Glass Tile Backsplash Options For An Elegant Kitchen

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I spend more time in my kitchen than I do anywhere else in my home. I want to spruce up my 60’s green kitchen before I return to teaching in August. I want to replace the current white and green marble formica backsplash with tin ceiling tile. Is this possible?

I have found a distributor that has 2′ x 2′ sections for .25 in the steel color I want. I am using steel because it is basic for the colors I have picked and will blend well. I don’t know whether to use the nail up or drop in. I thinking nail up with cornices. The backsplash will cover the area around my countertops and the back of the stove.

I am decorating an office building. The theme throughout is a mixture of cowboy, santa fe, and indian art. There is a kitchen in the office and I am thinking of doing the backsplash with faux tooled leather fabric. It looks and pretty much feels like leather, but it is fake. They sell it on a bolt (roll) at Hobby Lobby. The kitchen is rarely used. I was also thinking of covering the chair seats with the same material. I am planning on doing one wall (the one you look at as you enter the kitchen) with the torn up brown kraft paper to make it look like ‘faux suede’ and then paint the other walls a contrasting color….maybe a sienna or barn red?

Any suggestions on colors? Or do you think the faux tooled leather would be a good backsplash?

Thanks for your input!

1st let me say that my husband & I get along great & are best friends UNLESS . . . we have to work on a project together. We almost killed each other moving into this house & the D word even came up which we laugh about today but it was not good. So now we’re remodeling the kitchen (flooring, countertops, new sink, backsplash) and he thinks it would be a GREAT idea to do this together. I’m a planner & researcher while he jumps right in & then the cussing & slamming ensues. Maybe a little odd for a girl but I actually used to lay tile for a living. Anyway our neighbor quoted us 00 for labor so we need to buy all the materials and do the demo ourselves which in itself is going to lead to some heated arguments I would suspect. How can I get him to go with the neighbor without hurting his feelings or making him feel like I don’t trust his work or ability? I’m the one paying for it anyway so he’s not coming out of pocket for any of this. He’s just trying to save me some money and do a project together. Or should I just be honest about the reason & tell him we simply don’t get along & I see bad things coming out of this? He’s so excited about it
It’s not about the colors or design ideas. He trusts me completely with that. It’s the actual work. He turns into a demon & starts screaming at me if something goes wrong on his end. Like he’ll break something or screw something up really bad & then yell at me because he’s frustrated.
Okay maybe I need to develop a better sense of humor about this then. I guess it’s because he works from home & gets bored sometimes so a project is really fun for him while I work constantly & a project for me is just added stress & time I don’t have. I do love the man though LOL!!

I would like to DEemphasize the pink hue that the cabinets have. I think that the dark green granite brings it out even more. We can’t afford to remodel but right now the backsplash is just white wall. I love glass tile – are there colors I can use to make the cabinets look more white rather than pink? Thanks!!!

I have a gray counter top, black appliances, and off white walls in my kitchen. i am having a heck of a time picking color out for tile for my blacksplash. And should it be all one solid color or mixed colors. my kitchen is a fairly small one too. so i am trying to lighten it up and make it seem bigger. Need to move!!!!

I have just installed a kitchen cabinets in glossy silver grey color and the countertop with blue and cream dots with silver spots. What colors should I go for the backsplash and the walls in the kitchen.

I’m remodeling my kitchen using a 50’s theme: I have the old appliances, stove/fridge (white) and dinette set (red table/white chairs) already. What type of lighting was used in this era? Recessed? I’m going to paint my cabinets (not sure what 50’s color), what kind of countertop should I use? Stainless? Of course I’m going with the black/white checkered floor and same color mini tile for the backsplash. Maybe I chrome outer edge of the countertop? What colors were the walls primarily- white with a hint of coor as the cabinets (50’s teal/blue)? I need help choosing colors being a single guy. I can’t match for shite. Any ideas I on what was popular back then I would appreciate!

Due to some water damage we have had to completely re-do our kitchen. I made some decisions based on the fact that our floors, which were all white ceramic tile were not going to have to be replaced. Our kitchen is VERY small. Probably around 10 x 11. So, with the white floors I didn’t want dark cabinets b/c I was afraid that it would make the room look smaller. So, I decided on some cabinets that were sage green. I got a contemporary looking cabinet face with brushed nickel pulls. We are getting stainless appliances. I am going to get a charcoal/blackish tile countertop. The tiles are 12 x 12 and look really nice with a dark grout. I really could care less about granite and really can’t afford it anyway. They ended up having to replace my floors after I had already ordered the green cabinets. So, I got white with just a hint of marbled gray in there. I have read that dark countertops with white floors are really in right now and I think it will look really sharp. I want to do a nice backsplash…was considering just getting white subway tiles. I am trying to tie together the colors of the kitchen together with the backsplash. So, I have white, dark grey/black and sage green. I was thinking of using the white subway tiles with some small green glass pieces mixed in. Does anyone have any thoughts or pictures they can share that will help me. It’s so hard to visualize this stuff without having seen it first. I am so bad at this. Thanks!