Kitchen Splashback HELP!!!
Please help trying to replace red splashback approx 4.5 metres. White gloss cupboards & beige floor tiles with beige
grout. Cautious about light coloured glass due to green tinge & too much gloss. Any ideas??? Love white but don't want it looking sterile due to large size. Thank you!!!
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8 years agoHeidi Carroll thanked annb1997- 8 years ago
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Comments (36)Forget subways, really overdone & can look so cheap. The more grout you have the more cleaning you'll have to do. It collects grime ( known in the trade as 'grotty grout' ) & is hard to maintain. Go for glass, the possibilities are endless, from sophisticated plain to funky patterned. Easy care & long lasting. Personalise your space, it looks really fab, love all your drawers, so practical ! Would love to see the end result. Please post pics....See MoreKitchen splashback help !
Comments (20)Classic is just that... classic but I do realize that each has an opinion based on personal preference, you can add to classic by using colour in your appliances which can be changed out when and if that colour becomes dated at a lot less cost than splashbacks, have a good look around on the internet you will see what I mean, that's fine each to our own and all hints here are aimed to help....See MoreHelp with shade of white for kitchen splashback
Comments (1)Because glass is inherently blue/green/grey depending what it was made of (a bit like water) it has to be tinged with colour. They say that to have sparkles in the paint works, but I would hate that. Just think about the other colours in your kitchen - floor, appliances, handles etc. and see which accent works best with those items. Most kitchen Showrooms have samples of glass splashbacks, so probably go to Willoughby where there are numerous Showrooms to check them out would be advisable....See MoreHelp! Can't decide on kitchen splashback
Comments (7)Thank you for all these comments! Nice photos, Malcolm. And I had wondered whether there was a way to seal grout. So interesting that you raise the no-splashback idea, CP! I had also thought about just painting that side. The tap is far enough away from the wall that we don't actually get much splashing. Then I could have the mirror on the other side without worrying about having 'competing' splashbacks on either side....See More
Heidi Carroll thanked Julie Herbert
8 years agoWonderful suggestions above. If you wanted to stick with white, just ensure that you stop it from looking sterile by choosing an interesting textured tile or dark grout as per these photos...
Heidi Carroll thanked cloudpants- 8 years ago
PRO8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHi Heidi, your Kitchen looks very now. I hope I can help with your concern about having a "green tinge" to your glass splashbacks if you use a light colour. There is a glass on the market which has been developed as a Low Iron glass, which has perfect clarity and allows light colours to be used without being distorted. (One brand name is called Opti-Clear Glass )
We recently put Designer White splashbacks in at Auldana for a client, where we also used a very fine metalic first coat under the glass which looks great when it catches the light.
If you like the lack of grout lines that Glass offers and like its easy clean benefits but are concerned about the gloss of glass and prefer something different; then there is another large format sheet product on the market that you may like to consider called Neolith (see : https://www.cdkstone.com.au/surfaces-neolith/ ) This material has some 42 styles / colours / patterns which comes in a range of matte, textures and gloss finishes which can help add character and interest.
Like Neolith the makers of Quantum Quatz also make a large format Porcelain thin sheet in a range of colours and testures which we use for Splashbacks called QuantumSix+.
Hope this information helps. Malcolm
Heidi Carroll thanked Compass Kitchens- 8 years ago
- PRO8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Hi Heidi, a lot of the suggestions above use white on white; this actually works well, allowing you to introduce colour with accessories and other furnishings without it looking sterile. If you go to Cath Tonkin Interiors ( above) and our earlier post (above) you can see here how this type of minochromatic scheme is used to great effect.
This is another White on White kitchen we did where we used white Subway Tiles for the splashback, where colour accents are added elsewhere.
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