Steel splashback or tiles

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

New kitchen last year. No tiles, upstand and stainless steel above hob. Washable paint works a treat.

[guindilias]

You can scrub porcelain though, or bleach it.

[V8RX7]

paralla said:

What is your worktop ?

[guindilias]

It's a place for his wife to chop food up, make him cups of coffee, etc. - quite common in UK kitchens.

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

guindilias said:

You can scrub porcelain though, or bleach it.

We are clean people, as we clean up as we cook!!!

[paralla]

Risotto said:

Does the fact they're textured not mean they end up with cooking stains all over them?

Real painted brick would be difficult but these are porcelain tiles so are smooth enough to wipe down with a cloth.

[Harry Flashman]

paralla said:

Stainless steel splash backs make it look like a commercial kitchen.

It's been a long time since glass splashbacks were fashionable.

The sun is setting on metro tiles being on trend.

Large format porcelain tiles with some sort of texture to soften them are the current thinking. mine are 1.2m x 0.6m so minimal grout to get dirty. 1.5mm tile spacers as they are rectified tiles. Here's mine

Parallel - I really like those, as I like whitewashed brick. Where did you get them?

[paralla]

Harry Flashman said:

Parallel - I really like those, as I like whitewashed brick. Where did you get them?

European Heratage in Fullham.

[paralla]

V8RX7 said:

What is your worktop ?

Quartz but it's matt finished rather than glossy. It's a theme in our house, nothing is shiny, brushed stainless steel taps rather than chrome so they match the fridge, cooker and extractor. No full gloss paint, the kitchen and bathroom tiles are both matt finished.

[Mabbs9]

I did this the other day. I just tiled to the top. I thought it looked better. Atb

[V8RX7]

paralla said:

Quartz but it's matt finished rather than glossy.

Interesting - could you post a close up ?

[hyphen]

paralla said:

It's a theme in our house, nothing is shiny ... matt finished.

The danger with any mantra is that it may end up too extreme. A few reflective services thrown in are, imo, good as they will bounce the light around.

[paralla]

hyphen said:

The danger with any mantra is that it may end up too extreme. A few reflective services thrown in are, imo, good as they will bounce the light around.

By extreme do you mean things like living without a kitchen table for two years while scouring the internet and every furniture shop in London looking for a table base that isn't chrome and finally commissioning a company to custom make a brushed alloy one?

Or do you mean waiting 16 weeks for a custom, matt finished, Italian vanity unit for the bathroom? (It's not in the pics because we sent the glossy one back)

Lots of glass and lots of big windows provide plenty of light on their own, we don't need to bounce it around. The bathroom is a coal hole with charcoal coloured matt tiles on the floor and walls all the way to the ceiling but it looks amazing when lit nicely.

Hardcore sticking to a theme isn't for everyone but it works for us and visitors to our house are generally pretty positive about the renovations.