Please help with counter/backsplash choices

10 years ago

I know I need to pick one, before the other, but I am having trouble finding inspiration pictures that have both elements that I like. We are getting white cabinets, wood top on the island and medium wood floor.

The backsplashes that I like in pictures are usually shown with a white/light counter which I don't really like with white cabinets.

Here are two examples of a backsplash I like, but I don't love the counter.

Traditional Kitchen by San Francisco Interior Designer Fiorella Design

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[Traditional Kitchen Tile[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2107) by Charlotte Walker Zanger

Here is another tile that I like:

Contemporary Bathroom by Austin General Contractor Soledad Builders, LLC

Here is another tile, but I don't like it with that counter:

Contemporary Kitchen by Denver Kitchen And Bath Exquisite Kitchen Design

The counters I see that I like are usually darker. I don't like granite with a lot of movement. I do not like man made materials with chunks in them.
Love how this counter looks, but what backsplash?

Contemporary Kitchen by Toronto Interior Designer Meredith Heron

I like this counter also, but not the backsplash:

Contemporary Kitchen by San Francisco General Contractor Mascheroni Construction

So I guess I have to compromise on either counter or bs, There are very few of each that I like and since the bs seems more prominent to me when looking at a kitchen, maybe I choose that first?

Feeling slightly lost, thanks for any insights...

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cawaps
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Why does the lack of inspiration photos mean you have to compromise? I think that the backsplashes you like would look fine with the counters you like. Is the problem that you can't visualize them together?

It seems to me that having a photo of them together that you don't like would maybe mean you would have to compromise; NOT seeing a photo of them together is just lack of information.
cawaps
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
So here's a mockup with the tile from your 3rd pic, soapstone counters, and Kraftmaid shaker cabs in Dove White.
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kmmh
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Thank you cawaps! I guess I have a few problems. One is that I don't see the types of things I like in pictures, and when I do, it seems I like them separately , but not together (which is maybe why I don't see them together?)

I probably border too much on mathy matchy (or at least coordinating). I have trouble with putting two different whites together. I hate orange and pink together, I don't mix black and blue...

Thank you for putting those two pictures together. It is a the type of picture that I am looking for.
pricklypearcactus
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I think it's difficult to go wrong with black (or charcoal) and white with a pale pastel color backsplash. Looks like you really like soapstone (a favorite here on GW). I think soapstone would look fantastic on white cabinets with a pale green backsplash.
joaniepoanie
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I like the 4th picture circular pattern tile with the 5th picture charcoal counter....as long as the counter is plain like the one in the picture.
cawaps
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
If someone can i.d. the other tiles in the pics or find a better resolution image of them, I can drop them into my little mock-up.
kmmh
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Sorry I haven't responded, these last few comments got lost somewhere in the end of school year shuffle!

Thanks Pricklypear cactus, you helped me verbalize what I like. I never thought about it that way, but I do like a pale backsplash.

Joaniepoanie- I like the ann sacks tile too, but that backsplash definitely needs something plain on the counter!

Cawaps, Thanks again!! Are you using photoshop to do that?
Here is a similiar green one I found that I like, link to it below:

http://www.fireclaytile.com/images/made/img/vitrail/vitrail_9up/Basil_500_500.jpg

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1769236}}
kmmh
Original Author
10 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Here is another one I like.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1847482}}