Here are pics of the kitchen

No, don't use patterned tile behind the range. The Marin tile is lovely and will not look good with the patterend tile beside it.

I agree. The Marin tile is great! But not both together or in the same room. I love it so much. Will keep it in mind for our designing our home soon.

IMO one tile for the whole part you are tiling. I do not undertand the back side of the peninsula idea. No different tile behind the range and IMO those tiles do not work together at all.

No, no, and no, accent tile! Stick with the Marin tile throughout. It’s lovely.

I know you’ve already purchased the Calais printed tile…however, putting that on the back side of the peninsula will be mistake.

I would recommend against tiling the backside of your penninsula. Color-matched bead board or a furniture-matched end panel would add strenth to the back and look more finished. Plus the edge of the tile means trim pieces of wood or a Schluter rail along it. Kids kick the the back of a penninsula, stools get pushed hard into it, etc. I had a peninsula and raised seven kids, so I know you need a stable panel to support the cabinet backs. Also, are you doing anything with the right-most corner (the one by the wall) of the penninsula? We put a "hidden" cupboard in our and our little ones loved to hide in it. When they got too big, we stored gift wrap in there.

The black and white patterned tile doesn't work with the Aloe tile. Instead of using a different tile, how about creating a herringbone pattern behind the range with the same tile? See if the Aloe tile has bar liner trim and use that to border the herringbone.

Here's an example of what I mean (expand the photo so you can see the pattern difference better):

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Thanks everyone! No accent wall! We did already get the Calais and will put it on the peninsula (and maybe even wrap it around the side 😱). Updated photos!

(@cupofkindnessgw, we’ll have two floating shelves of that wall as well as two on the opposite side as well.)

You've been advised by others.

You don't need or want tile on the peninsula.

If you need a "black" accent? It's hardware or lighting, or stools.

Trim and paint the back side of the peninsula. The tile concept is a very amateur idea and result.

Sorry. That's truth. Sell the tile on Marketplace, and don't ruin a nice result in your new kitchen. Please. Simply trim as your door style, paint in same white, in satin finish..........then stop.

Hmm…can someone explain why tiling the peninsula is a no-go? It’s not an unusual thing to do - and I love the outcome of all these pics. Is it b/c the Marin is too saturated? The Calais would be the only pattern in the kitchen covering about 14 sq fr.

To explain.........

It's your house. Nobody can stop you. You asked for opinion. Or agreement, with an idea you've made up your mind to do?

Billions of images exist on the internet. Not all of them are good or great ideas. Many are fad of the moment - as is tile on the back side of an island or peninsula.

Once on? It is a ruin of the cabinet skin to remove it. .......and there are plenty of threads on here, where that is exactly what has happened.

Design is e.d.i.t.i.n.g. It rarely (if EVER) means you need or want every idea you saw in an Instagram image.

Your other tile selection is perfectly lovely. ........it needs no competition from another. .......or as Coco Chanel might say. Put it all on, and then take something OFF.

I will add, your back splash IS a pattern.....: ) Let the lovely, be just what it is.

I appreciate the explanation, Jan. Just to clarify, my original question was about the accent tile behind the range.
I think we’ll have them start with the Marin for the full kitchen. Take a breath and have a second look before proceeding.
Thanks all!

What I am saying to the entire space is........you don't need over think, over design for any of it.

One direction for the Marin, on your back splash, eliminate the other and for all the earlier stated reasons. : )

Obviously ,this jmho. But know that in over thirty years, I have never found elimination of an element to be the death of a design of anything. Generally what kills, is the urge to add, and in one from column A one from column B fashion!

The two tiles are not really all that well related , so I will add that fact as well.

I am not btw, a minimalist - editor in chief is more accurate: )

You can ask me a hundred times, and you won't get a change of MY mind. .............it's your home.

DO NOT TILE the peninsula ever .

I agree, one tile only and absolutely not the peninsula

LOL Guess we told YOU!! Poor thing.......she's reeeeeling : )

I wouldn't do accent tile behind the range ( i think that usually only works in very large grand kitchens), and I definitely wouldn't use that accent tile behind the range ( it looks like a encaustic floor tile).

I can add that encaustic patterned tiles had a HUGE moment, five/six/seven years ago. ...............so what does that say ??

Don't put a time and "date passed" stamp on that thing. Okay?

Chiming in with the collective...Marin Aloe tile as backsplash and no Calais tile anywhere in the kitchen. No range accent and especially no tile wrap (or brick or stacked stone or ledger stone or shiplap) on the penisula. If you don't have decorative end panels planned for the sides (see Sabrina's photos where the cabinet ends mimic each kitchen's door style), then that would be a restrained and tasteful way to finish out the cabinet upper and lower runs.

I think it's time for all to bow out--the OP is going to do what she's going to do. Against all opinions to the contrary.

You can look into securing 1/4” underlayment onto peninsula before tiling it. That way you maintain cabinet back integrity in case you want to remove tile later. Just a thought. Best of luck!