HI bernyzz

Maybe the white would be the idea, as it would be easier to maintain. The mirror- especially if near the cook top or hot water tap- would show moisture and oil splashes, which you will be forever wiping!!

The white will act as a mirror without the 'lost -in -wonderland' effect of reflections of reflections, that a real mirror will give. White also bounces back other colours that you place near it, giving you interesting effects.

The mirror splashbacks they are doing in kitchens these days are commercial grade and are very easy to keep clean and will not show smear marks like people think (not the same as normal mirrors)

Mirror looks a lot nicer that white glass and is more modern looking, especially if you match the mirror look in to the recess of the cupboards and drawers, that will be WOW factor

i think so too. mirror!

What will the mirror reflect? The outdoors? A TV? A blank wall? I think that should be a consideration.

I would be inclined to go with white glass. That's what I ended up choosing for a number of reasons. While a LOT of white glass splashbacks can end up looking blue or green, I found one that is a true white and which blends well with the white cupboards.

It will reflect open plan living room, so it will go perfect! With the white glass splashbacks there are 2 options - Clear float and Low iron (starphire)

If you are looking for the pure white effect you would need to choose low iron, as this is gives a truer reflection of lighter colours, if the clear glass was used you would see the green tinge.

i would suggest the mirror, as per many previous comments it will reflect the space well, or black glass, which goes great with a white kitchen.

My vote is for mirror as in the pic you posted bernyzz001. But... as in this pic I think the simplicity of the cabs in all white is better. The mirror reflects a lot of detail and I think the kitchen would look too busy if you had the recesses for finger pulls in mirror.

You make a good point Joanne. I always encourage my clients to research options and then go with the idea they keep coming back to regardless of opinions. What about a slightly higher kicker (say 150 or 200) which is mirrored? Albedor have a fabulous mirrored melamine board that is more durable than glass when used as kicker.

Yeah, i really am in love with the white glass splashback. With having a mirror, i really don't wanna see myself in the kitchen as i cook hahaha...and can you imagine when you have a stack of dirty plates how that would reflect? I don't know, I'm still in 2 minds over this, but my heart is set on having white glass splashback just a little more than having a mirrored splashback, but am still not 100%

Let me help you make a decision bernyzz...go with the white. Its timeless, clean and stylish. You can jazz it up any way you want then with different accessories.

Also, what about the lights? If you're after some bling could you have some polished silver pendants ?

We will be having down lights throughtout the house, but we will also getting a few led lights in the kitchen just for that extra sexiness ;) I wanted to get 3 pendant lights to hang down onto our island bench in the middle of the kitchen...Need to do my homework on those though, because I want really nice looking ones ;)

I was discussing this exact same dilemma with our Interior Designer last week. Her response to mirror splashbacks was to recoil and horror and declare 'why would you want to look at yourself in a kitchen mirror when you are a morning wreck desperate for your morning coffee? No-one wants to see that and neither do you!'

I though that this was a hilarious response then thought about it, and had to agree!

Yes, I have already done my homework on that 'swampykerr' The proper one to use is called 'Starphire' glass, I will not be getting the one with the green tinge whcih is called 'float'. Been doing my homework on this for the past few months ;)

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LOL @ Amerex Renovations and Additions....hahaha that is very hilarious :)

We had a white kitchen (I know it's not white in the photo- that's another polytec story that ended up in a warranty claim replacement kitchen- hence the change in colour now) and I decided to go with mirror tiles though grout always an issue however so unnoticeable with the mirrored tiles easy to clean too. Each tile is a different mirror effect so doesn't show any grease spots at all. I love my choice- a little pricier but worth it I say!