I’m looking for advice forfun backsplash for my laundry room makeover.
speemike
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Comments (18)Thank you guys so much for all of your awesome ideas! I think I found the perfect green for the laundry room. It's brighter, happier and more fun! It's not a lime color, but closer to an apple green. It's called 'Marsh Green' from Lowe's. I think I'm going to go with that! And get some fun vintage laundry ads for the walls and some cool accessories for the top of the cabinets. I love to chalkboard idea for the door. Will have to run that by dh. We're also doing the powder room next to the laundry room. Same floor tile. I am thinking of doing a white wainscot in there too with maybe a red on the top half. Not sure! Too many decisions!!...See MoreBacksplash -- Laminate, Tile, None?
Comments (1)The *only* thing my 4" laminate backsplash has done for me is collect dust. I would leave it out except behind the sink. For that spot, I'd choose something easy to clean (for me, that means grout-free) and pretty, perhaps even an accent....See Moreplease help with backsplash advice
Comments (5)I agree That you should go with what you like because nothing is timeless. Yes, subways have been around for a hundred years, but they were not always used the same way. This will be known as the era of the subway back splash. I imagine that crackle finish, beveled edge, and glass subways will all have their own sub-eras. Heck, in Detroit in the 1920s and 1930s, when New York was all subway tiles, here the upstairs was all 5 x 5 or 6 x 6 tiles. Subways in our mansions are only in the basements, in the laundry and the extra kitchen where the servants worked. Our middle class houses have no subways at all, just square tiles. Kitchens were tiled to the ceilings, as were most bathrooms. Fads come and go. If it is not the shape and style and size of tile, it is the color. For instance, despite all the talk of going back to MCM - no one is precisely matching the colors of the 1950s and 1960s in their recreations of those fabrics that I see. I Definitely do not see avocado green and harvest gold in the 1970s re-creation things I look at! And when they claim that brass is back, it is no color of brass that I have ever seen before. Everything decorative is identifiable as to its era. I fear that it is going to be impossible to make our surroundings truly timeless without going "eclectic" in the sense of being a mish-mash of eras. So find something that you really like, for you will have it a long time. Then plan to redo it in ten or fifteen years when you tire too much of it. Or plan to stick with it and not care its age!...See MorePlease help me with my kitchen backsplash- large format tile!
Comments (22)I like large tile for backsplash and am doing the same for the same reason, I couldnt get a third slab they didn't have one. I got 24x24 and I'm paying to have a professional install as it's tricky. So far looks lovely! Sizing to space properly is critical I found out from my tiler and he was right. If you have found your perfect tile, you can make it work well. If it's just ok, then I would send it back and look at long narrow floor tiles, or 24x24 or bigger to get your look. That is just what I finished going through. Now I'm stumped on tile for my fireplace.....See Morespeemike
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4 years agoHere are a few that I thought might look nice. It looks like a dark green paint on the walls - very pretty colour.
This one comes in lots of colours. When I saw it I thought it was green, but this looks more blue now. In any case, it is a classic and I'm sure you could find a nice colour that would look good.
Decorative Wall & Floor Tiles · More InfoI like the shape of this one and the colour variation.
Decorative Wall & Floor Tiles · More InfoThis one jumped out at me a bit. I'm not sure how practical it will be as backsplash but the colour of the stones looks so nice and I see some green/grey colours that I thought would look good with your wall colour.
New Tile Products & Designs | TileBar.com · More InfoThis might be too formal for the space but a pretty shape and nice colour to tie together the white of the cabinets and the dark wall colour
Decorative Wall & Floor Tiles · More InfoThis one also looks blue now and looked green before. But I like the look, a bit rustic and vintage. I'm sure you could find something similar with more green in.
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I like this one very much. These are larger size tiles. You wouldn't need many to fill that backsplash area.
Cement Encaustic – Toronto Tiles | Saltillo Imports Inc. Toronto · More Info
Have fun searching. There are just so many beautiful tiles.Look for posts from Beth - she always has gorgeous tile options to offer.
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