Looking for kitchen backsplash/bathroom tile ideas

rack04 · 04-05-2010, 06:41 AM

I really like the look of tumbled natural stone. Good advice has already been given. Take samples of the cabinets, counter top, floor tile, and wall paint to the tile store when you are ready to pick out a color. I think the most important thing is to pick out a focal point. For us it was the vent hood. My wife searched through magazines until she found a style that she liked and then we picked out colors that suited us.

MTB996 · 04-06-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by rack04

I really like the look of tumbled natural stone. Good advice has already been given. Take samples of the cabinets, counter top, floor tile, and wall paint to the tile store when you are ready to pick out a color. I think the most important thing is to pick out a focal point. For us it was the vent hood. My wife searched through magazines until she found a style that she liked and then we picked out colors that suited us.

Very nice looking Kitchen

My advice is to take as many samples home from the store to see in your kitchen, with your appliances and lighting. Also, get as many opinions as possible (for perspective) but get what YOU want think looks best.

floydpink · 04-24-2010, 05:33 PM

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That's an insanely cool looking kitchen.

rack04 · 04-26-2010, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by forgop

For the countertops, I went with solid surface and those were installed 2 days ago.

Looks great. What color grout are you going with? Also, another small detail to pay attention to is the cover plates for the outlets and switches. See if you can find something that matches the backsplash.

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Originally Posted by floydpink

That's an insanely cool looking kitchen.

Thanks. We love it. This is what it looked like when we bought the house.

md4958 · 04-26-2010, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by rack04

Thanks. We love it. This is what it looked like when we bought the house.

Why on Earth would you not want that card table in your kitchen??? I cant believe you took that out

New kitchen looks incredible btw, right out of a magazine.

forgop · 04-26-2010, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rack04

Looks great. What color grout are you going with? Also, another small detail to pay attention to is the cover plates for the outlets and switches. See if you can find something that matches the backsplash.

I think the grout color is called linen.

I'll be getting cover plates this week. I just haven't gotten that far yet.

kaisersozei · 04-26-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by forgop

I think the grout color is called linen.

I'll be getting cover plates this week. I just haven't gotten that far yet.

Nice looking job! I'm late to the thread, but when we redid our counters & backsplash a few years ago we opted for tin:

http://www.americantinceilings.com/backsplash.html

Turned out quite nice; don't have any pictures on hand to post, but I think there are a few around here already as backdrops to my various cigar & beer pix postings

04-05-2010, 06:41 AM	#1
rack04 Lebowski Urban Achiever Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Justin Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,023 Trading: (20)	Re: Looking for kitchen backsplash/bathroom tile ideas I really like the look of tumbled natural stone. Good advice has already been given. Take samples of the cabinets, counter top, floor tile, and wall paint to the tile store when you are ready to pick out a color. I think the most important thing is to pick out a focal point. For us it was the vent hood. My wife searched through magazines until she found a style that she liked and then we picked out colors that suited us. __________________ "Why don't you put them in your secret compartment" - 12stones (Ricky)

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floydpink crazy diamond Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: Orlando Posts: 1,955 Trading: (17)	Re: Looking for kitchen backsplash/bathroom tile ideas [/quote] That's an insanely cool looking kitchen. __________________ "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane"