Kitchen Backsplash

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Hi Everyone,
I just finished installing my new kitchen and would greatly appreciate some advice on what backsplash would compliment the kitchen.

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Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
last year
Any pics?
Adrian van Rensburg
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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.
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An upstand sits on the worktop and is around 4" high. A splashback normally fits behind the hob area to prevent splashes ruining the wall. You can have one or both fitted.
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Hi, A glass splashback in a neutral (or bold colour if you wish) would look lovely and tie in with the contemporary look you are after. They are easy to maintain and there's no grout lines to worry about. You could opt for a light neutral such as stone, light grey or pale blue or a more bolder orange/ teal or yellow. Alternatively, using the same worktop design as a splashback is also very effective in maintaining a modern, sleek look.
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Are you saying the glass splashback is the wrong size because it doesn’t go all the way up to the extractor fan? If so I’d guess that they’ve installed a standard size as opposed to a purpose made size. If so l would just take that one down and get a taller one made. You could always have the splashback all the way across the wall. l don’t think it needs tiles too. You could add a tint of colour with the emulsion,
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Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
last year
Thanks - a couple more questions:
1. Is that a finished wall colour, or plaster pre-painting? If the latter, what paint colour were you proposing?
2. Tricky to tell the colour of the units from the pics - is it a light green or is there a little more blue in them?
If that is the finished wall colour, I think I would be tempted to go white to tone in with the worktop - white & light greens is bang o trend and will always look crisp & fresh.

If you were painting the walls white, then I'd do something different for the splashback - metallic light grey or something darker that toned with your handles even. You could have a bold splash of colour, but I think I'd keep it restrained, as you have lovely views from your windows which is what I'd be wanting as the main feature!
Adrian van Rensburg
Original Author
last year
Hi Caldicot,

Thanks for your reply. The walls are painted with Plascon Castle Stone and the cabinets are wrapped with PG Bison's Caraz Matt.
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Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
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Hi Adrian, thanks for the details - love the Caraz! Absolutely on trend colour, and a nice calm, sophisticated palette. Always amazes me just how much influence ambient light has, as the pictures show both to be even warmer in reality.

With that info, I think I'd still be opting for white/off-white close to your worktop colour - on, if suitable, using the worktop material as a splashback, but you'd need to check with the manufacturer on suitability close to gas flame. Not all would be permissible.

An alternative would be to go with whatever you have picked as flooring tile, if available in large enough size, then cut & edge to suit. Now that large format tiles are becoming so popular, we're finding clients opting for this more frequently, to add a bit more texture compared to flat, plain glass.
Adrian van Rensburg
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last year
The worktops are a pure white quartz which I think might discolour from the heat behind the cooker. I would also need to order a full sheet which would be quite costly. Using floor tiles would be easy enough as I still have a couple of boxes available and they are 600mm x 600mm.

Would you recommend tiling the entire wall behind the cooker up to the bottom of the wall cabinets of just behin the cooker to the bottom of the extractor (still to be installed)?

My wife likes the tiles below, but I'm not so sure. What do you think?
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last year
As you have upstands, I'd suggest you only put the splashback behind the cooker up to the extractor.
Adrian van Rensburg
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last year
These are the backsplash tiles my wife likes. Would this go in the kitchen or is it too busy?
minnie101
last year
They’re nice but personally find them a bit busy but it’s what you like that matters!

i’m not sure where you're tiling given the upstands but your wall looks like a muted peach on my screen, not sure what you think of these if you like pattern?
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Caldicot Kitchen & Bathroom Centre
last year
As others have indicated, I'd probably only go up to your extractor. If conventional, these are normally set about 750mm above the worktop - if angled, then lower.

The tiles your wife likes are certainly nice and look as though the shades go, but will make your kitchen look a little more traditional and "country" than the skinny shaker doors might suggest. @minnie101's suggestion will give a fresher, more contemporary feel. If I am correct, they are "Glass House" from Ca Pietra - my favourite "high end" tile company, and their tiles are always beautiful! Check out their Gendurgan Fern too, which we've used for splashbacks.
Adrian van Rensburg
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last year
Such a great forum with very talented people willing to share their advice. Thank you.
Adrian van Rensburg
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last year
This is what we finally decided on for the kitchen backsplash.
Sonia
last year
Looks lovely and a perfect colour match.

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