Backsplash Ideas

The kitchen backsplash is the most popular place to put glass tile. In a smaller kitchen, the small mosaic tiles will make the space look larger. In a larger kitchen, the small mosaic tiles look more like a solid field tile. Either way it will look great!

With all the mosaic glass tiles available on the market, how do you choose what to use? Here are some installation ideas that might get your started.

• Cover your entire backsplash in one solid color. This is good when you have a very busy granite countertop.
• Use a solid color for most of the splash but pop in another color or colors sporadically. This breaks up the solid field a little.
• Put up a glass tile blend. This beautiful assortment of color can pull together your counters, cabinets, and fixtures.
• Install sheets of tile that mix stone, glass, and/or metal. The effect is gorgeous.
• Find something decorative for the space behind the stove. Then use a solid on the rest of the backsplash. Just make sure that the solid is one of the colors from your stove area.
• Use a solid on the splash but run a border of color or blended colors through the middle or along the counter top.
• Use two different sized tiles. Install square glass on the majority of the splash then run a border of matching subway tile throughout. Or try putting the subway tile on the splash but squares behind the stove.
• Set the glass tiles on an angle so that the squares look like diamonds instead. Do this on the entire splash or just behind the stove.
• Incorporate glass tile into a ceramic tile backsplash. Install the glass behind the stove and then as inserts throughout the ceramic field tile. This can be done as a border too.

There are tons of ideas and ways that you can personalize your kitchen backsplash. You only have to step back and get creative.