Backsplash and beyond – it must be tile Tuesday
Some bright and beautiful, others just beautiful. Striking tile and backsplash designs from around the web.
I’m not usually a huge fan of of the framed tile “picture” behind the range, but I make an exception for this lovely monochromatic splash – beautiful yet restrained:
Painting a picture - photo Stuart McIntyre via kmldesign.dk
Exuberant geometric design and cool colors are perfect in this little Moroccan kitchen:
Moroccan style - Francoise Smilenko via Marie Claire Maison
This next splash violates one of my “rules” though (more on that here), in that there is no reason I can see for the tile to stop where it does. If there is no shelf or upper cabinet for it to die into, then for heavens sake add a piece of trim for punctuation. I just don’t like to see those poor truncated flowers left hanging, without their other half*
Bright and energetic - via Living, etc.
(*Period deliberately omitted in lame attempt to prove point)
Here’s a real beauty that’s been sitting in my inspiration files for a long time – now this is to me is art, not just a kitchen backsplash. Isn’t it fabulous that goes all the way up to the ceiling, not stopping at the hood as a more pedestrian splash might have done. If any of you out there can tell me who the creators are, I’d love to give them credit:
A work of art - via kitchenbathideas.com
Of course there are more ways to use tile than in the backsplash. This floor is made up of a random selection of cement encaustic tiles – how much fun is that?
Tile floor in a brasserie
And beyond walls and floors, you can even tile the coffers of your ceiling – certainly a striking way to introduce some color and pattern into the kitchen!
Tiled ceiling too - via Velvet and Linen
