some of your color ideas. One of the self-imposed deadlines I had was to be done by this evening. I am hosting a dinner party, and wanted to have the BS done before that. However, I had a number of other things to do to get ready; when it became clear that I was not going to make my BS deadline, I triaged and concentrated on other aspects. The good news is that I finished constructing 4 custom picture frames to display the art I chose for the kitchen! I made two of the frames from wood left over from the original door casing, which got torn out in the demolition....See MoreIs this backsplash too dark? - Peek at reveal
Comments (34)I found two sources for the look. Mine are Mockett SS. The other source is Linnea. Mockett was considerably less expensive. We are super happy with the choice. They come with 1" SS screws, but we needed longer ones for the drawers because there was the drawer box wood and the the drawer front - so much thicker. So if you order, specify longer screws if you will need them. The doors were fine. The screws are SS and metric, so kinda pricey if you have to buy them yourself....See Moresalex
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