I need help choosing a backsplash
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Comments (8)I have the exact same color thing going on in my kitchen. I am also a person who loves color. My plan is to use the backsplash tile to visually link the kitchen to the LR beyond and the attached dining room. LR is a warm sand color and the dining room will be turquoise. Tile will be a mix of the two, some bend of blue and amber glass. I think your most important decision is whether or not you want the backsplash to stand out as the focal point in the kitchen or if you want it to just be a part of the whole. For me, the splash is what brings my kitchen splash! I need it to be fun and interesting and more than a little blingy. You have to figure out where you are on that spectrum and choose the medium/style accordingly. Similarly, you have to decide how much color you want/need. For me, the stark white is just too sterile. There are some really nice "clear" glass tiles that throw a bit of green or blue or gray. Or, if you're drawn to the ceramic, you could get a soft gray or taupe like you mentioned. Ann Sacks Ceramic Basics has a number of really lovely, soft-but-not-pastel colors in the field tile. Sees like everyone who was still looking for a backsplash over on the kitchens board made a New Year's resolution to get it done, so there are a lot of threads right now. You might take a peek over there and see what people are looking at...whether any of it appeals. I assume you have already looked at the FKB and Inspirational Backsplashes slideshow? Here is a link that might be useful: Ann Sacks Ceramic Basics...See MoreNeed help with choosing backsplash tile please!
Comments (11)Bill, you clearly need some crab or gingko dear! LOL (As your new OCD friend I can say these things *winks*!) Traci can't get those first tiles because they have been discontinued. Do you know of a different tile company that makes something similar? She would love those first tiles, actually she DID love those first tiles until she found out that the sample the company sent had been discontinued. Traci, I hope I didn't put words in your mouth, but that's what you are asking right? If anyone knows of a different source for the first tiles? I do like those first ones with the mother of pearl type tiles mixed in, but I also think the second one you found would also be pretty! When I get back from running errands I'll try to see if I can help you find those other ones. There was no identifying info anywhere on the sample? Not a number of any sort or color name? Kat :)...See MoreStill need help choosing backsplash tile
Comments (16)ktj, I finally got a sample of the cameo today. I didn't really like it in the store and I liked it even less at home. For some reason they put more of the color "gunk" on it than they do with the Britton. If it had a lot less of the added color, it might not be so bad. The thing I really can't figure out is why in the store display--hanging vertically--the Britton bone has a much warmer tone to it and looks like it would go perfectly. But when you pick up a sample and look at it horizontally--or at my home in natural light--it has a very stark white/gray look. It's better than the Cameo but I need something with a bit of warmth....See MoreI need help choosing a backsplash and floor tile
Comments (7)What are your thoughts on the backsolash thats on there now if i remove the 4” granite blocks on top and replace with more of the backsplash tiles...See MoreAshley Brant
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