You can either introduce an accent colour taking inspiration from your furnishings, artwork or even kitchen appliances. Or, opt to not introduce colour at all, choosing a stafford low iron glass splash back that is colour matched to your wall colour, and have one real splash back at all! If it were mine, I would like to maintain the moody-ness of a dark timber kitchen and black granite, and continue to granite up the wall to create a wet hub enclosing all my workspace with the same surface material. Install lighting to the underside of the overhead wall cabinets, and this by night will ooze sophistication.

Congratulations. It's a very stylish kitchen, you have. You could stick with the black and white look and use white tiles, such as small white round mosaics, for a clean look. Search for penny round tiles for ideas. Or if you'd like to add colour, reddish tones would work well. Blue-greens and teals are very popular at the moment but I think they will date. Red is a more classic choice with black and white. We used a dark purple-red glass splashback for this kitchen with Caesarstone Calacatta benches and dark brown and off white laminate. Good luck, and post pictures when you've completed the splashback. Regards Jane McDougall alsoCAN architects 1/52 Burnley Street Richmond V3121 Ph: 9421 3433 Fx: 9421 3433 Mb: 0413 332 874 www.alsocan.com.au

I agree that it's hard to choose the style without seeing the rest of the house but that a charcoal colour (same as the island cupboards) would tie in best with the colour scheme you have. Depending on the look of the house you have a lot of options to choose from and a lot depends on personal taste or budget. Glass is easy to keep clean and is a modern look if you are not wanting to draw attention to the splashback. Mirror (plain - modern or distressed - character) is lovely if you have something nice reflected in it. If the kitchen is messy though, it doubles the mess. Subway tiles (regular or irregular, tiled in brick format or herringbone) are always a lovely classic choice - but be mindful of grout issues. Arabesque or patterned tiles add more character if you're after tiles with a wow factor. I personally love stone, marble or quartz for an elegant, timeless look and in a charcoal or grey with veins I think would look stunning with the lamps as well as tying in the white and grey cabinetry. You can also do marble tiles that are a little less exxy than a slab although in the end I was surprised that the marble didn't cost much more than the caesarstone. Choices, choices!! Good luck. Your kitchen looks lovely!

i have not looked into the splashback pricing yet, as i am still stuck onto the colour fr the cabinets. we have to decide it tonight. I have been looking at warm whites, as suggested earlier in the thread. Antique white USA in 1/4 strength i think will go with the grey colored stone. I have read tht in full strength it throws cream tones. NOt sure if this colour scheme will work. i still have to decide the wall colours for the kitchen. We have finalised hog bristle1/4 for the living area with natural white for ceiling n trim.