I must agree (by personal experience) with the warning by 'therockster' - the idea of window splashback is tantalising, with such daylight coming in and the view drawing the eye outwards - heavenly.

But the day to day reality will quickly contradict your dream - activity at the kitchen sink creates constant splashes, with each little splash marking the glass. One's lovely outlook can soon become a constant chore, or we learn to turn a frustrated blind eye, regretting our designer dream.

To dear Georgi02 - great attitude, diligently working to keep your household clean and shiny - you do have a good system which stands by you. However, we all have different levels of commitment, and ways and means of managing. For me, to avoid wiping over the same surface frequently, again and again, is an important part of staying sane in a full life.

I want to continue to feel good about the jobs that need to be done, without unnecessary repetition and hyper-vigelence. If remaining preoocupied with constant window cleaning is not your idea of fun, then steer clear of a low window backsplash, and avoid mirrors that are elegantly low behind the bathroom basin, and even sinks in the middle of one's shiny island bench cause constant mopping up as they have no backsplash at all! These features are appealing in appearance but can create frequent unnecessary extra work.

There are many ways to create an elegant inspiring light-filled work space without adding to the chores.

Anyone who knows me knows I don't like cleaning and look for hacks to keep it down (hence the vinegar trick to stop streaking) - to be honest webuser, I just thought that everyone wiped their splashbacks down after cooking - it's the way that instantly the kitchen feels clean - I think what a lot of folks forget is that it works best on a wider then the standard 60cm depth bench.

georgi02, I absolutely agree with you - I also wipe down my splashback after every time I cook, and I also clean up things as I go along - it's not because I love cleaning, but actually because I don't love it, but the cleaning job is way less when you keep it up as you go along, rather than tackling a big greasy built up mess less regularly!

I have a glass splashback and in theory it shouldn't be any harder to keep a window splashback clean, but clear glass does have a tendency to show absolutely every little mark.