Deb and I met with Matt Sletten to finalize the ceramic tile backsplash he is going to install behind the gas cooktop on the kitchen counter. We started by referring back to the decorating plan Katie Hunsley delivered way back in December. The plan back then included a countertop with an integrated 4” Cambria backsplash. Our new plan has subway tile running right down to the counter tops. Careful consideration of this change caused us to conclude that we needed to start fresh (only our second departure from Katie’s plans).
Matt got us started by carefully measuring the available space and then tracing some possible layouts on the wall using the actual subway tiles. This process eventually led us to building a couple of sample layouts on the island…
Like the one pictured below. The available space combined with the ceramic tile sizes and aspect ratios made this a surprisingly complicated endeavor. In the end…the layout pictured below seemed to represent the best compromise of a “big enough” patterned area and a “look and feel” we all liked.
The images below show the backsplash area before and after Photoshopping (you had to know this was coming…)
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