Need help with how to terminate backsplash near cabinet ends

8 days ago

last modified: 8 days ago

Ive seen a couple topics on this before, and I am not interested in moving my junction box for several reasons. can someone please provide advice on what would look best for terminating the backsplash to be symmetrical and not look janky?

attaching 2 pics - first is of the area to the right of the doorway which will have casing around it but no door and the second is a picture showing the back wall with the stove that i want to terminate similarly (there are no wall cabinets on the wall whwre the range hood is though). thanks in advance!

for the wall with the range, my thought is to end the backsplash at the countertop edge.

for the wall under the microwave, i was planning on ending the backsplash to the right of the light switch plate. would that look weird though?

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btydrvn
8 days ago
In order to get accurate guidance you should show the tile you will be using…
btydrvn
8 days ago
It will be fairly easy ….and worth doing ….to move the multiple switch …to line up the splash better ….in the first picture
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I love the framed pictures at the end of the wall, but this is just my own petty little opinion, I think it would call less attention to the backsplash dilemma if the pictures were centered on the wall space between the door and cabinet shelves end. That way you would never even think about the backsplash and just look at the pictures and not wonder why they weren't centered on the wall, which in turn would lead to explaining the dilemma about the splash. I know that was a run-on sentence...sorry!!!
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Babywhite, Could you post another photo, showing the surrounding area more? I have the same situation re: countertop extending a bit farther than the end of the upper cabinet at two points in my kitchen. One of them involves one large double-door upper cabinet at the end, with a window above my sink to the left and a wall with french doors that continues to extend into our family room/sitting room to the right. The other is a small (18") cabinet; on the right are my built-in wall ovens. To the left, there is a doorway, with no door or trim that leads to a short hallway toward front foyer. This is nearly identical to what you have posted, but I think that the absence of trim around the doorway might make it a bit easier to decide, since it minimizes the number of changes in finshes. in one area. Anyway, I think it would help to see an overall picture of the area, in addition to the close-ups, to understand the context better. I'm not very good figuring out what I'm seeing in tight shots like this. What is the dark surface to the right of your cabinet?
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jackowskib
8 days ago
This is one of those live and learn moments. Once the tile goes up the permanent fixtures are stuck there. Save money elsewhere and move your switch box out of the way so the backsplash can have a clean finish at the ends.
plf12652
8 days ago
A question because I am not an electrician…….if you swapped out the light switch from the large toggle switch to a regular up/down switch, would it be smaller overall and allow you to tile right up to the end of the cabinet run?
Dee
8 days ago
I had the same problem, you can get a switch has 3 smaller switches stacked on top of each other so that it only uses the space of a single switch. I can’t seem to add photos otherwise I would attach a pic.
palimpsest
7 days ago
last modified: 7 days ago
You may be able to get a narrower switch plate.

With dimmers I don't think you could do a smaller j box. There is also a thing about how many dimmers can go in a single box, somehow they interfere with each other, I don't know, I am not an electrician.

If you absolutely do not want to move the box it looks like it would end like this:

This is a discrepancy that a lot of people would never notice on a non-focal point wall.

I think it would look okay IF:

the backsplash and the wall color are essentially similar

the switches and plate and wall color are similar

I think it will look odd in general if you have a contrasting wall color and a whiteish backsplash and switch because it could look like this:

I don't think you want to create a T-shape in white here:

Another option is to not have a backsplash over in this little bit of counter at all. You don't really need one there. And it's tucked away from the rest so it give it permission to be different.
Greg A
Original Author
7 days ago
last modified: 7 days ago
Hi ! great comments so far. we will be using 4x4 montauk gin tile from tilebar (https://www.tilebar.com/montauk-gin-4x4-ceramic-wall-tile.html) and they also offer a bullnose 2x8 cap which we can potentially use but i do not have the imaginstion to know if that would look good. the wall color will be very similar (benjamin moore chantilly lace) to answer the other question.

@dee i cannot use a vertical switch because it only supports single pole not three way
palimpsest
7 days ago
last modified: 7 days ago
If you have enough wire, you could see if the three gang box could be turned on its side, which would put it here. Then you could take the backsplash to the end of the upper and you would have a small margin of wall to avoid the weird shape at the color change.

I usually have my electricians put an extra loop or S in the wiring at the boxes so they can be moved around a little bit if necessary. But even doing that at just more "important" box positions adds to the total lengths of wiring used for the job.
Greg A
Original Author
7 days ago
Great idea! i will ask my electrician about this

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