Hi, To personnalise your kitchen , it's a good idea to use concrete tiles, they will bring something special into your kitchen.Take a look at Bourkshire.

Try a slim porcelain sheet in a concrete look finish. The large format size means you'll probably need only one, so there'll be no grout lines. Have a look here, at the Portland 3.0. I think the Kerlite range also does a concrete look and is larger, at 3m long. The other advantage of a porcelain tile over actual concrete, is that you just wipe it down. Concrete is porous and will stain.

I suppose the question is "What are you going to do with the untiled wall?". Will it just be painted plasterboard? If you do decide to just go with the 200mm tiled splashback you will need to be very careful with your tile selection with the sizing and how the edge of tile looks. You should probably select a 200mm tile, as you don't want a cut, half tile in the space between the window sill and benchtop. Some glazed, ceramic tiles also have messy edges, so make sure that your tile selection looks as good from the edge, not just the front, as you will be looking down on the top edge of the tile. Or allow for a tiling edge strip to conceal the edge, but these always make the space look visually busier. With so much happening in your kitchen with the open shelves etc, I would suggest a plainish, neutral tile and tile up to the ceiling for a cleaner, more streamlined look, that doesn't need maintenance and repainting in ten years time. Open shelves often look better against tiles. By tiling to the ceiling there is no exposed tile edge to look messy, which gives you a wider choice of tiles. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

Hi Jaccco, over the years we have found that white grout between white tiles can actually yellow over time and so whenever we are asked this question we like to recommend using a pale grey.