Here’s a backsplash trying to be several different backsplashes at the same time: Seems the designer (I use the word in its broadest possible sense) couldn’t quite make a decision. There’s granite, slate, tumbled travertine mosaic (with pewter accents), and slate again. Whew – just one of those selections would have done the job (via). ...
Can you believe your eyes? A perfect example of how not to do switchplates and outlets in a tiled backsplash: Just lovely, don’t you think? There’s really no possible excuse for this, let me refer you to this informative post at the wonderful Paul Anater’s Kitchen and Residential Design for just a few better ideas. ...
I’m always telling people that the backsplash design is a good place to be bold and have fun, playing with the different textures and colors in your kitchen, emphasizing certain materials, or creating contrast. Of course, there is the danger that my bold is your OMG, what have you done! Let’s start with the sublime ...
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: Exuberant geometric design and cool colors are perfect in this ...
I’ve been collecting simple hood surrounds this last week. Here’s a sweetly traditional version, from a Spanish home outside Barcelona – I like the way the hood is integrated with the shelf, giving a single horizontal to frame the lively backsplash tile. That shelf provides much needed storage in the absence of upper cabinets: This ...
Thank you, Contemporist, for posting this gallery of contemporary kitchens from EuroCucine – great for all of us who couldn’t attend. I don’t really see anything extraordinary and new in the pictures, perhaps it was different if you were actually there. Rectangular cut-outs or niches in walls of cabinets seem to be quite a feature: ...
I was going to feature this kitchen in my backsplash post, because I just love these panels of travertiine – so much more interesting than blah 4×4 tiles on the diagonal. But when I found out that the cabinets are from Ikea, I figured it deserved a post of its own (via): I just wanted ...