Tiles are one way to introduce some pops of colour in your kitchen. If you are worried about the grout discolouring, use epoxy grout which is more resilient to liquid staining. Also, if you use a coloured grout, discolouration will be less noticeable. If you choose textured tiles with rectilinear edges, grout lines are almost invisible. Using tiles can look more traditional compared to glass or stainless steel. The problem with stainless steel is keeping it looking good. Drip marks and grease are instantly noticeable. Glass is less obvious when splashed. They are both more industrial and modern looking. What about using the same material that makes up your worktop as the splashback? Most manufacturers of manmade worktops also do an 11mm thick splashback and upstand.

Do you like patterned tiles at all? Doesn’t have to be garish and you can keep the pallet simple. I’m thinking tile the whole wall, the same width as the vanity unit, up to the ceiling, similar to first picture. Or if that’s too much, then just tile the space from the sink to the mirror. I would raise the mirror a little so that it doesn’t get too splashed.

Hello, Congratulations on your new kitchen, we hope you're enjoying it! We understand that choosing kitchen tiles and backsplash could be confusing, there's so much in the market! You could go with a similar material you've used for the worktop, so it feels and looks continuous. You could also go with a mirrored look to expand the space, visually. We love Kit Kat tiles, they're making a comeback in the market. I'll attach a few images so you can get some ideas! We are Bespoke kitchen and wardrobe designers and provide free-of-charge initial design or quotation services. Our showroom is based in Notting Hill, London, but our services all over the UK.

Shutterstock [website] supply high quality images, either photo's videos, AI images etc and they're sold under licence on behalf of the original artist, so there's a massive library of images to choose from so you should be able to see the image before approval. Then the glass is screen printed on the reverse before going through the toughening process, all the glass i've seen which has been screen printed has looked stunning and i'd assume your glass supplier would have pictures and samples of their work [decent sized not little 100mm squares]. Cost wise though your cheapest option would be as Sonia says to go down the laminate splashback route which is a diy option.