Kitchen Backsplash - quartz or wall tiles

Shop-a-holic wrote: ↑ Hi folks,

Hope you’re all keeping well.

We are looking to get quartz countertop installed in the kitchen (house that we are in the process of purchasing). Looking to also get current backsplash replaced (looks like a combination of brown coloured bricks/brick pattern).

Options for backsplash:

-Go with the same quartz as the countertop. I’ve seen it in some pictures. Easiest option, as it’s hard to find check out backsplashes in-person
-Go with wall tiles (view and purchase online). So far I like a few on Rona’s website:
https://www.rona.ca/en/barista-wall-til ... -330653332
https://www.rona.ca/en/exagon-wall-tile ... -330653347
https://www.rona.ca/en/brick-wall-tiles ... -330653402

The cabinets are darker brown and the kitchen tiles are medium brown (darker than beige). Looking to get quartz countertop that is beige with some (light brown) streaks running through.

Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated, thank you.

bubuski wrote: ↑ You are about to buy the house. Whatever backsplash you install now will be considered outdated when you plan to move unless the house is a quick flip. Even your cabinets and floor with hues of brown are warmer colour shades, cooler colours closer to grey are trending now so it is almost a cost spending madness to try to stay on the current trend. Are you prepared to replace the floor tiles with 24x24 size because that is the current trend too.

Backsplash is mostly cosmic in a residential kitchen so it should not function differently whether it is quartz, marble, porcelain or glass. You'll be the person living with the kitchen for the immediate future so my suggestion is just pick something that subjectively looks good to you and that you can live with. Checking out online pictures on pinterest with similar colours to yours will help alot. That said, if you want something that is trending right now with colours that complement your existing flooring and cabinets then consider hiring a professional designer or decorator.

We finished our Kitchen in February and ended up with a porcelain backsplash. It pulled colours from the handles, countertop, cabinet, floor and wall so we were happy with it. Including the backsplash a lot of the other design cues we chose were not trending but it was what my wife and I both loved and both agreed on. We are also prepared to live with it for the next few years.

koffey wrote: ↑ I went with glass. A clear glass with a white backing. Hard as hell to cut, unless I'm referring to fingers, but otherwise, I really like it.

Shop-a-holic wrote: ↑ I hear you and thank you for your feedback and the pictures. Your kitchen looks great!

We are doing it for ourselves and not so much for resale perspective.

The hardest part is finding backslashes online since I - store visits are a no-go at the moment.

Shop-a-holic wrote: ↑ Sounds good, thank you.

Here's what the kitchen looks like at the moment. Attached are a couple of images of the quartz we are looking into for the countertop.