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Kitchen Confidential: 8 Options for Your Range Backsplash

Find the perfect style and material for your backsplash focal point

Sam Ferris March 22, 2016

Houzz Contributor. I have more than seven years of experience in the design industry, including residential renovation, cabinet, and flooring design. I currently work for RVK Architecture, a professional design firm that delivers successful architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture solutions to public and private clients.

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When you’re designing your kitchen backsplash, it’s all about the range. It’s often the kitchen’s focal point, which gives you the perfect opportunity to showcase your style. That said, you’re probably wondering what to put there. Whether it’s a frame, a mosaic or a metal accent piece, the right design can make all the difference. Here are eight backsplash options to consider for the space above your range.

TZS Design

1. Frame. A go-to choice for many homeowners, frames establish an opportunity to highlight a bedazzling glass mosaic or add a second texture or style to your backsplash. The simplest way to create a frame is by finding a complementary liner (which can be glass, stone or porcelain) to use as a border.

Silver Oak Interiors

The good news for those who love detail: You don’t have to limit yourself to one liner when you’re designing a frame. Use multiple chair rails, liners and tiles to make your frame larger and more decorative, as in this Mediterranean kitchen.

David Sharff Architect, P.C.

2. Reimagined shapes. Don’t want to throw a second style or texture into the mix? Sometimes it’s better to have just one cook in the kitchen.

What you can do instead is play with shapes. How so? One way is to change up the pattern in which your tile is installed. If you have subway tile, install it in a herringbone pattern over your stove. If you have square tile, install it at a 45-degree angle to create a diamond shape. This will allow you to get a designer edge without a lot of frills.

Kenorah Design + Build Ltd.

3. Seamless design. You may not always want to use an accent piece or play with shapes, especially if you’re designing a contemporary or modern kitchen. If your goal is to keep it clean and simple, run your perimeter backsplash through your range. The simplicity in itself can be bold.

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4. Accent wall. So you want the area behind your range to stand out. If you have a chimney hood, create an accent wall over your range by installing a complementary tile or mosaic all the way up to your ceiling.

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Over-the-range accent walls can have a dramatic effect in kitchens with high ceilings. This traditional kitchen features an expansive range wall clad in natural stone.

Tina Colebrook Architect

5. Metal. A metal like copper can be all the color and texture your backsplash needs. Metals can serve as the frame themselves and can feature more details, such as florals, patterns and shapes.

Phil Kean Design Group

6. Bricks. An exposed-brick backsplash is perfect for capturing old-world charm or adding a down-to-earth country feel to your kitchen. This can be original to the home or a porcelain look-alike.

Teakwood Builders, Inc.

7. Natural stone. Slate, split-face, travertine — you name it. They’re all a nice contrast to other textures you may have in your perimeter backsplash. Choose a stone with a lot of variation to really make a statement.

Exquisite Kitchen Design

8. Mosaic. Whether it’s glass, marble, travertine or porcelain, a mod mosaic will bring plenty of flair to your range backsplash. Opt for unique patterns for an extra kick.

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J K

I would be very leery about taping news paper near a cooking surface. It could catch fire.

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spraguedl

This is our new kitchen in process. We put up a soapstone backsplash (perimeter countertops are also soapstone, island is quartz) and it is my favorite part of the kitchen. The veining on the soapstone is a show stopper.