Kitchen looking a bit sterile - splashback ideas
Hello, I'm looking for splashback ideas for my white kitchen, the whole length of the run is 4.6m. It's a white gloss kitchen and it's north facing. I do love my new kitchen but it does look a bit sterile, I don't think I want to have a glass splashback as there would just be too much reflection going on. I found some concrete style tiles which I think would give a good contrast ( ignore the sizes in the photo, they are just sampes ), however with the colour being grey, is this make going to make it look more sterile and cold?
I don't think it makes sense to just have a piece of splashback behind the hob and the sink only, I think it needs to go all the way along the back but being quite a long run of cabinets it's tricky to find something that's a bit more interesting but not in your face and over powering
Any thoughts or wonderful ideas?
Thank you so much!
this one has a metalic finish but is quite dark
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kwg kwg
5 years agoHi Man About The House, thanks for your suggestion, the copper does look great in the photos,
Actually the 2nd tile I uploaded does have a copper tint to it although it looks more silver in the photo.
Do you think having 4.6m of copper would look too much? It definitely looks like a statement, I wish I had the courage to go bold!
Floors are wooden.
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Daisy England
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Sam
5 years agoThis is the exact colour scheme of my kitchen that will be fitted in soon, I also have the same dilemma.
I’ll be going for an upstand of the same material as the worktop and adding colour with kitchen accessories, wall art, etc. However I do like the cooper contrast with the grey. Would love to see your finished design.
Maybe paint one wall in a plum or teal colour or use statement wallpaper. Also wood really warms up a room, a wooden oak table would look great! Best of luck.
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5 years agoHi,
Just a thought but i think it is something worth exploring.
How about wooden panels?
Thank you
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5 years agoA glass backsplash could be painted any colour you like, navy blue for example?
Or why not have an encaustic style patterned tile to soften the hard modern look of the cabinets?
Or a geometric tile?
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5 years agoI agree that those copper tones would add real warmth to your kitchen. I’ve found a few images of copper coloured tiles which would have a similar effect, although I love @Man Abouts images!
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5 years agoWe're redoing our kitchen shortly and are having these copper leaf tiles from Original Style as our backsplash - we couldn't find a made to measure copper leaf glass backsplash maker and pure copper sheeting I didn't want as I don't want the patina effect as it ages (or the upkeep!).
We've seen these tiles and they're gorgeous - Original Style have a great range of other similar ones too. They can be cut carefully with professional help although we're just placing them vertically all the way along.
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