Oh, I have been waiting for this day. We are well along in the process of installing the backsplash.
Here it is about 3/4 of the way up. We still need to put up the final tiles, seal it, then grout it. So all of these pictures are groutless and that area under the window and in the back corner will have tile when we’re all done.
Even though it’s still in progress, it looks so much better than before.
I can’t stop staring at it.
Really, I can’t
The tiles are the Hampton Carrara 3×6 subway tile in satin finish from the Tile Shop. My most favorite thing is that they take returns. Most tile shops tell you to order 10% more than needed to account for chipping or breaking tiles when cutting and irregularities in natural stone, but at the Tile Shop you can order as much as you like, then return whatever you don’t use so long as it’s in a full box. This totally sounds like a paid ad, but I promise it’s not.
We actually ordered 40% more than needed because I was worried about getting a bunch of boxes of tiles with black dots or some other thing going on I didn’t like, and while this wasn’t the case, I was definitely glad to have a choice of tiles. The Hampton Carrara is actually a fairly uniform marble compared to many other Carraras I’ve seen. It has some slight veining and color variation to keep it interesting, but not so much that it competes with the Kashmir White counters.
We still have the spacers in some.
It has just enough gray and tan compliment the grays and tans in the counters. I love the satin finish, which is like a honed finish. It still has a slight sheen but not overly shiny. The satin finish seemed more muted to me than the polished finish, which we liked.
I’ll be back later to share the full step by step process once it’s all up! You can also check out the rest of my kitchen renovation posts.
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Jena,
The kitchen is beautiful! Wow! I love the tile, it looks very high class, timeless, gorgeous! I think I might sleep in this kitchen if it were mine!
It’s beautiful! I think we are on the same wavelength. We are remodeling our kitchen and went with kashmir white granite and carrera marble tile for the backsplash. We chose the mosaic tiles in a polished (shiny!) finish.
Beautiful! I LOVE marble subway tile (obviously because we have it too). I agree with Ange, it’s timeless. Beautiful choice and great job! Can’t wait to see more progress. It’s looking so pretty!!!
looks fabulous! i love the subtle differences in tones the marble gives.
stunner!! great job, fabulous kitchen!
laura
It is breathtaking! I love it!!
Jen
athomeinthenorthwestblog.com
Love it!
Love your new marble backsplash-quite elegant!-I’m your newest follower-stop by for a visit!
You’ve dona a magnificent job! I’m wondering where you go the drum pendant above your table. Your kitchen is beautiful!
The pendant is from Overstock.
This kitchen is lovely and so well put together….we are encroching upon a similar “redo” for our kitchen…. would love to mimick your look. Can you tell me what manufacturer and style/finish of cabinets you went with?
Thanks! They are Ikea Lidingo cabinets.
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation
but I find this matter to be really something that I think I would
never understand. It seems too complicated and extremely broad for me.
I’m looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!