Call me crazy, but this entire space is a Grey pallet, walls, floor, kitchen, aluminium doors and the furniture. As you have just moved in and don't like Grey then I assume this furniture may not be yours? If you are only touching the splashback and Island front panel (not the floor or wall colours) and the furnishings you have are different to those in the photo here, then you may be best to post an un-to-date image to show what other colours you have so you get more relevant suggestions?

As it is IMO this colour scheme as shown all works well together.

How about some kit at tiles Laos horizontal in your favourite glossy car colour.. front of island needs to change to or could be chrome or checker plate.

Kit kat tile. Or get a mural of your fav car, or cars. Have some fun. Do the unexpected, or maybe the expected as it’s Pottsy!

All our race car trailers have polished aluminium chequerplate , and the transporter does too , around the bases and halfway up the front panels , but I'm not convinced it is a right fit here -- maybe it's too industrial ?

Kit kat would look good , so got me thinking .

Shockingly , I may not even bring my red leather couches and dining chairs .

I've ordered one of these cause I thought its neat . . . . . . . ( they do matching reclining chairs , 2 , 3 and 4 seaters too , but I'll see how I like this one first , plus the slight problem of finding the $$$$ to buy them all at once . . . . . . . ) .

exotiles.com.au have copper tiles that are a combo copper and ceramic. Suitable for splashbacks. I’d do both the splashback and the island back. If you picked the right tone tile it will work to bring out the brown in the floor tile. I don’t like the existing lounge but a table similar to the existing timber table would work well with copper and the floor. And the new brown lounge.

My existing table is a nice heavy solid wooden one ( 8 seater ) , a bit more conventional than theirs , and about the same brown as the existing owners seat/bench leather . It has 8 matching chairs , the legs and frames in the same wood , but the cushions and backs are in red leather .

I suspect I'll keep it in the short term as a nod to my existing place , and also money haha ( I've spent a lot over the last 2 years , and officially I am only supposed to spend on essentials until my existing place sells ) . In a year or two , I may get new chairs in a similar lighter tone to the lounge suite -- I suspect it would be cheaper than recovering the existing chairs ?

Your existing table sounds good. Having the chairs recovered may be cheaper than you think? Chair with just backs and seats are the easiest. Maybe even DIY in one of the chair workshops??? A copper suede would be out there but work with the rest of the room.

Could try the tin ceiling tiles can be painted to prefered colour

Wood Tile

Does wood work as a splashback Aus Joinery or anyone else ? If you cover it with glass , that obviously makes it easier to clean , without fat and the like getting into the wood , but it ( to me anyway ) seems like it would lose most of the warmth and texture and basically the reasons why you'd use wood ?

I guess you could use a really nice timber and get that clear epoxy coat put on it -- the bartops in one of our bars has it probably 1/4" ( 6-8mm ) thick over Kauri ( a N Z native timber , worth big $$$$ now ) and looks spectacular !

I found these great metal tiles in a copper colour which would have made a brilliant splash back (there was also silver). They fit into each other like matching jigsaw puzzle. Maybe a swirl pattern. Sorry I can no longer recall the name.

You can get wood tile look, its not real wood but printed. You could try the epoxy route with real wood, maybe a little heavy but there is something about real wood that looks so much better.

I could get a whole series of those acrylic splshbacks done , and change them every month or so --

-- oh look , thats me in the wall at the end of the chicane . . . . . . .

-- oh look , thats me having spun at turn 3 , and pointing the opposite direction to everyone else . . . . . . .

-- oh look , thats me broken down on the side of the track , as everyone laps me . . . . .

-- oh look , that's me with the flames coming out the bonnet . . . . . .

-- oh look , thats me sitting in the middle of the sand trap . . . . .

-- oh look , thats me crawling out the window of the upside down car . . . . . .

Okay , I'll do the crazy ideas .

This is a house in the country , but theres no real country feel , so here's some ideas . . . . . .

A 1.2mtr wide stylised wooden bull head , with an led background . . . . . . . . . .

Or maybe a cow hide behind a glass front . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Posters of cars, or what ever takes your fancy behind removable glass, could be screwed in with brass screws. Changeable as will. Posters are cheap for a ‘look’ change. With a bit of thought it could be made grease invasive proof, hidden silicone strip under the cupboard edge.. The glass would be easy to clean. Seen in-situ, it had done very economical using a second hand glass door cut to size, auto and caravan bits. Brilliant. Look a million bunch done for 200. Just a matter of sourcing from shop re-fitted doing a Reno.

It does need colour and impact. It all appears to me., the space lacks the vibrancy of life. Like you grey is boring, depressing and lacks personality. Psych 101, grey is a cop-out of the imagination. Potty show your enthusiasm of life and use of a very fertile imagination. My kitchen is a happy cook’s place -bright teal, wood and cooper coloured lights.

Nice use of colour 549 ( if that's not too informal haha ) , and I love the copper clock ! Personally I would have tried to get the flue cover also done in copper , but like you , it all works , and works in .

I'm not looking for the cheapest , and I don't want it to look like a teenage boys bedroom , but I do want some colour and I guess some level of class . Interestingly , I did say above that I considered a copper backdrop , but the experts seem to think it won't look good for long .

I currently have a 'set' of candy apple red jug , toaster , cake mixer and cappucino machine from different manufacturers , which will brighten this area ( although I'm not even sure of the etiquette of a butlers pantry -- are you supposed to keep everything hidden around the corner ? ) , although I have just bought a glass and copper jug , so the colour combo may change -- I know I can get a white and copper toaster , and although not cheap , I've seen Italian made copper cappucino machines too .

I think I've seen that in a red and pink version -- that would tie in with my lounge suites and dining chairs .

But we are in the country , we don't have tigers , so why not . . . . .

. . . . . an actual cow hide !

OR what about a big screen tv , with videos playing of cows walking around and close-ups of them chewing their cud . And instead of posters of my dream Morris Marinas and Lada stationwagons , maybe play those blooper reels of cars falling over . . . . . . . a moving splashback !