Backsplash design options – chime in

I’m going with a classic, white, subway tile for my kitchen backsplash but I’m going to install it in a cool pattern, instead of  simple staggered horizontal lines.  It’s a large area, about 7′ x 5 1/2′ and I’m tiling the whole thing.  I love the openness here so I’m not putting upper cabinets in but I will add a couple floating shelves.  The electrical cable sticking out of the wall is for under shelf lighting –in case you were wondering. 😉

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I’ve sketched out four different pattern and thought it would be fun to let you all weigh in on the decision.

tile options

Here’s a larger picture of each design option to look at before you make up your mind.

herringbone 1

Basketweave

Herringbone 2

Herringbone 3

Won’t this be fun?

Yes —  Of course it will!

Tell me which option you like best and then let’s see what happens!

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144 Comments

  1. Herringbone 1. It has just a touch of a horizontal pattern….and we all know horizontal patterns makes things look wider.

  2. Basket weave all the way!

  3. Hi, I am just a guy and I know nothing about decorating stuff. I am also in the process of a total all the way to the walls kitchen remodel that has turned into a whole house inside and out remodel project. This is being done by myself parts ad labor. No wife, girl friend, sister or other females involved for design and color decisions not a single luxury. I have to do all of it. The only thing I ‘ll have outside help with is the granite counter and the dry wall for the ceiling I couldn’t do it by myself everything else is me, myself, and I. If I was married or had a girlfriend they could say build this or paint it that color and I would be able to just build it and forget it. My question is this: With all the computer programs and stuff, wouldn’t it be more effective to take the picture of the intended tile area and insert the diferent backsplashes in various colors and then choose the pattern you like or in this case what the popular opion would be? I don’t really like any of them they make me dizzy looking at them and give me a headace to boot. Are they suppose to do that? Some kind of subliminal way of female torture for the unsupecting husband or male that cooks?Maybe to make the husband / male stay out of the kitchen and out from under foot? I am JUST KIDDING! I have never been married so I really don’t know. I have never had a live in girlfriend either, code of honor thing. I’ll be 65yrs soon. Being a bachalor and a hetrosexual male trying to do interior design is a major challenge. Choosing paint color is a good example the kitchen goes right to the dinnig room same wall,and that goes to the livgrm and that conects to the hall what goes with what ect. too much work and effort is going into all of this not to have it come out right I want it to look like something out of a architecual or design mag when I am through, not just ok I want it to scream that a masculine male lives here. I redid the baths granite tile counters lamiante floors (saw in a mag and liked it so I sorta reproduced it) vessel sinks just did finished them 2 days before and then….. I had a MAJOR FLOOD. It ruined the floor insurance had the recovery people and plumber and they put giant holes in the walls and tore up the floor ect. Now, I will have to start over again, with the walls and floor, as long as I wiped up any water right away the laminate worked great. Until it went under water, then,that didn’t work so well. Lamitate wouldn’t work for a family situation. I am not sure about putting in laminate floor in the kitchen and just continuing through out the whole house. or lamitate in the kitchen and rest carpet but with that idea the end part for the lamiante is short by a few inches and would show a noticable short part I have been at this for about 3yrsI was told lowes cream in my coffee with darkest I could find laminate and cabinets then use choc leather couches ect what do you guys think? is that a good idea? or not? I have no clue as to what I am doing as far as the interior design stuff goes. The building part I am ok with. It is the female end of this stuff that has got me stuck any ideas? Good luck with your kitchen project. I know the frustration your talking about when your hurt and can’t work. I had the shingles last year at this time and have just now recovered enough to work again. I can’t afford to hire someone to do it for me. There isn’t any satisfaction in that either. bye River

  4. Herringbone 3 has a clean classic look. I can’t wait to see the finished product.

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