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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7 years agoHeidi Carroll thanked annb1997- 7 years ago
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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 MoreKitchen splashback help & ideas pls
Comments (10)HI Lyn Depends on where you live, but here in Auckland, Winstone Glass will give you a glass splashback in ANY Resene colour, which would mean you could get exactly what you want. Personally I have a white kitchen with white speckled granite tops, and all walls white, so I went with a black glass splashback that has an ever so slight sparkle at night, doesn't sparkle in daytime. Looks stunning. You can get cheap pre made splashbacks at Mitre 10, Bunnings etc, but they don't use the glasskote technology, so you can see in behind them, whereas Winstones ones, you can have white and not see the wall at all. Good luck Julie...See MoreKitchen Splashback - Help Please!
Comments (39)Looks lovely and I'm so glad you're happy with it (and love your little styling touches!) We're about to start building so no pics yet but we're supposed to be deciding already - bit soon for me to get my head around it when I can't actually see it. I was happy to go with a glass splashback but as that can look green because of the glass it's become a bit more complicated! I'll make a decision one day... Thanks for posting the photos - enjoy your new kitchen....See MoreHelp me choose a splashback for a black-and-white kitchen
Comments (31)Depending on your taste of course, I would introduce some colour - either as tiles or a glass splashback. Personally I think you will need to fill the entire area otherwise there are simply more lines to take in and will create an unwanted feature. We've had a glass splashback painted back and it was super easy to clean. For one kitchen, we've gone for a bright yellow to give it some pop. You can also have photos too but it's not as easy as the file sizes mean that they need to be taken/supplied by a professional photographer. If tiles is your preference, there are many great patterned tiles out now. Good luck!...See More
Heidi Carroll thanked Julie Herbert
7 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- 7 years ago
PRO7 years agolast modified: 7 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- 7 years ago
- PRO7 years agolast modified: 7 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.
Heidi Carroll thanked Compass Kitchens
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